After the terrific appearance of the “Adler” at the spectacular show training session on the Rathausplatz ice arena in the heart of the city, where Alexander Rauchenwald and Co. delighted thousands of VSV fans, the blue and whites in the league will be going on a road trip at the weekend to Bolzano (Friday, February 3, Sparkasse Arena, start: 7:45 p.m., live stream on live.ice.hockey and live broadcast on ORF Radio Kärnten) and Linz (Sunday, February 5, Linz AG-Eisarena, Start: 5:30 p.m., live on Puls 24 and on Radio Kärnten with live entries). Six games before the end of the regular season, the EC iDM heat pump VSV team has a cushion of 13 points over seventh-placed local rivals KAC. With the 2:3 derby win in Klagenfurt, six games before the end of the regular season, the door to the play-offs has been pushed wide open.
Daum: “It’s looking good, but we haven’t qualified yet. We want to score a lot of points at the weekend and thus not only secure the playoffs, but also – at least – place 4. It will be two very close games – Bozen is currently the best team in the league, they have recently celebrated seven wins in a row and Linz is a direct competitor for fourth place.”
The top game in the league once morest the table leaders from Bozen is of course very explosive. “They are at the top of the table and have a very strong and talented team. But we’ve beaten them twice this year, even won once in Bozen. I think we’re in really good shape now and have scored a good 20 points in the last ten league games. The derby win gave us even more self-confidence. We now want to score points in Bolzano and Linz at the weekend. Maybe third place is still possible for us,” he said Anthony Luciani, whose mother comes from Milan and emigrated to Canada with her parents when she was a child. Luciani feels in good shape, he recently scored in the derby. Once once more, by the way, following a perfect assist by Alexander Rauchenwald. How the storm line Luciani-Rauchenwald-Desjardins is currently working very well. “We complement each other very well, the chemistry is right. We want to take the momentum from the derby and score points with the leaders in Bolzano and our neighbors Linz. We’re looking ahead and not back!” Together, the three forwards have already scored 89 points for VSV this year – Luciani 35 points, Rauchenwald 30 and Desjardins 24 points!
In a direct duel, the “Adler” has already won twice once morest Bozen in the current season – in Villach with 6:3 goals and in Bozen with 1:3 goals. The only defeat once morest the South Tyrolean came in the Stadthalle at the end of last year with 2:5 goals. The Bolzano team is currently riding the wave of success and can look back on an impressive winning streak: in the past 14 games they have only lost once – once morest Fehervar – and are at the top of the table with 92 points.
The EC iDM heat pump VSV still has to fight for the long-term injuries once morest Bolzano tomorrow Julian Payr and Elias Wallenta dispense
By the way: Back-up-Defender Jamie Fraser completed the ice training with the “Adlers” today and made an excellent impression.
win2day ICE Hockey League:
HCB Südtirol Alperia – EC iDM heat pumps VSV
Friday, February 3, 2023 / Sparkasse Arena / Start: 7:45 p.m
Live stream on live.ice.hockey
Steinbach Black Wings Linz – EC iDM heat pumps VSV
Sunday, February 5, 2023 / Linz AG-Eisarena / Start: 5:30 p.m
Live on free TV on Puls 24
