Salzburg handles leaders Innsbruck, Bolzano loses
The top quartet was reduced to three points as a result, Innsbruck (50 points) leads ahead of the new runners-up Salzburg (48) as well as South Tyrol and VSV (47 each).
Innsbruck goes under despite top form
Innsbruck had traveled to Salzburg in better form with five wins from the last six games and quickly took the lead through Tyler Coulter (4th). But the sharks had shot their powder with that. Nicolai Meyer (17th, 59th / EN) and Chay Genoway (28th / PP, 38th), who each recorded two goals and one assist, turned the game in favor of the champions, who also played the first duel of the season nine days ago (5 :2) had decided for himself. Florian Baltram fixes the final score (59th).
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Fourth win in the series for VSV
The VSV celebrated their fourth win in the series and, after the last nine defeats in the Eiswelle, another success in Bozen. The Villachers took the lead in the final third through Blaz Tomazevic (48′), Mike Halmo’s equalizer (52′) was countered by John Hughes just a minute later (53′). Anthony Luciani closed the sack (58th). But the match winner for the Carinthians was goalkeeper JP Lamoureux, who saved 44 of the 45 shots on goal.
Things are not going well at KAC
KAC, plagued by twelve failures, who did not even get three complete lines on the ice, suffered a 1:3 home defeat against bottom-placed Pioneers Vorarlberg. Julian Metzler (5th), Hampus Eriksson (8th) and Layne Viveiros (19th) gave the guests from Vorarlberg a decisive lead in the first third. Paul Postma only managed to make it 1:3 for the exhausted Carinthian in the finish (53rd).
Important wins for Black Wings
The Black Wings Linz with 5:2 against the Vienna Capitals and Fehervar (2:0 against Pustertal) consolidate their place in the top 6, which brings a direct ticket for the quarterfinals after the regular round. The duo are now five points ahead of KAC and nine ahead of the Caps. The Viennese lost the connection with the fourth defeat in a row and for the first time in two years they can admit defeat to the people of Linz.