Unpredictable foxes win at the masters

The match in the Albert-Schultz-Halle in Vienna began with a little surprise, as the hosts had 18-year-old substitute goalkeeper Matthias Tschrepitsch in the box. And he had to take a step back in the 5th minute because Bolzano's power play came into fruition again - very quickly: 12 seconds after Vienna's Rafael Rotter took a seat in the penalty box, Chris de Sousa took advantage of a rebound and made it 1-0 for them guests.

Only shortly afterwards the puck landed in the Bolzano goal, but the referees canceled McKiernan's goal after the video analysis. The Capitals put the Foxes under pressure, but failed because of HCB goalie Pekka Tuokkola and twice against the crossbar, once in the first and once in the second third.

Bolzano's 1-0 lead lasted until the second break

However, the Viennese didn't have any compelling chances to score, so Bolzano's narrow 1-0 lead lasted until the second halftime break.

In the third third there was suddenly more movement in the game. First it was Dominic Monardo who increased the score to 2-0 after a major mistake by the Capitals defense and a dream pass from Angelo Miceli. Vienna's goal followed three minutes later when Rylie Holzapfel coolly took advantage of a mistake by Matt Tomassoni.

Should Bozen waste another two-goal lead?

Among the dozens of Bolzano fans who had made the trip to Vienna, fears arose that the Bolzano team could give up what they thought was a secure lead against Vienna, as they had done a week ago in the home game. Therefore, the celebration was even greater when Viktor Schweitzer, of all people, restored the two-goal lead in the 49th minute with his very first EBEL goal.

Time ticked by, and when Rafael Rotter was given a 2+2 minute penalty for a stupid foul six minutes before the end, things seemed to be over. But nothing: after a blatantly bad pass from Bolzano, two Viennese players suddenly ran away despite being outnumbered and outsmarted HCB captain Alex Egger - Kelsey Tessier scored to make it 2-3 three minutes before the end.

Things got turbulent: First Vienna's Ryan McKiernan was sent to the penalty box, but a little later Bozen's Stefano Marchetti was also sent to the penalty box. Despite a Viennese timeout and despite some effort, the people of Bolzano saved the unexpected victory over time.

The HCB ended a long negative series: Bolzano's last victory in Vienna was over two years and three months ago and came on October 9, 2015.

Does the HCB get support? Now the HCB has to wait and see what the Sunday games and then also the supplementary game Zagreb-Vienna on Tuesday will bring. Only then will we know what ambitions the HCB can still have in the last two games of the regular season on Friday at home against Znojmo and next Sunday in Graz.

Vienna Capitals – HCB Südtirol Alperia 1:3 (0:1,0:0,1:2) Goals: 0:1 De Sousa (4.41), 0:2 Monardo (40.46), 1:2 Holzapfel (43.49), 1:3 Schweitzer (48.51), 2:3 Tessier (57.00)

The other EBEL match from Friday: Salzburg – Fehervar 2:0 Goals: 1:0 Herberger (4.02), 2:0 Herberger (44.02)

The other games of the third to last round of the EBEL basic round on Sunday: Salzburg – Graz (16 p.m.) Dornbirn – Fehervar (17.30 p.m.) Innsbruck – Villach (17.30 p.m.) Zagreb – Znojmo (17.30 p.m.) Klagenfurt – Linz (17.45 p.m.)

The table 1. Vienna Capitals 84 points 2. EHC Liwest Blackwings Linz 75 3. EC Red Bull Salzburg 73 (+1 game) 4. Klagenfurt AC 70 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 63 6. KHL Medvescak Zagreb 58 (-1 game) 7. Moser Medical Graz99er 55 8. HCB Südtirol Alperia 55 (+1 game) 9. Dornbirn Bulldogs 53 10. Fehervar AV 50 (+1 game) 11. EC Villacher SV 44 12. HC Orli Znojmo 43

SN/ds

ICE Regular Season ICE	SP	TV	P
1. Klagenfurt	47	183:101	102
2. Fehervar	46	146:126	89
3. Salzburg	46	142:107	87
4. HCB South Tyrol	46	137:125	76
5. Linz	46	146:116	75
6. Villach	46	155:136	74
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Unpredictable foxes win at the masters

Unbelievable: On Saturday, HCB Südtirol Alperia lost 2:4 at bottom team Znojmo; Almost 24 hours later, the “Füchse” won 3-2 against the sovereign league leaders Vienna Capitals. Purely mathematically, 6th place, which would mean direct qualification for the playoffs, is still possible.

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