Red Bull Salzburg is waiting for the next returnee – Hockey-News.info
EC Red Bull Salzburg will meet HCB Südtirol Alperia tomorrow, Friday, in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League (7:45 p.m., live stream). After two initial home defeats against the South Tyroleans, the Red Bulls won in Bozen in December and now want to do it again. It is the duel of the table third against the leaders from Salzburg.
Confirming the current form, improving further in relation to the playoffs that are about to start and equalizing to 2:2 wins in a direct comparison – this is how the Red Bulls’ goals for tomorrow’s fourth game of the season against HCB Südtirol can be summarized. The Red Bulls only showed that they can win in Bolzano with the 3-1 win on December 12, after they had to beat each other at home on both occasions.
Only recently, with Dornbirn and Znojmo, games against teams from the lower third of the table have shown that you have to give your full performance against every team in the ICE Hockey League, this applies to the game against Bozen more than Salzburg did in the past they have often struggled.
The Red Bulls are therefore preparing for another tough party, says Kilian Zündel: “We definitely have to and want to play at full throttle. And that is also needed against Bolzano. This team is well positioned in all areas. we will react to that, but still try to stick to our own route.”
When asked about ‘verbal antics’, the South Tyrolean veterans die quite well, the 21-year-old defender says: “Not many have tried that with me. But then I just grin in the other person’s face and they might become aggressive and cause a penalty. And otherwise I still have my life insurance No. 44.” Of course, this means Zündel’s line partner Keegan Kanzig, who towers over the lively Vorarlberger by more than a head.
Departure for Bolzano is Friday after the pre-game skate. Then Lucas Thaler, who just played his last ICE game in Bolzano on December 12th, could also be on the team bus again. After that, the 20-year-old striker was in action at the U20 World Cup and then had to take a break after a positive corona test.
The Red Bulls are still missing the convalescent Atte Tolvanen, Alexander Pallestrang, who is flirting with his comeback on Sunday, and Lukas Schreier. The game can be seen in the paid live stream of the league.
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