Mario Huber: “We need the points and are ready”
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After yesterday’s away game in Linz, the Red Bulls will be playing two more games in the post-Christmas program until the end of the year. Tomorrow, Wednesday, the away game against the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg is on the schedule (7:30 p.m., ICE live stream), extended from the home game on December 30 against HK SŽ Olimpija. But first it’s back to Feldkirch, where the Red Bulls want to win for the first time at the second attempt.
Because when the new league club made their first visit to Feldkirch at the end of November, the Red Bulls were only able to take a point from the Ländle after a 2-1 defeat on penalties, having previously clearly won 6-1 in the first comparison of the season in Salzburg . That annoyed the reigning Austrian champions, even though he had to give up eight injured or ill regular players at the bottom of the table.
This time the Red Bulls want to play to the fullest with a better line-up and secure their first win in Feldkirch. Just yesterday in Linz, Salzburg showed a compact defensive and offensive game, just couldn’t convert enough chances into goals. Such a game will be needed again in Feldkirch, because even if the Vorarlbergers are at the bottom of the table and only scored seven times in 28 games, they have always surprised. Like on December 23rd with the 5:4 home win against the runners-up from Bolzano.
No more warning is needed, says Mario Huber, who was not satisfied yesterday in Linz despite a strong Salzburg performance: “We didn’t play our ice hockey 100% and gave the people of Linz a lot of good chances. That urgently needs to be changed. We want to create more chances ourselves in Feldkirch tomorrow and not let them develop in front of our goal.”
Regarding the last game in Feldkirch, in which the Vorarlbergers found a relatively large number of break opportunities, the striker says: “We want to take this hope away from them. It destroys our game, we will prevent that. We also need three points for the table and we will be 100% ready for the game tomorrow.” The Pioneers’ top strikers, Hampus Eriksson and Tyler Sandhu, are still on the alert and die together with 17 goals have scored a third of all goals for Feldkirch so far.
The Red Bulls are already on their way to Feldkirch today, and goalkeeper Atte Tolvanen has also got back on the bus after yesterday’s absence. Also absent are convalescents Ty Loney, Troy Bourke, Paul Huber – the 22-year-old forward is back in full training and expecting his comeback on Friday – and Aljaž Predan. It starts in Feldkirch tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.
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BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg – EC Red Bull Salzburg
Wed, 12/28/2022; Feldkirch, 7:30 p.m
Media info Red Bull Salzburg
12/27/2022