Serie A2 final: Fight and passion reward the Pirates

The hosts had their best line-up in the Eppan Ice Stadium, which was sold out with 1370 spectators, while the wild horses were missing Kevin Larch and Daniel Erlacher, who were long-term injured. Philipp Pircher and the match winner from the first game TJ Caig appeared on the player sheet. However, Oly Hicks initially did without his ailing exceptional talent and relied on Tobias Kofler, Hannes Stoffner and Patrick Mair in the first attack line. Although both teams set a high pace from the start, significant scoring opportunities were few and far between in the early stages. It wasn't until the 16th minute that the Pirates, who had a slight advantage on the field, really got through to the opposing defense for the first time. However, goalkeeper Charles Corsi outgrew himself and thwarted Phlipp Platter's action. However, this was only a harbinger of the approaching opening goal, because after 19.26:1 Eppan scored the celebrated goal to make it 0-XNUMX. While Florian Wieser was stewing in the cooler, David Ceresa grabbed the puck and sank it into the opponent's goal with a wrist shot.

After the first break, Sterzing showed a defiant reaction and promptly caused a stir in front of the Überetscher goal. It was Derek Eastman who tested goalie Mark Demetz twice from close range. However, it didn't take long before Eppan found the right antidote to the visitors' offensive game and took the reins again. In the fifth minute of the second period, Jake Newton lost his way after dribbling in front of Corsi and hit the hard rubber disc next to the goal. Only a short time later, Platter found another chance to make it 2-0, but he was unable to overcome Corsi from close range. Vipiteno largely withstood the pressure from the Pirates in the second third, but was unable to break free from their grip and create a mark of their own.

The same game in the final third: Eppan cleverly controlled the game and always kept the Broncos away from their own goal. However, the tactical masterstroke of Mensonen's team meant that the many spectators only saw a few scoring opportunities. The brothers Tobias and Fabian Ebner had one of these rare chances, but they were unable to successfully complete a two-on-one situation. Vipiteno coach Oly Hicks pulled out all the stops in the final phase and sent Caig onto the ice. However, he only made one change before returning to the bench with a pained face. As uneventful as the last third had been up to this point, the last two minutes of the game were all the more exciting: after 58.23 minutes, Eastman was denied by Demetz, who reacted brilliantly, after a one-two with Wieser. With 40 seconds left, Hicks took down the goalkeeper and sent Caig into the fray again. But he didn't find an antidote for Eppan's defensive bulwark that evening either. The Pirates secured game two and equalized the exciting series at 1-1.

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

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, Daniel Peruzzo, Philipp Platter, Alex Jaitner, Tobias Spitaler, Robert Raffeiner, Fabian Ebner, Mathias Eisenstecken Coach: Jarno Mensonen

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, Hannes Stofner, Alex Lanz, Samuel Rainer, Florian Wieser, Felix Oberrauch, Christian Sottsas, Ivan Seeber, TJ Caig Coach: Oly Hicks

Schiedsrichter : Marco Bagozza, Thomas Gasser, Patrick Gruber, Markus Niederegger

Tor : 1:0 David Ceresa (19:26),

Shots : Eppan 32 (14, 12, 6), Vipiteno 27 (7, 10, 10)

Viewers: 1370 (sold out)

Standings in the best-of-7 series: 1:1 (0:1 nP, 1:0)

The rest of the final series program:

Game 3: Saturday, March 30th at 20.30:XNUMX p.m. in the Weihenstephan Arena in Vipiteno Game 4: Monday, April 1st at 18 p.m. in the ice stadium in Eppan Game 5: Wednesday, April 3rd at 20.30:XNUMX p.m. in the Weihenstephan Arena in Vipiteno Game 6: (possibly) Friday, April 5th at 20.30:XNUMX p.m. in the ice stadium in Eppan Game 7: (possibly) Sunday, April 7th at 18.30:XNUMX p.m. in the Weihenstephan Arena in Vipiteno

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