Delicate derbies and gripping tension: ice hockey thriller in Linz!

Delicate derbies and gripping tension: ice hockey thriller in Linz!

In the current round of the Win2day Ice Hockey League, the games for the three domestic top clubs were anything but encouraging. While the Moser Medical Graz99ers in the match against the Steinbach Black Wings Linz were subject to 3: 4 despite an exciting penalty shootout, the EC Red Bull Salzburg was again unable to triumph and continued to fall back against the EC IDM heat pumps VSV with a 2: 5 defeat. Linz fought himself up to one point to the league leader HCB South Tyrol Alperia, who also defeated the HC Puster Valley 4: 2, as [Puls24] reported.

The game of Black Wings against Graz was a real thriller: after a gap of 0: 2 in the final third, the Grazers fought back and equalized, but could not survive in the decisive penalty shootout. Linz, on the other hand, took his chance with a strong appearance, with Shawn St-Amant and Graham Knott achieving the decisive score in the shootout. This means that the Graz99ers now have to accept another setback, since they fall back to third place in the table ranking and are now seven points behind HCB South Tyrol Alperia, as [Kleine Zeitung] held.

VSV remains in the upswing

A ray of hope in this exciting league remains the VSV, which has added a 3-2 win in Salzburg. The Villacher showed their strength and won the first victory in the Salzburg Eisarena for over two years. Alex Wall and Max Coatta took care of the necessary leadership, while Salzburg was able to pull up by Benjamin Nissner and Thomas Raffl, but could no longer counter the third goal of Chase Pearson. HC Tiwag Innsbruck also achieved a surprising 4-1 win against the KAC, which tightened the situation for Carinthian, who have been looking for a win for six games. The current table situation gives hope for improvement in the upcoming encounters.

The events in the league is therefore more exciting than ever, and the upcoming games will be crucial to see who can fight at the top and who is being pushed into the table cellar.