Fourth win in a row: Now you can dream at HCB

The evening began with bad news for HC Bozen: goal scorer Austin Smith, who was supposed to make his comeback after an eleven-week injury break, complained again of feeling unwell after the warm-up and took off his skates again. The US boy took a seat in the stands next to Michele Marchetti and Markus Gander, who were also injured. Smith's future in Bolzano seems more uncertain than ever.

Without Smith, but with a lot of bite Even without its most dangerous striker, the HCB started like a tarantula - also because Zagreb took the lead through Jozef Balej after just a few seconds of the game, forcing the Foxes to react. They didn't take long to ask and equalized almost immediately: Daniel Frank used a pass from Mike Halmo to make it 1-1. It was the Merano native's third goal of the season. Just four turns of the pointer later, Matias Sointu gave the home team the lead for the first time. The Finn scored in the power play. As a result, a disjointed game developed, in which both teams repeatedly stood out with fine combinations. This was also the case in the 13th minute, when Zagreb crack Michael Boivin finished a puck relay to make it 2-2. However, the HCB was not very impressed and just a few minutes later had the right answer ready: This time it was the lively Chris DeSousa who hit the mark.

The lively target shooting seemed to continue in the middle section when Luca Frigo was allowed to try a penalty. However, the attacker from Piedmont was left behind in the duel against Kevin Poulin. The Zagreb goalie, who recently distinguished himself with Team Canada when they won the Spengler Cup, also made several great saves afterwards. Only when the three of Angelo Miceli, Mike Angelidis and Dominic Monardo stormed towards him was he powerless. Miceli poked the disc over the line to make it 4-2. Shortly before the second break, Zagreb restored the old distance through Tyler Morley.

So it should remain exciting in the third part of the game. And so the game was on a knife's edge for a long time - until the 53rd minute, when Sointu and DeSousa combined as if from a single source and skillfully put Angelidis in the spotlight. This made it 5:3. Only a short time later, captain Alex Egger finally made the decision. It was also the third goal of the season for the “oldie”. Then the ice wave was over.

The master is coming on Sunday

Even after their fifth win in a row, the HCB cracks have no time to take a breather. The Vienna Capitals will meet on Galvani Straße on Sunday (game starts at 17.30:1 p.m.). The grapes are extremely high against the confident frontrunner, even though they were defeated 5-XNUMX in Salzburg on Friday evening.

HCB Südtirol Alperia – KHL Medvescak Zagreb 6:3 (3:2, 1:1, 2:0)

Silver : Tuokkola (Smith); Gartner, Tomassoni, Egger, Marchetti, Glira, Carlisle; Micelli, Angelidis, Monardo, Halmo, Oleksuk, Frank, Sointu, DeSousa, Petan, Frigo, Bernard, Schweitzer Coach: Suikkanen

destination : Poulin (Rosandic); Kudelka, Poyhonen, German, Tikkanen, Noonan, Boivin, Cepon; Olden, Morley, Mahbod, Balej, Koskiranta, Netik, Puskarich, Rajsa, Zanoski, Jankovic, Simsic Coach: Bradley

Tore : 0:1 Jozef Balej (1.16), 1:1 Daniel Frank (1.49), 2:1 Matias Sointu (5.52), 2:2 Michael Boivin (12.49), 3:2 Chris DeSousa (17.07), 4:2 Angelo Miceli (32.56), 4:3 Tyler Morley (38.58), 5:3 Mike Angelidis (52.05), 6:3 Alexander Egger (55.10)

spectator : 3.510

The other EBEL results from Friday:

Linz - VSV 2:0 1:0 Lebler (20.37), 2:0 Broda (23.40) Audience: 4.200

Znojmo – Dornbirn 2:6 0:1 Fraser (7.09), 0:2 Gauthier Leduc (13.56), 1:2 Mrazek (16.21), 2:2 Csamango (23.09), 2:3 Arniel (33.28), 2:4 Fraser (38.43), 2 :5 Fraser (49.31), 2:6 Timmins (51.09) Audience: 2.451

Graz – Fehervar 7:2 0:1 Kocsis (7.11), 1:1 Brophey (11.01), 2:1 Higgs (15.49), 3:1 Pirmann (29.01), 4:1 Higgs (29.58), 5:1 Zusevics (33.22), 6: 1 Carlsson (38.20), 6:2 Vincze (50.29), 7:2 Zusevics (51.35) Audience: 2.733

Salzburg – Vienna 5:1 0:1 Hartl (21.29), 1:1 Brouillette (24.35), 2:1 Herburger (26.44), 3:1 Harris (36.22), 4:1 Harris (41.24), 5:1 Herburger (44.54) Audience: 3.310

The table :

1. Vienna Capitals 82 points (-1 game) 2. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 72 3. EC Red Bull Salzburg 67 4. EC Klagenfurter AC 66 (-1 game) 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 61 (-1 game) 6. KHL Medvescak Zagreb 55 (-1 game) 7. EC Dornbirn Bulldogs 53 8. Moser Medical Graz99ers 52 9. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 51 10. Fehervar AV 50 11. EC Villacher SV 44 12. HC Orli Znojmo 43

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Fourth win in a row: Now you can dream at HCB

Salzburg, Dornbirn, Villach and now Zagreb: HCB Südtirol Alperia is sweeping one EBEL competitor after the next off the ice. The Foxes defeated the Croatian capital club 3.500-6 at home in front of 3 spectators and are moving closer to the playoff places. Sixth place is now only four points away.

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