The Capitals’ victory was a hard-fought one, and the Linzers – whose coach Raimo Summanen had left the club shortly before “for personal reasons” – sold at a high price. The favorite from Vienna initially ran behind a 0:1 deficit and was not able to break away for two thirds. An effective majority game, which resulted in three power play goals, as well as two Lowry goals in the final third, ensured a well-deserved success for the capital club. The Capitals are now fifth.
Graz, on the other hand, celebrated their second home win once morest the Hungarian team from Fehervar within 24 hours. After just six minutes, the Styrians were 2-0 up thanks to goals from Grafenthin and Hjalmarsson. When Schiechl made it 4-0 in the 43rd minute, the Hungarians’ resistance was broken. In the fight for the play-off, the two victories of Graz, who are currently tenth, might still be very important. Fehervar is now holding four losses in a row and is fourth. Pustertal moved up to seventh place and is thus hot on the heels of the compatriots from Bozen, who are suffering from the coronavirus and are sixth. Znojmo dropped back to ninth place.
South Tyrol declares itself “not fit to play”
The KAC came to a 5-0 victory once morest the “unable to play” HCB Südtirol. Due to health reasons, the Bolzano team declared that they were “not able to play” until Sunday. The league announced on Friday. However, the Bolzano team’s request to postpone the two matches once morest KAC on Friday and Fehervar on Sunday was not granted.
Instead, they are each scored 0: 5 goals once morest the South Tyroleans, as the Covid special commission decided. According to the league, the medical commission did not find any active infection on Thursday. Nine of the 27 squad players are unavailable due to CoV protocol. Thus, 18 HCB players were classified as “fit to play”, with players from cooperation teams also being considered fit for action.
Bet-at-home ICE Hockey League
Friday:
Vienna – Linz 6:3
(1:1 3:2 2:0)
Tore: Antal (20./PP), Neal (23.), Hartl (33./PP), Kromp (37./PP), Lowry (41., 55.) bzw. Gaffal (10th), Pelletier (35th), Schnetzer (39th)
Penalty minutes: 10 or 12
Graz – Fehervar 4: 1
(2:0 1:0 1:1)
Goals: Grafenthin (2nd), Hjalmarsson (5th/PP2), Latta (33rd/PP), Schiechl (43rd/PP) and Sarauer (49th/PP)
Penalty minutes: 14 or 12
Pustertal – Znojmo 4: 1
(2:0 2:1 -:-)
Goals: Budish (2nd), Harju (12th, 37th, 40th) and Immo (29th)
Penalty minutes: 12 or 8
Substitute certified: KAC – Bolzano 5:0
HCB Südtirol informed the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League late in the morning that it would not be coming to Klagenfurt for the game scheduled for Friday evening. As a result, this encounter will not take place as planned. With regard to the rating, the league announced a replacement certification of 5:0 goals and 3:0 points for the KAC, so it is clear that there will be no additional date either.