In the follow-up game of the 9th round, the “Bulls” had an easy time with the Laibachers, whom they met for the first time this season. Ali Wukovits made things clear with a brace in the first period (9th/PP, 17th). In the middle section, the hosts then moved up and away. Chay Genoway also scored twice (25′, 32’/PP), Peter Schneider on the power play (34′) and Benjamin Nissner (37′) completed the half dozen. Lucas Thaler scored the last goal of the day in the final third (55′). Olimpija is only eleventh in the table.
In the 51st round of VSV’s game once morest Pustertal in South Tyrol, the Carinthians wanted to forget Tuesday’s derby defeat once morest KAC. Alexander Rauchenwald put the guests in front following 65 seconds (2nd), but Daniel Catenacci (4th) and Marc-Olivier Roy (27th) initially turned the game around. Robert Sabolic made it 2-2 for VSV (33rd). VSV striker Andrew Desjardins countered another Italian lead in the final section (48′).
The goal to 4:3 by Anthony Luciani (52nd) then meant the knockout of the Pustertaler. Shortly before the end, the game escalated into a mass brawl following a tie once morest VSV goalie Jean Philippe Lamoureux, which resulted in numerous penalties on both sides. That didn’t change the result, the Carinthians scored three important points and celebrated their second win in the third duel of the season with the wolves.
