Vienna Capitals welcomes the Innsbrucker Haie
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The second home game awaits the Vienna Capitals tomorrow after their inevitable ten-day break due to numerous corona diseases. To After winning a point in the “league comeback” against defending champions EC-KAC last Tuesday – the Caps would only admit defeat to the Rotjacken without seven regular players on penalties – Vienna will host HC TWK Innsbruck tomorrow. Face-Off in the STEFFL Arena is at 7:30 p.m.
Review KAC
Leading 2-1 without seven regular players until 122 seconds before the end of regulation time. Secured a point and ended up losing 2-3 after a penalty shootout. The severely decimated spusu Vienna Capitals showed a courageous performance in the home game against EC-KAC. “It was a very intense game, we gave our all with the short line-up, we really threw ourselves into it. Unfortunately we got the equalizer shortly before the end. It could have looked out more. But hats off to the team,” Christof Kromp looks back on the fourth duel of the season with the red jackets.
In the absence of six strikers (Patrick Antal, Luke Moncada, Matt Neal, Niki Hartl, Nicolai Meyer and Brody Sutter), the 24-year-old center followed the second Viennese offensive line with Sascha Bauer and Armin Preiser. “We had the day off yesterday and were able to recover well from the duel with Klagenfurt. Now we have to attack again and collect points,” says Villacher, who was born in Villach, the motto for tomorrow.
Fourth duel with the sharks
Because that’s where the spusu Vienna Capitals meet HC TWK Innsbruck at home. The Haie have won five of their last seven games and are quietly inching their way into the top six. The Tyroleans (40 games) are currently in eighth place, with two more points than the seventh-placed Caps (38 games). “It’s always a close game against Innsbruck,” says Kromp, who went on goal-hunting for the Haie last season. “Innsbruck is in a good mood at the moment. It’s sure to be an exciting party. Of course, we don’t lose sight of the table either. It’s a 6-point game tomorrow. We have to make sure that we attack the top 6 again and get our place.”
Intensive medical checks before returning
It is not yet clear when the five players who recently had to take a break due to Covid disease will return to play. Intensive medical checks are taking place these days. “First of all, it is now important that everyone stays healthy and that those players who were affected by Corona return safely to the ice. As soon as we have a full line-up again and stick to our schedule, then we’ll get rolling again,” said forward Matt Bradley.
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03.02.2022