01/01/2024 – 7:54 p.m
From our side, that’s it for today. We say thank you for reading, see you Wednesday!
01/01/2024 – 7:54 p.m
Linz remains in fourth place in the table, but can expand the gap to VSV in sixth place to seven points. With three games left, Innsbruck might push Villach out of sixth place.
01/01/2024 – 7:53 p.m
The pictures of the game to click through:
Black Wings won 5:2 in Villach
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01/01/2024 – 7:51 p.m
The next live ticker will be available on Wednesday from the Black Wings game in Salzburg.
January 1, 2024 – 7:50 p.m
The Black Wings celebrate an unexpected away win in Villach! This was made possible by a solid team performance, extremely strong forechecking and a compact defensive performance – led by a strong Thomas Höneckl.
01/01/2024 – 7:49 p.m
Playing
60th minute of the game
Illegal long-range shot from Linz. 2 seconds left.
59th minute of the game
Collins fails in an attempt to empty the net.
59th minute of the game
Linz releases the disc.
59th minute of the game
Lamoureux returns to the goal for the face-off in his own third.
59th minute of the game
Illegal long shot by the Eagles.
58th minute of the game
Villach back in position.
58th minute of the game
Höneckl holds the window. Another stab in front of the Linz goal, but the Linz goalkeeper does a very good job.
58th minute of the game
Villach once more with the sixth field player.
58th minute of the game
2 minute penalty
2 minute time penalty for Brian Lebler, 
Black Wings Linz! Reason: disability
punishment for Black Wings Linz
Player: Brian Lebler
Reason: disability
58th minute of the game
Penalty reported once morest Linz.
57th minute of the game
St-Amant slams the disc once morest the crossbar.
57th minute of the game
Stung in front of the Linz box. Linz wobbles but doesn’t fall.
56th minute of the game
Villach now in position.
56th minute of the game
The play equipment goes out once more. Knott can’t get the disc on goal.
56th minute of the game
Linz releases the disc.
55th minute of the game
Lamoureux leaves the ice. Villach goes all in.
55th minute of the game
The commentators would have liked to see a 5-minute penalty.
55th minute of the game
The two-minute penalty remains!
55th minute of the game
The pictures don’t look good from Linz’s perspective. There might probably be a 5.
55th minute of the game
2 minute penalty
2 minute time penalty for Emilio Romig, Black Wings Linz! Reason: gang check. But: The referees go and watch the scene once more. But: To do this they would first have had to impose a major punishment. So it’s not entirely compliant with the rules.
punishment for Black Wings Linz
Player: Emilio Romig
Reason: Bandencheck
55th minute of the game
Penalty indicated. Again once morest Linz.
54th minute of the game
The commentators have discovered that Anthony Luciani appears to have been banned.
54th minute of the game
Good front row forechecking. Villach did not take offense in this change.
54th minute of the game
Lebler brings out the disc. The captain is always successful in duels.
53rd minute of the game
A shot lands in Höneckl’s catching hand.
53rd minute of the game
The Villachers get into the attacking third in an orderly manner.
52nd minute of play
Linz once more with a quick attack.
52nd minute of play
Feldner shoots from a tight angle, but Lamoureux is there.
52nd minute of play
A shot from Villach goes just wide.
52nd minute of play
Everything is waiting for Villach’s final offensive. Also the commentators.
51st minute of play
Linz is good defensively. Again and once more we move forward quickly from a secure defense.
51st minute of play
Lamoureux stops once morest Romig, who has intercepted another shot.
50th minute of the game
It goes back and forth now.
50th minute of the game
Lebler in front of the goal, but Hancock tears the goal from its anchorage.
49th minute of the game
The people of Linz are coming back.
49th minute of the game
The Linzers are no longer risking too much with forechecking. But there is still pressure on the opponent.
48th minute of the game
The Black Wings are once once more gaining a place in the Eagles’ structure.
48th minute of the game
According to commentators, Rodman may have rotated his lines a bit.
48th minute of the game
Illegal long-range shot from Linz.
47th minute of the game
The home team is back on the offensive. But Linz is now getting in the way earlier.
Will the Steinbach Black Wings get back on the road to success away from home in Villach? After three defeats in a row, many fans fear deja vu from the previous season, in which the Linz team lost their naturalness at Christmas time and only returned at the last possible point, the second game of the pre-playoff series in Graz. In between there were 18 rounds in which the Stahlstadt team scored 18 meager points.
In the duel with the Eagles, the Linzers have lost twice so far this season. The home game – in round two – was lost 4-2 in front of their own crowd and marked the beginning of the longest series of defeats (3 games) this season to date. On October 27th, the Carinthians won 3-2 in the Villach town hall, ending Linz’s longest points streak this season (11 games in a row). And today? Today the Eagles might regain statistical value with a win because the Linz team will then be on a new longest losing streak of the season.
