Despite the return of Marco Richter, Villach loses: VSV breaks the winning streak!

Despite the return of Marco Richter, Villach loses: VSV breaks the winning streak!

In an exciting duel in the ICE ice hockey league, Villacher SV had to accept a bitter setback on the last matchday of 2024. Despite a committed appearance, the VSV lost 3-2 to the South Tyroleans from Bolzano after the Carinthians hired an impressive winning streak of eleven games. Bolzano had taken the lead through goals from Brad McClure and Dylan di Perna early. Marco Richter managed the goal for the guests in the 29th minute, but Adam Helewka replied immediately for the South Tyroleans before Richter struck a second time - but only a subsequent consolation for VSV remained with this goal, like vienna.at reported.

winning streak and crucial moments

The VSV had presented itself strongly in the past few weeks and replaced its rival KAC from the top six. The team inspired the victory over Pioneers Vorarlberg on Saturday, which expanded the winning streak to seven games. However, this sense of achievement could not overturn the bitter defeat against Bolzano. Vorarlberg had also suffered a setback in the last game against HC Pustertal and had to accept a 5-2 defeat, while the KAC pushed to third place, thanks to a victory over Asiago. In another match, HC Innsbruck celebrated a strong 6-2 win against Olimpija Ljubljana and thus ended a five games long negative series, such as Sn.at informed.

The power play of the HC Innsbruck proved to be crucial, with Mark Rassel playing the leading role with three goals and an assist. The Vorarlbergs, on the other hand, have to reorient themselves after the defeat in Feldkirch, while the ICE ice hockey league will continue on New Year's Day with the 36th round and other exciting games.