Trend reversal thanks to Knott? | Nachrichten.at

After conceding ten goals in the most recent two ice hockey league games (1:3 against Innsbruck, 3:7 in Vorarlberg), will the Steinbach Black Wings get back on track on Saturday (6 p.m.)? With Graz comes the bottom team, which Linz dispatched 6-0 at the beginning of October.

But it would be a huge mistake to expect a sure-fire success despite the return of top scorer Graham Knott (stayed in Canada for family reasons). “I didn’t agree with a lot of what we showed in Feldkirch,” said Wings coach Philipp Lukas: “We have to work on being good for 60 minutes.”

The 44-year-old also criticized the referees after the 3:7, which rarely happens: “I wasn’t entirely happy with the referees’ leadership in the third period, and the communication with our bench wasn’t commendable either,” said Lukas. It simply needs more – including in the New Year’s match on Monday (5.30 p.m., live ticker on ) against Villacher SV, who won the previous two duels of the season against Linz (4:2, 3:2).

Incidentally, Brodi Stuart (upper body injury) will be missing from the Black Wings for up to four weeks.