Serie A: Bolzano wins at Ritten – Asiago gets the play-off ticket

Master round

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks – HC Bozen 2:3 nV (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:1)

Ritten Sport Renault Trucks: Justin Pogge (Roland Fink); Kevin Mitchell, Ingemar Gruber, Fabian Hackhofer, Markus Hafner, Klaus Ploner, Andy Delmore; Greg Jacina, Domenico Perna, Dan Tudin, Chris Durno, Emanuel Scelfo, Mathias Fauster, Lorenz Daccordo, Thomas Spinell, Matteo Rasom, Mirko Quinz, Julian Kostner Coach: Rob Wilson

HC Bolzano: Günther Hell (Massimo Camin); Alexander Egger, Hannes Oberdörfer, Christian Borgatello, Andrea Ambrosi, Daniel Fabris; Mark McCutcheon, MacGregor Sharp, Ryan Flynn, Anton Bernard, Balazs Ladanyi, Markus Gander, Enrico Dorigatti, Stefan Zisser, Peter Wunderer, Federico Gilmozzi Coach: Brian McCutcheon

Gates: 1-0 Chris Durno (4.57), 1-1 Mark McCutcheon (39.23), 1-2 Balazs Ladanyi (55.53), 2-2 Andy Delmore (59.49), 2-3 Ryan Flynn (62.44)

HC Bozen won the top game against Ritten 3-2 after extra time on Tuesday evening, remains undefeated in the Master Round and thus defended its lead in the table. Ryan Ramsay, Alex Frei and Alexander Eisath were missing from the hosts in the South Tyrolean derby in the Ritten Arena. Coach Rob Wilson also had to call on TJ Kemp and Ruben Rampazzo. The latter was sidelined with groin problems. At Bozen, Christian Walcher returned to the team after a long injury break, while Marco Insam was not yet able to play for the record champions. The game started very cautiously, both teams initially felt each other out and concentrated on their defensive tasks. In the fifth minute, the Rittner Buam were able to celebrate when Chris Durno beat Bozen's goalkeeper Günther Hell. Kevin Mitchell's powerful shot from the blue line bounced off Andrea Ambrosi's leg pads, Durno was the quickest to shoot and net. Bolzano's reaction was cautious. Only Anton Bernard was able to test Justin Pogge once. As the starting third continued, the Rittners retreated further and further. First Bernard was there again before Gander tried to have the advantage - both times Pogge was able to save his team from equalizing. After the break, Ingemar Gruber served Lorenz Daccordo perfectly from behind the Bolzano goal, but his shot was too central. From this point on, Bozen had more confidence and suddenly put a lot of pressure on. Pogge's box was now under constant fire. MacGregor Sharp missed the best chance, whose shot hit the outside post. A little later, the white and red tried Alexander Egger, who passed the puck to Sharp, but he missed the target by centimeters. The equalizer was in the air and it came 37 seconds before the siren: Mark McCutcheon gave Pogge the loss with a cracker from the blue line - the home team's goalie was blocked from view. The final third continued at a similar pace to how the second half of the game ended. Markus Gander initially had the best opportunity, whose diagonal shot was blocked by Pogge. A little later, Bolzano's lead fell when Hungarian Balazs Ladanyi scored to make it 2-1 for the guests. On the other side, Günther Hell thwarted a great chance from Kevin Mitchell. With 16 seconds left, Hell was once again the center of attention when he did a great job of blocking Chris Durno's shot. The puck then came to Delmore, who took the shot and after 59.49 minutes the puck went into the goal: 2:2 and overtime. Bolzano was able to operate with one man more for three minutes and ten seconds (Mitchell was in the penalty box). The Rittners defended themselves bravely and narrowed the space before Sharp missed from a promising position. Ultimately, Flynn pushed the puck into the net from close range.

HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering – Wolves Fiat Professional 4:7 (2:5, 2:0, 0:2)

Valpellice Bodino Engineering: Andrea Rivoira (Davide Bertin), Florian Runer, Andrea Schina, Trevor Johnson, Nick Anderson, Slavomir Tomko, Martino Durand Varese; Marco Pozzi, Brodie Dupont, Stefano Coco, Nate DiCasmirro, Pietro Canale, Ralph Intranuovo, Alex Silva, Rob Sirianni, Anthony Aquino, Paolo Nicolao, Matteo Mondon Marin Coach: Mike Flanagan

Wolves Fiat Professional: Jean Sebastien Aubin (Hannes Hopfgartner), Tuuka Mäkelä, Christian Willeit, Christian Mair, Armin Hofer, Armin Helfer, Daniel Glira, Ivan Althuber, Danny Elliscasis; Max Oberrauch, Pat Iannone, Joe Jensen, Joe Cullen, Thomas Erlacher, Felix Haidacher, Lukas Tauber, Viktor Schweitzer, Alex Obermair Coach: Paul Adey

Gates: 1:0 Ralph Intranuovo (2.04), 1:1 Joe Cullen (2.39), 1:2 Christian Mair (7.04), 2:2 Anthony Aquino (7.10), 2:3 Patrick Iannone (7.25), 2:4 Joe Cullen (10.05), 2:5 Christian Willeit (18.37), 3:5 Brian Ihnacak (26.16), 4:5 Rob Sirianni (28.54), 4:6 Joe Jensen (56.15), 4:7 Max Oberrauch (58.13)

The Wolves took revenge on Tuesday for the defeat in the cup semi-finals and, thanks to the win against Valpellice, have moved level with Ritten in terms of points in the table. Valpellice had to do without goalkeeper Jordan Parise in the duel with the Pusterers and defender Paul Baier was also not there. The Pusterers are currently plagued by even greater injury concerns: Ben Guitè, Patrick Bona, Benno Obermair and Lukas Crepaz were missing coach Adey. To make matters worse, Pat Kavanagh was also banned for two match days by the sports judge. The match started very well and the spectators in Torre Pellice were shown some beautiful ice hockey. The home team only needed 2.04 minutes to take the lead through Ralph Intranuovo. 35 seconds later Joe Cullen had the answer and equalized. The situation was similar in the eighth minute of the game, only this time the guests took the lead after 7.04:2 minutes with a diagonal shot from Christian Mair. Six seconds later it was 2-15 again after a goal from Anthony Aquino. The exchange of blows continued. Just 10.05 seconds later, Pat Iannone gave the Wolves the lead for the third time and this time it didn't just last: 4:2 minutes had been played when Joe Jensen scored his second goal to make it 27-3 from the Wolves' perspective. Before the first break, Willeit scored for the HCP for the fifth time. Rivoira didn't look good when the visitors scored. After the break, the home team got into the match better. Valpe had hope in the 5th minute when Brian Ihnacak reduced the score to 4:5. And just over two minutes later Rob Sirianni made it 59:XNUMX. By now the club from Piedmont was back in the race. Valpellice now smelled a fuse, but Jean Sebastien Aubin was on guard during the hosts' dangerous actions and kept the Wolves in the game. In the last part of the game, the Pusterers managed their narrow lead cleverly. Valpellice's strength dwindled as the game continued. The goal that decided the match came four minutes before the end from Joe Jensen. Max Oberrauch increased his points tally in the XNUMXth minute.

Relegation Round

Aquile FVG Pontebba - Migross Supermercati Asiago 0:4 (0:2, 0:1, 0:1)

Aquile FVG Pontebba: Anthony Grieco (Simon Fabris); David Urquart, Andrea Gorza, Andrea Ricca, Nicolò Lo Russo; Ettore Tartaglione, Patrick Rizzo, Denis Soravia, Federico Demetz, Gerome Giudice, Daniel Odoni, Felice Giugliano, Andrea Rezzadore, Ruben Zozzoli, Alessandro Matellon, Nicola Di Marco, Daniele Galtarossa Coach: Miha Zbontar

Migross Supermercati Asiago: Tyler Plante (Alessandro Tura); Daniel Sullivan, Michele Stevan, Lorenzo Casetti, Stefano Marchetti, Michele Strazzabosco, Enrico Pesavento; Nicola Tessari, Dave Borrelli, Mirko Presti, Luca Rigoni, Matteo Tessari, Layne Ulmer, Sean Bentivoglio, Federico Benetti, Paul Zanette, Chris DiDomenico Coach: John Parco

Gates: 0:1 Layne Ulmer (3.04), 0:2 Sean Bentivoglio (14.19), 0:3 Chris DiDomenico (35.44), 0:4 Dave Borrelli (60.00)

Signs of dissolution at the club from Friuli: Pontebba presented itself - as previously reported by SportNews ( here click) - for the match against Asiago without its transfer card players Miroslav Guren, Rok Pajic, Petr Sachl and Erik Weissmann. Coach Murajica Pajic also did not take his position on the boards; assistant coach Miha Zbontar took his place. At Asiago, however, only Enrico Miglioranzi, who was banned by the sports judge, was missing. The guests only needed three minutes, four seconds to take the lead against the weakened Pontebba. Layne Ulmer lost out to Anthony Grieco after some nice interaction with Sean Bentivolgio. Despite the early deficit and the precarious personnel situation, Pontebba remained calm and had a few good opportunities, but none resulted in a goal. Asiago did better after a quarter of an hour and made it 2-0 with Bentivoglio. In the final phase, Andrea Rezzadore could have shortened the score, but he was caught by the alert Plante. In the middle third, the Parco team went to work more energetically. But Anthony Grieco kept Pontebba in the game. And if he couldn't get to the puck, the post was there to help him. In the 36th minute, the home team's goalkeeper had to reach behind himself when Chris Di Domenico gave him the disadvantage. At the beginning of the third period, the home team played with two more men on the ice for 68 seconds, but were unable to capitalize on the double majority. In the 50th minute, Felice Giugliano shot just wide of the top corner before Grieco distinguished himself a few times on the other side. But there was a fourth goal: in the very last second, Dave Borrelli pushed the puck into the empty goal to make the final score 4-0 for Asiago.

Hafro Cortina - Milano Rossoblu 3:5 (1:3, 1:0, 1:2)

Hafro Cortina: JP Levasseur (Renè Baur); Paul Albers, Darrell Hay, Stanislav Hudec, Luca Zandonella, David Bowman, Michele Zanatta, Luca Zanatta; Giorgio De Bettin, Luca Felicetti, Ryan Dingle, Stanislav Gron, Andrea Moser, Francesco Adami, Christian Menardi, Andrea Baldo, Damiano Bravin Coach: Clayton Beddoes

Milan Rossoblu: Andrew Raycroft (Paolo Della Bella); Alessandro Re, Marvin Degon, David Liffiton, Andreas Lutz, Matt De Marchi, Federico Betti; Angelo Esposito, Ryan Kinasewich, Jordan Knackstedt, Edoardo Caletti, Diego Iori, Luca Ansoldi, Tommaso Migliore, Manuel Lo Presti, Tommaso Goi, Marcello Borghi Coach: Adolf Insam

Gates: 1:0 Ryan Dingle (4.02), 1:1 Diego Iori (8.23), 1:2 Ryan Kinasewich (11.40), 1:3 Tommaso Goi (12.09), 2:3 Ryan Dingle (31.59), 3:3 Paul Albers (46.13), 3:4 Ryan Kinasewich (50.21), 3:5 Ryan Kinasewich (59.57)

The Ampezzans were missing the suspended Andrea Moser and the injured Matt Siddal and Derek Edwardson. The Lombards had to introduce Matt Ryan and Francesco Borghi, while Angelo Esposito made his debut in the Insam squad. Cortina started strong and took the lead despite being outnumbered. Ryan Dingle scored after 4.02:3 minutes. Moments later, Diego Iori restored the stalemate when he successfully deflected a shot from Matt De Marchi. The guests had now got a taste for it and took the lead with a double strike. After a mistake by De Bettin, debutant Esposito passed to Kinasewich before Tommaso Goi scored to make it 1-46.13. The Beddoes team was pushing for a goal before the first half-time break, but Raycroft presented himself as an almost insurmountable hurdle. Cortina's pressure increased in the second third and a goal was only a matter of time. Several outnumbered situations for the home team initially passed without results, including once with two more men on the ice, before it finally worked in the power play and Ryan Dinlge maneuvered the puck over the line. Cortina continued to press hard in the third third. De Bettin missed a top-class shot by shooting the puck over the goal. After 51 minutes, the Beddoes team was rewarded: Paul Albers equalized after a fine individual performance. The equalizer woke Milan out of its lethargy and took the lead in the 5st minute with Kinasewich making efficient use of an assist from Knackstedt. In the final minutes, the Ampezzans laid siege to the Milanese third, but with three seconds left, Kinasewich finally sealed the deal with 3:XNUMX and his third goal of the evening.

Serie A, 3rd matchday Master Round and Relegation Round Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Master round HC Valpellice Bodino Engineering – Wolves Fiat Professional 4:7 (2:5, 2:0, 0:2) Ritten Sport Renault Trucks - HC Bozen 2:3 nV (1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 0:1) Rest day: Alleghe Tegola Canadese

Relegation Round Aquile FVG Pontebba - Migross Supermercati Asiago 0:4 (0:2, 0:1, 0:1) Hafro Cortina - Milano Rossoblu 3:5 (1:3, 1:0, 1:2) Rest day: SHC Val di Fassa Ferrarini

The table in Serie A

Master round 1. HC Bozen 46 points 2. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 42 3. Wolves Fiat Professional Valpusteria 42* 4. Alleghe Tegola Canadese 33* 5. Valpellice Bodino Engineering 31* * one game less

Relegation Round 1. Migross Supermercati Asiago 34* 2. Milano Rossoblu 32 3. Hafro Cortina 23 4. Val di Fassa Ferrarini 14* 5. Aquile FVG Pontebba 6* * one game less

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Serie A: Bolzano wins at Ritten – Asiago gets the play-off ticket

On the third matchday of the Master Round, leaders HC Bozen won the South Tyrolean derby against Ritten Sport. Pustertal, however, prevailed in Torre Pellice. In the relegation round, Asiago prevailed in Pontebba and secured their ticket for the play-offs. Milan, on the other hand, overcame Cortina.

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