Table leaders Red Bull Salzburg ahead of the home game against HC Innsbruck
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EC Red Bull Salzburg will play their last home game in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League tomorrow, Friday, against the HC TIWAG Innsbruck “Die Haie” (7:15 p.m., Ladies Night, live stream). The Red Bulls will be playing with new signing Brian Lebler for the first time and, regardless of the fact that they have already won the regular season, want to continue playing for the likely playoffs. In the Salzburg Eisarena, the 3G regulation comes into force again with almost 2,400 seats, ie spectators must be vaccinated, tested or recovered.
When the Red Bulls meet Innsbruck tomorrow, they expect another highly offensive team that WILL do everything they can to score points in Salzburg, because for the Tiroler Haie it’s still about the chance of a place in the pre-playoffs true. They only showed that they can beat the Red Bulls on January 21 with a 3-1 home win. Both times before that, the Red Bulls came off the ice as winners.
That should be the case again tomorrow. In the last GD home game, the Red Bulls want to put on a firework display in front of their home crowd – at the Ladies Night, with free entry for all women, a particularly large number of female fans are expected – and both themselves and the fans want to get in the mood for the expected playoffs. The duel with the Innsbruckers, who are playing against the end of the season, promises to be a very exciting encounter again.
New signing Brian Lebler is also there and he’s really looking forward to his debut: “Today I had a good first team training session with the Red Bulls and I was welcomed very relaxed, especially since I know many of the players from the past. I came to play the playoffs and I’m excited for the first game tomorrow.”
Of course, the 33-year-old Austro-Canadian knows HC TIWAG Innsbruck just as well as he does the Red Bulls and therefore warns: “They are a dangerous team. They’re fast, they score goals and they have their backs to the wall. It’s a dangerous mix. But we are well prepared, especially yesterday I had a long day with videos and tactical discussions and I will try to help as best as I can.”
The Red Bulls are looking forward to returning Vincent LoVerde, Lucas Thaler and Paul Huber in the last home game of the regular season. Ali Wukovits, Peter Hochkofler, Florian Baltram and Lukas Schreier are still prevented from convalescent. The recently operated Mario Huber and Jakub Borzecki are no longer there, both players were withdrawn from the squad on Tuesday when the entry deadline.
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EC Red Bull Salzburg – HC TIWAG Innsbruck “The Sharks”
Fri, 02/25/2022; Salzburg Ice Arena, 7:15 p.m
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02/24/2022