Series A2: The absolute top game takes place on Sunday

HC Eppan saver scaffolding

Due to Wednesday's defeat in Milan, the Pirates' points gap to the Lombards is now eight points. If the Überetscher want to advance to second place, they can't afford to make any more mistakes from now on. Captain Ceresa and Co. have to go to the Bozen Sill on Friday, where they recently lost 0-2, and will host HC Gröden two days later. In both league games, Eppan has to do without Eisenstecken, Fabian Ebner and Loikas.

SV Kaltern Rothoblaas Despite the defeat, the performance in Neumarkt showed that there is a lot of morale in the Kalter team. The “Hechte” even took the lead twice against the confident league leaders. Now they want to finally get the reward for their hard work against Meran and EV Bozen. These two duels are already crucial for the play-off chances of Kaltern, which is currently eight points behind sixth-placed Merano. Alex Andergassen and Waldthaler return to the team after serving suspensions.

HC Neumarkt Riwega The front runner from the Unterland has a very special weekend ahead of him. After Friday's guest appearance in Wolkenstein, there will be a big showdown with HC Milano Rossoblù in the Würth Arena. In the big game, Coach Wilson will once again rely on the strength of character of his players, who have always managed to convert a deficit after the first third into a win in the last six games. In addition, the lightning-fast attackers should also cause danger against Milan and thus relieve the pressure on the defense, which has not always been solid.

EV Bozen 84 Mirò Dental After it becomes apparent that they will miss the play-offs, the EV Bozen players want to look from game to game and try to land one or two surprise coups. The opportunity to do so will be on Sunday against Kaltern, who are second to last in the table. Before that, however, the Talferstädter want to survive against HC Eppan in their home stadium.

HC Gherdeina

With the away win in Pergine, Kostner's protégés have definitely jumped on the play-off bandwagon. Now it's important to get the best possible starting position for the season finale, and the goal can only be to push HC Eppan out of third place in the table. In order to reduce the 8-point gap, a win against the Pirates on Sunday is mandatory. Val Gardena has won all three previous encounters. A good omen? On Friday the Ladin leaders will host Neumarkt.

HC Meran Nils After six defeats in a row, HC Meran stopped the negative trend on the last matchday and thus increased the cushion on seventh-placed Kaltern to eight points. At the weekend, the Black and Whites will face two immediate neighbors in the table - and both on foreign ice: The duel with Kaltern will be followed on Sunday by the clash with Pergine, who is currently two points ahead of the Merano team. The weak point of the Meran game was sometimes the offense, which with 57 goals had the lowest hit rate in the entire league.

Hockey Milano Rossoblù Coach Da Rin's team gained a lot of self-confidence with their victory in the pursuit duel against Eppan. This is also needed at the start of the fifth second half of the season, because after the home game against Pergine, the Milanese want to keep their chance of winning the regular season with a win against league leaders Neumarkt. The Lombards are primarily relying on goalkeeper Terrazzano, who has only had to reach behind him 49 times so far this season.

HC Pergine Solarplus Due to the fourth defeat of the season against HC Gherdeina, Pergine was unable to decisively break away from pursuers Meran in the table. This should now happen in a direct duel on Sunday. On Friday, however, the Trentino team will host the top team from Milan. The Trentino team's most valuable player so far has undoubtedly been Bolzano's goalie Thomas Commisso, who has already secured many points for the league newcomer with three shutouts and a catch rate of 91,3%.

Serie A2 – Matchday 29 – Friday, January 6th Agorà in Milan, 19 p.m Hockey Milano Rossoblù - Pergine Solarplus Referee: Bagozza Linesmen: Terragni and Volcan

Pranives in Selva, 20.30 p.m HC Gherdeina - Neumarkt Riwega Referee: Giorgio Moschen Line judges: Alfi and Marri

Sill in Bolzano, 20.30 p.m EV Bozen 84 Mirò Dental - Eppan Sparer frameworks Referee: Loreggia Line judges: Bettarini and Carrito

MeranArena in Meran, 20.30 p.m Meran Nils - Kaltern Rothoblaas Referee: Deidda Line judges: Niederegger and Gruber

Serie A2 – Matchday 30 – Sunday, January 8th Ice rink in Pergine, 19 p.m Pergine Solarplus - Meran Nils

ICiT Fotowoltaik Arena in Eppan, 18 p.m Eppan Saver Scaffolding - HC Gherdeina

Würth Arena in Neumarkt, 18 p.m Neumarkt Riwega - Hockey Milano Rossoblù

Raiffeisen Arena in Kaltern, 18 p.m Kaltern Rothoblaas - EV Bozen 84 Mirò Dental

The table of the series A2 1. Neumarkt Riwega 68 points 2. Milano Rossoblù 61 3. Eppan Saver Scaffolding 53 4. HC Gherdeina 46 5. Pergine Solarplus 35 6. Merano Nils 33 7. Kaltern Rothoblaas 25 8. EV Bozen Mirò Dental 15

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Series A2: The absolute top game takes place on Sunday

The start of the fifth second half of the season in the second league has several “delicacies” in store. This is how the summit meeting between Neumarkt and Milan takes place. Val Gardena dreams of third place, while Meran and Kaltern are fighting for the play-offs.

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