Serie A before an acid test: three matchdays in five days

Fiat Professional Wolves – Milano Rossoblu In the Leitner Solar Arena, Pustertal has its sights set on its 13th win of the season. After the exhilarating 6-0 win in the South Tyrolean derby against HC Bozen on Saturday evening, the Wolves are in high spirits again, especially because they were able to secure a place in the Final Four of the Italian Cup early. Milan, on the other hand, is coming to South Tyrol for the second time this season and wants to cause the leaders to stumble. The last time the two teams faced each other in the Leitner Solar Arena in Bruneck was on December 28, 2007, when the match ended in a 2-2 draw. With Pustertal goalie Jean Sebastien Aubin, who celebrated a shut-out on the last match day and saved 93,3% of the shots so far, and Milan goalkeeper Andy Raycroft, who has a catch rate of 92,6%, two of the best will meet on Tuesday Serie A goalkeepers face each other. The two were teammates on the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2006/2007 season. Pustertal and Milan will have their best line-up on matchday 14.

Migross Supermercati Asiago – Ritten Sport Renault Trucks Two teams will meet in the Odegar who will be feeling different states of mind after the game on Saturday evening. The Asiago players left the De Toni stadium with one point after losing to the Alleghe team in a penalty shootout. The “Rittner Buam”, on the other hand, defeated Cortina and want to defend second place in the table in the match against Alleghte, which they currently share with Valpellice. For the home team, goalkeeper Josh Tordjman will probably try to keep the box clean again, while defender Davide Nicoletti will be missing. In addition, the deployment of striker Matteo Tessari is uncertain. Ritten, on the other hand, has to make do without Markus Hafner and Matteo Rasom, Ryan Ramsay's return is still in the balance. Meanwhile, Alex Frei, who was recently absent due to illness, should be back on the ice.

Val di Fassa Ferrarini – HC Bozen Fassa welcomes HC Bozen to the “Scola” stadium on Tuesday evening. The Ladins suffered a bitter defeat in Torre Pellice last matchday and want to build on their home advantage against Bolzano to trip up the Italian champions. The White-Reds have lost five of the last six games and slipped to fifth place in the table. The people of Bolzano want to forget the 6-0 defeat against Pustertal as quickly as possible, but the game against the Ladins will not be an easy undertaking. In the first half of the season, Egger and Co. retained the upper hand 5-1 and secured the three points. Coach Frycer can make the most of tomorrow evening, which also applies to HCB coach Brian McCutcheon.

Hafro Cortina – Valpellice Bodino Engineering After three defeats in a row, Cortina wants to get back on the road to success. The Ampezzans' opponents, however, will be the players from Valpellice, who brought Fassa to its knees 10-5 last Saturday. The Piedmontese are hungry for victory and, as second in the table (together with Ritten), do not want to lose touch with HC Pustertal. But Cortina also wants to celebrate on Tuesday in order to leave the penultimate place in the table behind them as quickly as possible. In the first leg, Valpe clearly won 7-2. As far as the lineup is concerned, Cortina is hoping for the recovery of goalie JP Levasseur. Valpellice will be without Slavomir Tomko.

Aquile Fvg Pontebba – Alleghe Tegola Canadese Pontebba wants to celebrate its second win of the season on matchday 14 at the “Vuerich” stadium. However, the Friulians will face the team from Alleghe, which recently won five games in a row. On Saturday Asiago had to believe in the penalty shootout and now Tom Pokel's boys want to secure a ticket to the Final Four of the Italian Cup. Pontebba's only victory in the 2012/2013 championship came on September 29th, when Pajic's team gave Milan the disadvantage. In order to get back on the road to success, she has to make the best use of the three games this week. Pontebba will play in full, while Alleghe still has to compensate for the absences of Nicola Fontanive, Gino Guyer and Alberto Fontanive.

Serie A – Matchday 14 Regular Season – Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Odegar in Asiago, 20:30 p.m Migross Supermercati Asiago – Ritten Sport Renault Trucks Referees: Gastaldelli, Bettarini, Mischiatti

Leitner Solar Arena in Bruneck, 20:30 p.m Fiat Professional Wolves Pustertal – Milano Rossoblu Referee: Pichler, Pardatscher, Mori

Olympic Stadium in Cortina, 20:30 p.m Hafro Cortina – Valpellice Bodino Engineering Referee: Soraperra, Gamper. C, Manfroi

Scola Stadium in Alba di Canazei, 20:30 p.m Val di Fassa Ferrarini – HC Bozen Referee: Pianezze, Biacoli, Zatta

Vuerich Stadium in Pontebba, 20:30 p.m Aquile Fvg Pontebba – Alleghe Tegola Canadese Referee: Benvegnu, Calligaro, Waldthaler

The Serie A table after 13 matchdays 1. Fiat Professional Wolves 36 points 2. Ritten Sport Renault Trucks 27 3. Valpellice Bodino Engineering 27 4. Alleghe Tegola Canadese 23 5. HC Bozen 20 6. Milano Rossoblu 18 7. Migross Supermercati Asiago 16 8. Val di Fassa Ferrarini 13 9. Hafro Cortina 10 10. Aquile FVG Pontebba 5

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