Pioneers Vorarlberg celebrate an important victory in the basement duel against the Haie

In an exciting duel in the ICE Hockey League, the Pioneers Vorarlberg beat the Innsbrucker Haie 5-2 in the basement derby. Despite an initially disappointing start, in which a supposed goal from Luca Erne was disallowed, Lucas Sowder managed to score the first power play goal for the Pioneers in the 8th minute. But the Haie quickly equalized through Elias Stöffler. In a competitive game in which the Pioneers were able to apply more pressure, they entered the first intermission tied 1-1. In the second third, MacDougall gave Vorarlberg the lead again and even after Bär's equalizer, the Pioneers were not discouraged. With further goals from Passolt and Centazzo, the Pioneers finally secured the deserved victory and thus handed over the red lantern to the Innsbruck team vol.at reported.

A few days later there was another exciting encounter: VSV won 2-1 against Pioneers Vorarlberg and thus extended its winning streak to seven games. However, the Eagles struggled for a long time and a goalless first third initially increased the tension. In the second third, Passolt took the lead for the Pioneers on the power play, but in the final period the Villach team scored the decisive goals through Pearson and Hancock. This defeat will affect the Pioneers as they remain at the bottom of the table with just 19 points, while VSV climbs to sixth place and positions itself for the playoffs laola1.at knows to report.