Tame “foxes” also lose in Klagenfurt

The performance at Lake Wörthersee began under the worst possible circumstances for the HCB: Since the white-reds had forgotten their training jerseys, they had to complete the warmup in the KAC uniforms. A bad omen?

Even after the first puck was thrown in, things didn't go as planned for the White-Reds in front of almost 4.000 spectators - including many supporters from Bolzano -: just twelve seconds (!) had been played when Manuel Ganahl simply tried it from a distance , the puck hit the post, from there onto the back of Marcel Melichercik and into the goal – 1-0 for Klagenfurt. While the Foxes were shocked by this early goal, the home team launched one attack after the next. But nothing worthwhile came out of it - on the contrary: as if out of nowhere, the Talferstadt team equalized after ten minutes when Marc-Olivier Vallerand reacted quickest after a rebound from the boards and made it 1-1. But the joy about it didn't last long: When the Foxes had the majority for the first time, Ganahl grabbed the target, fueled his way through and stayed ice cold in front of Melichercik - 2-1 for the KAC.

Just a flash in the pan in the final third

In the second half of the game the same pace continued. While in the HCB offensive the blocked Anton Bernard and the injured Travis Oleksuk and Nick Palmieri were sorely missed, the KAC repeatedly confused the guests' defense, which was completely overwhelmed at times. Consequently, Manuel Geier increased the score to 3-1 halfway through the game.

Immediately after the last break, the Red Jackets once again played in an exemplary manner and this time Johannes Bischofberger Melichercik lost out for the fourth time. Only now did the previously extremely harmless Foxes wake up: First Alex Gellert directed a Seymour shot into the net and restored the old distance, a short time later Markus Gander made things really exciting again with a slapshot into the top corner. Two minutes before the end, however, Mark Hurtubise dashed the Bolzano team's budding hopes. Thomas Koch finally made the final score 6:3 with an empty net goal and at the same time gave the HCB their 31st goal in the second round. This remains true to his inglorious average of five goals conceded per game.

EBEL, 6th matchday of the intermediate round Klagenfurt – Bolzano 6:3 (2:1, 1:0, 3:2) 1:0 Ganahl (0.12), 1:1 Vallerand (10.09), 2:1 Ganahl (16.13), 3:1 Geier (29.44), 4:1 Bischofberger (41.31), 4:2 Gellert (47.20), 4: 3 Gander (54.08), 5:3 Hurtubise (57.50), 6:3 Koch (59.16)

Linz – Innsbruck 7:3 (4:0, 0:3, 3:0) 1:0 Putulny (5.44), 2:0 Lebler (6.13), 3:0 McLean (12.21), 4:0 Moderer (14.55), 4:1 Ross (26.39), 4:2 Bishop (34.44), 4: 3 Smith (35.54), 5:3 Lebler (40.55), 6:3 Hisey (42.28), 7:3 Broda (17.21)

Vienna – Salzburg 3:2 (0:0, 1:1, 2:1) 1:0 Holzapfel (23.42), 1:1 Raffl (16.28), 2:1 Sharp (41.25), 2:2 Hochkofler (51.22), 3:2 Großlercher (13.53)

Znojmo – Fehervar 3:1 (2:0, 1:1, 0:0) 1:0 Plihal (7.14), 2:0 Stehlik (15.41), 3:0 Sulak (26.10), 3:1 Sofron (27.30),

Ljubljana – Dornbirn 0:4 (0:2, 0:1, 0:1) 0:1 Mcbride (10.52), 0:2 Grabher Meier (16.45), 0:3 Livingston (30.50), 0:4 D'Alvise (49.52)

VSV – Graz (Sunday, 17 p.m.)

The charts:

Pick Round 1. UPC Vienna Capitals 16 points 2. EC Red Bull Salzburg 15 3. EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz 14 4. EC Klagenfurter AC 12 5. HC TWK Innsbruck 'Die Haie' 6 6. HCB South Tyrol Alperia 4

Qualification Round 1. Graz99ers 16 points (-1 game) 2. HC Orli Znojmo 14 3. Dornbirner EC 10 4. EC VSV 9 (-1 game) 5. Fehervar AV 8 6. Olimpija Ljubljana 7

SN/td/Alexander Foppa

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