Series A2: HC Eppan Sarah has reached its goal - champions!

In the well-attended Weihenstephan Arena, the Broncos and the Pirates faced each other for the fifth time in this final series of the second Italian ice hockey league. The long-term injured Kevin Larch and Daniel Erlacher were missing from the Wipptal team, while Eppan was able to draw on everything. The guests were cheered on by more than 200 battlegoers. The game started off very lively. Sterzing initially had a little more of the game and after 1.32 minutes Gunnar Braito was stopped alone in the wide area. Just under two minutes later, Unterkofler was able to put Eppan in the lead, but his shot was too high. The pirate attacker with the number “7” was also involved in the next dangerous action. Unterkofler went around Corsi's goal, but the Vipiteno goalie was on the post. The Broncos' answer came in the tenth minute of the game. Shot from the blue line against the boards, the puck came to Kofler, but Demetz excelled. In the 12th minute, Philipp Platter stormed towards Vipiteno alone, but had to bow to the great Corsi. Just 60 seconds later, Eastman should have given the home team the lead, but Demetz went above and beyond with a brilliant performance. The game remained exciting afterwards, but neither of the two finalists wanted to succeed.

In the second third, Eppan initially played with one more man. TJ Caig was stewing in the cooler. They coldly took advantage of the numerical superiority situation. Tobias Ebner shot from the blue line, Corsi made a short save and Alex Jaitner shot the puck with his backhand into the top corner. It was the young Eppan attacker's second goal in the playoffs - and an extremely important one. The hit paralyzed the Broncos, who subsequently took as few risks as possible. Shortly after the 1-0, the Eppan team could have even scored the second goal. After a commotion in front of the goal, Unterkofler deflected the puck, but it remained in front of the goal line. As the game continued, Vipiteno's attacking efforts became stronger again, but little concrete came of it. Eppan, on the other hand, shifted to counterattacking. Patrick Mair could have scored the equalizer in the 31st minute, but Demetz was on target. Just two minutes later, Sottsas moved towards Eppan's goal alone, but the Broncos' number 61 wasted the good opportunity. The Überetscher then defended cleverly and Mark Demetz was able to successfully defend his goal in the second third. This meant that the Val Gardena goalkeeper wearing the Überetscher uniform did not have to concede a goal after 343 minutes and 13 seconds.

Sterzing's coach Oly Hicks changed the lines in the final third. TJ Caig returned to the first block with Hannes Stofner and Tobias Kofler. The Broncos stepped on the accelerator and Stefan Ramoser could have equalized after 80 seconds, but Demetz was there. In the 44th minute, the Pirates responded with Unterkofler, who ran away from Maffia but was unable to put the puck into Corsi's goal. Even after that, the Eppan team were always dangerous on the counterattack. Jan Waldner stormed towards Corsi alone, but Sterzing's goalkeeper remained the winner. On the other side, TJ Caig could have equalized in the 54th minute, but Demetz went above and beyond with his shot. 1.47:2 minutes before the final siren, Oly Hicks called a timeout and took his goalie off the ice for a sixth skater. Shortly afterwards, Wallenberg and Mair had to go to the penalty box. The last chance went to Caig, whose diagonal shot posed no problem for Demetz. After that it was over. Eppan wins the AXNUMX series and is therefore confirmed as a newcomer to the upper house.

At 22.55:2 p.m., Eppan's captain David Ceresa lifted the championship trophy and the joy among the team and the fans of the Überetsch club was boundless. The players Philipp Platter and Mark Demetz were shaved on the ice by the sponsor of Serie AXNUMX, Proraso. LIHG President Tommaso Teofoli then honored Jarno Mensonen, coach of HC Eppan, as the best coach of the season. Jake Newton, Pirates defender, was named best player. Kurt Platter, journalist for the daily newspaper “Dolomiten”, also received an award as best journalist of the year.

WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan – HC Eppan Sarah 0:1 (0:0, 0:1, 0:0)

WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan: Charles Corsi (Dominik Steinmann), Simon Baur, Derek Eastman, Luca Scardoni, Daniel Maffia, Philipp Pircher, Michael Messner; Tobias Fink, Gunnar Braito, Patrick Mair, Tobias Kofler, TJ Caig, Hannes Stofner, Alex Lanz, Samuel Rainer, Florian Wieser, Felix Oberrauch, Christian Sottsas Coach: Oly Hicks

HC Eppan Sarah: Mark Demetz (Alex Tomasi), David Ceresa, Jake Newton, Lukas Martini, Peter Stimpfl, Jonannes Weger, Tobias Ebner; Patrick Wallenberg, Alex Rottensteiner, Jan Waldner, Stefan Unterkofler, Philipp Jaitner, Tobias Spitaler, Daniel Peruzzo, Philipp Platter, Alex Jaitner, Robert Raffeiner, Fabian Ebner, Mathias Eisenstecken Coach: Jarno Mensonen

Gates: 0:1 Alex Jaitner (21.15)

Referee: Thomas Gasser, Gregory Loreggia, Manuel Manfroi, Marco Mori

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WSV Vipiteno Weihenstephan - HC Eppan Sarah 0:1 (0:0, 0:1, 0:0) Standings in the best-of-seven series: 1:4 (1:0 nP, 0:1, 0:4, 0:1, 0:1)

HC Eppan Sarah is champion of the A2 series.

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