Pustertal wants to survive in Torre Pellice and Bolzano wants to turn the tables

Dopo l'emozionante vittoria all'overtime in gara-2, the Caldaro va in Alta val d'Isarco per continuare a volare; every 20.30 the Gardena Ospita il Milano decides a riprendersi il controllo della serie72 hours after the 3-1 win of the HC Pustertal against Valpellice, the two opponents will meet for the second time in the Cotta Morandini Stadium. The “Wolves” won the first away game in Piedmont in the regular season and had to admit defeat in the following two.

Another hot dance awaits Stefan Mair's men in the cauldron of Torre Pellice, where full commitment and will to win will be required in order to move ahead 2-0 in the semi-final series. However, the game on Saturday already showed that Valpellice is gripped by a wave of euphoria after the fourth-final win against Ritten and will demand everything from the HCP in the upcoming games.

HCB wants to strike back After their first play-off defeat at the semi-final opener in Asiago, HC Bozen is desperate for redemption in front of their home crowd. On Tuesday evening, the White-Reds want to level the series against the Italian champions from Veneto after they won 4-1 in the first game at the Odegar Stadium.

On Saturday, HC Interspar's undoing was two minutes in the first third, in which Asiago hit the mark three times. The record champions then fought their way back into the game, but ultimately had to admit defeat 1-4.

In the second match the tables should now be turned and the fourth win in the seventh game of the season against the champions should be achieved. In historical comparison, the HCB has won 107 of the 178 meetings, while Asiago has celebrated 51 successes so far.

In the home game on Tuesday, coach Adolf Insam will only have to do without the long-term injured Christian Borgatello. Due to the foreigner regulations, the Val Gardena trainer has to order a player into the stands. Insam doesn't want to decide who that will be until the day of the game. But it can be assumed that it will hit a striker. Asiago coach John Tucker is expected to have the entire squad available.

This is how they will play (Eiswelle Bozen – Tuesday, March 8th, 20.30:XNUMX p.m.)

HC Interspar Bozen: Matt Zaba (Guenther Hell); Alex Egger, Mika Lehtinen, Rosario Ruggeri, Samuli Suhonen, David Ceresa, Michael Busto; Colton Fretter, Danny Irmen, Mike Souza, Giulio Scandella, Nick Mazzolini, Marco Insam, Stefan Zisser, Anton Bernard, Christian Walcher, Enrico Dorigatti Coach: Adolf Insam

Supermercati Migross Asiago: Daniel Bellissimo (Gianfilippo Pavone); Matt De Marchi, Michele Strazzabosco, Nicholas Plastino, Ladislav Benysek, Marco Rossi, Enrico Miglioranzi, Andrea Gorza; Adam Henrich, Layne Ulmer, John Vigilante, Michael Henrich, Dave Borrelli, Matteo Tessari, Nicola Tessari, Ralph Intranuovo, Federico Benetti, Filippo Busa, Mirko Presti, Michele Stevan Coach: John Tucker

Referee: Luca Cassol and Claudio Pianezze (Fabrizio De Toni, Giulio Soia)

The semi-final matches:

HC Interspar Bozen – Supermercati Migross Asiago Standings in the best-of-seven series: 0:1 (1:4)

HC Valpellice – HC Pustertal Standings in the best-of-seven series: 0:1 (1:3)

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Pustertal wants to survive in Torre Pellice and Bolzano wants to turn the tables

On Tuesday evening at 20.30 p.m. the second games of the semi-finals between HCB and Asiago, as well as Valpellice and HC Pustertal are on the program in Bolzano and Torre Pellice.

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