The leaders Jesenice against the bottom of the Vienna. Derby between Gherdeina and Merano
Five games are scheduled for Tuesday in the Alps Hockey League. HDD transnational league leader SIJ Acroni Jesenice will take on the Vienna Capitals Silver in a classic spin. With the EK Die Zeller Eisbären the second re-entrant of the tournament is also in action. The Salzburg team will face SHC Fassa Falcons. BEMER VEU Feldkirch wants their first full success this season but will have to host a tough opponent like the Rittner Buams (currently in 3rd place). Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey is the clear favorite against the EC-KAC Future Team. So far the starred have won all ten direct duels against the Carenzians. In addition, there will be a South Tyrolean derby between HC Gherdeina valgardena.it and the newcomer of HC Meran / o Pircher which will also affect the IHL – Serie A standings.
Alpine Hockey Championship: Tue, 28.09.2021:
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:25: Vienna Capitals Silver – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären – SHC Fassa Falcons
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:30: BEMER VEU Feldkirch – Rittner Buam
Tue, 28.09.2021, 20:30: Migross Asiago Hockey Supermarkets – EC-KAC Future Team
Tue, 28.09.2021, 20:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it – HC Merano / o Pircher
Alpine Hockey Championship: Tue, 28.09.2021:
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:25: Vienna Capitals Silver – HDD SIJ Acroni Jesenice
Referees: HLAVATY, LOICHT, Legat, Weiss.
The Vienna Capitals Silver and the SIJ Acroni Jesenice HDD will open on Tuesday. The hosts and current rear lights of the Vienna Alps will meet the league leaders of Slovenia. Both teams are separated by thirteen points. The Silver Caps have yet to score a point in their return season, and recently suffered a 2: 6 loss to EK Die Zeller Eisbären. The Balkan team of Jesenice, on the other hand, have won all of their last four games, with at least two goals of difference. With just six goals conceded, last season’s semi-finalist also has the best defense in the league. Goalkeeper Oscar Fröberg is one of the architects of this record. The Swede leads the goalkeeping statistic with 96.2% of saves. Both sides have met twice in the Alps Hockey League so far. Jesenice was successful in every duel (6: 1 and 5: 2).
- Absolute direct matches in Alps VCS – JES: 0: 2
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:30: EK Die Zeller Eisbären – SHC Fassa Falcons
Referees: KUMMER, WUNTSCHEK, Holzer, Wimmler. I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <
With EK Die Zeller Eisbären, the second re-entrant of the championship is also in action on Tuesday. The Salzburg team, which is currently in an excellent fifth place in the standings with three wins in a row, will have to contend with the Falcons of the SHC Fassa, in 15th place. The people from Trentino have only managed to win one of their five games this season. With eight points, Henrik Neubauer is the top scorer of the “Polar Bears”. The Swedish player, naturalized Austrian, has scored in three of five games. The 24-year-old is currently in fourth place in the scorer’s chart. The great strength of Fassa neglected this season is the power play. With a rate of 35.7%, they are in third place in this statistic. In AHL, two teams have faced each other ten times so far. The balance is even. Both teams prevailed five times each. The team of coach Liberatore will not be able to draw on Gianluca March and Soel Costantin. Steven McParland, on the other hand, after a severe bruise in last Saturday’s match against Vipiteno will be evaluated over the course of hours on its use.
- Absolute direct clashes in the Alps – EKZ – FAS: 5: 5
Tue, 28.09.2021, 19:30: BEMER VEU Feldkirch – Rittner Buam
Referees: HOLZER, WALLNER, Kainberger, Spiegel. I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <
The BEMER VEU Feldkirch had a bad start into the new season. Of the first three games, the Vorarlberg team was unable to win even one after regular playing time. This means that the Feldkirch is only in 16th place in the standings. The Rittner Buams, on the other hand, had a strong start. With ten points, they are in third place in the standings. More recently, they were able to turn a 0: 2 deficit against EC-KAC Future Team into a 4: 2 win. It was the fourth success in the first five outings for the first Alps Hockey League champion. Last season, the two teams dueled twice. Both the VEU and the “Buam” have won at home. Overall, Renon is clearly ahead by 9: 3 in head-to-head matches. In Vorarlberg coach Santeri Heiskanen will have to do without Manuel Öhler and most likely also Marco Marzolini. The Finnish Jari Sailio will return instead.
- Absolute direct matches in Alps VEU – RIT: 3: 9
Tue, 28.09.2021, 20:30: Migross Asiago Hockey Supermarkets – EC-KAC Future Team
Referees: BENVEGNU, STEFENELLI, Bedana, Piras. I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <
With twelve points from the first six games, Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey is currently in second place in the standings. Last Saturday, last season’s finalists were defeated by EHC Lustenau by 4: 3. It was the second defeat of the season for the stars. The EC-KAC Future Team recently suffered three losses in a row after a good start to the season. On Saturday, the Carinthians lost 4: 2 to Rittner Buam despite a previous 2: 0 lead. With seven points, the Klagenfurt team is currently in ninth place in the standings. In the duel on Tuesday, the 2018 champion of the Asiago Alps is the clear favorite, because in all ten duels against KFT the Vicenza have always defeated the red and white.
- Absolute direct matches in the Alps ASH – KFT: 10: 0
Tue, 28.09.2021, 20:30: HC Gherdeina valgardena.it – HC Merano / o Pircher
Referees: EGGER, MOSCHEN, Brondi, Cristeli. I >> PPV-LIVESTREAM <
The last match on Tuesday will be an eagerly awaited derby between HC Gherdeina valgardena.it and HC Merano / o Pircher. The hosts started with three defeats in their first three games. More recently, however, two away wins followed in Kitzbühel (5: 3) and Collalbo (4: 3). Thus, the “Furies” are currently twelfth in the standings. The Merano / o, newcomer to the league, is two places in front of Val Gardena. The “Eagles” celebrated a home win against Vipiteno in their last match. Furthermore, the bianconeri surprisingly won against the current championship leader Jesenice by 2: 1 after the shootout at the opening of the season. Since then they have always played at home at the MeranArena. For Gherdeina it will be the third home game of the season. So far the Ladins have been defeated at Pranives by Zell am See (2: 3) and Asiago (0: 5). This challenge also applies to the top league of the IHL – Serie A with important implications. In the event of a two-point success, Merano would go to the top of the Serie A rankings while the Furies could jump into the lead with a victory after 60 minutes. At Gherdeina it is necessary to check the conditions of Fabian Kasslatter who suffered a blow to the head in the match against Renon, as well as defender Christian Willeit – absent since the beginning of the year – while Michael Sullmann who recently became a father will be back. In Merano to check the presence of Frederic Cloutier who in the last two games has been replaced by Lorenzo Marinelli.