Salzburg wins Schlager and catches up with KAC

2024-01-14 19:25:54

Red Bull Salzburg has closed the gap to league leaders KAC to within one point of the ICE Ice Hockey League at the start of the final regular quarter. The defending champion won the match once morest Klagenfurt 4-1 on Sunday and moved into second place ahead of Fehervar, who had the same number of points.

In a first third with tricky referee decisions and lengthy video checks, Salzburg took the lead. After a power play goal from Murphy was disallowed, Troy Bourke’s goal also counted a minute later (8th). Benjamin Nissner deflected a Schneider shot to make it 2-0 (19th).

With a power play goal towards the end of the middle third, Johannes Bischofberger (39th) brought Klagenfurt closer, but it wasn’t enough to turn things around in the final third. Two Emtpy Net goals in the final minute sealed the end of the successful streak of six wins, meaning the Carinthians remained without a point for the first time since November 24th.

Even at the bottom, the Black Wings Linz have not found their way out of the slump they have slipped into since Christmas. The Upper Austrians had to admit defeat to the Graz99ers 2:3 following extra time and have fallen from second place to sixth place with just one win in the eight games since Christmas. The Black Wings only kept their place in the top six, which brings a quarter-final place, thanks to Slovenian help. Olimpija Ljubljana celebrated a 3-0 win once morest seventh-placed HCB Südtirol.

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