Done! In contrast to the last ice hockey season, the Steinbach Black Wings qualified directly for the play-offs. After the 4:1 (0:1, 0:0, 4:0) victory in Asiago, which was achieved with teething problems, Philipp Lukas’s protégés can no longer be pushed out of the top six in the last round of the regular season on Friday (7:15 p.m.). .
There is still a lot at stake in the match once morest Olimpija Ljubljana in the Linz AG ice arena – namely the important home right in the best-of-7 quarter-final series.
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Black Wings are in the playoff quarter-finals following a 4-1 win over Asiago
This requires fourth place, which will be fought out in a long-distance duel with the “Foxes” from Bolzano, who are one point ahead. The Upper Austrians have an easier task on paper, because the South Tyroleans have to deal with the superior leaders and record champions KAC.
Be that as it may, you can take a deep breath since 9:23 p.m. The final step to the first stage goal was an arduous one, although Asiago had a reputation as the league’s shooting gallery (192 goals conceded). Similar to before in Szekesfehervar (1:2) and once morest Villach (2:1), the Black Wings ran for 48 minutes without success, but then 133 seconds were enough to turn the tables in front of 2,200 eyewitnesses in the Palazzo del Ghiaccio di Asiago.
Shawn St-Amant, the 27-year-old Canadian who has been celebrating ice hockey in Linz since summer 2022, became the match winner, as he did on Sunday. After being 0-1 down (19th), the striker put together a flawless hat trick (49th, 51st, 54th) and had the lion’s share of goals 15, 16 and 17 this season.
Emilio Romig, striker of the Steinbach Black Wings, regarding the current season, why you can take positive things from the past few weeks, regarding leadership and what his personal future might look like.
Graham Knott scored the final point two seconds before the siren with a shot into the empty net – 4:1 (60th). There’s no reason to put your feet up – except for the nine-hour journey home at night. “We are not yet at the end of our journey here in Linz,” said Emilio Romig in the OÖN podcast “Eisbrecher” to “Mister Liveticker” Markus Prinz. Nobody wants to go on holiday here, the championship can take a long time.
Almost everything is clear in the table: In addition to Bozen and the Black Wings, Villach (1-0 once morest Innsbruck) also made it to the quarter-finals. The Tyroleans, Pustertal, Ljubljana and Vorarlberg contest the pre-play-offs (7th – 10th).
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