Serie A final: Ritten immediately overturns the home advantage

In the opening match, Ritten relied on exactly the line constellation with which they last defeated HC Pustertal. DiBenedetto had to sit in the stands again. Asiago also relied on the tried and tested.

The opening phase belonged to the home team, who showed a controlled build-up of the game and created their first chances. Consequently, they took the lead in the ninth minute through Kevin DeVergilio. However, the Buam were able to equalize before the first third siren: Ingemar Gruber hammered the disc from the blue line into the top corner.

In the second half of the game, a duel developed on equal terms, in which both teams tried to take the scepter. This was initially achieved by the guests from South Tyrol, who took the lead for the first time halfway through the game thanks to their always extremely dangerous top scorer Eric Johansson. At this point, Ritten was even outnumbered, as Markus Spinell had recently been sent off with a game-time disciplinary penalty for an illegal check. When Ruben Rampazzo had to go down for two minutes, Asiago took the chance to equalize through Layne Ulmer. He was there after a shot from Dave Borrelli and lifted the puck into the net over the Ritten goalie, who was lying on the ground.

The shaking begins

In the final third, Asiago had the upper hand, but Ritten bravely stood up to the home team and tried to score with quick counterattacks. However, there were no more goals - even though both teams were allowed to try the power play twice. So both teams had to go into overtime.

With only four field players on the ice at a time, the fatigue quickly became noticeable. Neither Asiago nor Ritten dared to make the decisive advance. Only when Asiago crack Sean Bentivoglio had to go into the “cooler” in the final seconds of extra time did things start to move. And Ritten promptly closed the sack: Johansson took off after a pass from Gruber and gave Marozzi the disadvantage. Luca Ansoldi cleverly blocked his view. The game was decided and Ritten went home with the all-important away win.

Asiago Hockey - Rittner Buam 2:3 aet (1:1, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1) Asiago Hockey: Marozzi (Tura); Sullivan, A. Strazzabosco, Miglioranzi, Casetti, Marchetti, Hotham, Munari, M. Strazzabosco; N. Tessari, Borrelli, Presti, Nigro, M. Tessari, Stevan, Ulmer, Bentivoglio, Devergilio, Benetti, Iori, Pace. Coach: John Parco

Rittner Buam: Weinhandel (Fink); Ramsey, Tauferer, Rampazzo, Ambrosi, Borgatello, Gruber; Felicetti, Johansson, Alber, J. Kostner, Eisath, Tudin, M. Spinell, S. Kostner, Rissmiller, Daccordo, Ansoldi, Quinz, Scelfo, T. Spinell. Coach: Marty Raymond

Tore : 1:0 Kevin Devergilio (8.50), 1:1 Ingemar Gruber (19.06), 1:2 Eric Johansson (30.43), 2:2 Layne Ulmer (33.32), 2:3 Eric Johansson (79.52)

Standings in the best-of-seven series: 0:1

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Serie A final: Ritten immediately overturns the home advantage

The reigning champions won the first game of the best-of-seven final series 3-2 after extra time. Eric Johansson gave the Buam victory in the 80th minute.

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