Pure excitement: Black Wings triumph against 99ers in overtime!
Battle of the Black Wings Linz and Graz 99ers: Exciting overtime decisions characterize the current ICEHL playoff series.
Pure excitement: Black Wings triumph against 99ers in overtime!
In the exciting playoff duel between the Black Wings Linz and the Graz 99ers, the decision was recently made in a dramatic overtime thriller. As the Small newspaper reported, the game in Linz was only decided in the 88th minute, when Shawn St-Amant scored the decisive goal and secured a narrow 3-2 victory for the hosts. This was the fourth game in the series that went into overtime and the 99ers now believe in their chance of reaching the semi-finals again.
The tension of the game was high from the start. In the first few minutes, the guests from Graz took the lead with a goal from Sam Antonitsch, but only a short time later St-Amant equalized for Linz. Further twists and turns followed when Lukas Kainz put Graz in the lead again. But the team from Linz didn't give up and was able to equalize with a power play goal from Collins in the final minute of regular time. After a goalless regular overtime, St-Amant's goal provided the emotional climax of the encounter and made the people of Linz celebrate, while Graz was left in shock crown stated.