Red jackets return the favor for the 99ers «kleinezeitung.at

It was exciting for 50 minutes in the bunker, then KAC made it really great and scored three points in Graz.

Of Georg Michl and Philip Edlinger | 19:36 clock, January 1, 2021

The new year began with the Graz 99ers as the previous one ended: against KAC and with Felix nussbacher Between the bars. By the way, the young goalkeeper used to learn a lot from his counterpart. Sebastian Dahm was sent to the ice by the red jackets, David madlener He stood with a hood behind the gang. After five minutes “Nussi” showed his skills. A cursory shot of Thomas koch in the power game he would have fitted. It was clear from the start: both teams weren’t hungover on New Year’s Day, but they really wanted to. At the moment, however, the needle knocked out the active Klagenfurters somewhat and they were rewarded quickly in the seventh minute. Lukas haudum it was at the end of a quick 2v2 counterattack by Matt Fraser perfectly served and hit the net. A serious mistake of Philipp lindner brought the target to the opponent; apparently, there are still gifts after New Years Eve.

The KAC fought fire with fire, passed quickly through the neutral zone, the positions were well defended and the defenders awaited the counterattack. Eric Kirchschläger He embarrassed Dahm for the first time in the eleventh minute. His shot from the left bounced off the post: the Dane was already beaten. I had two minutes later Oliver setzinger After spending very little time and space to adjust the lens correctly.

Penalty training at the KAC after the recent defeat appears to have paid off: the Red Vests were agile and attacked the target across the entire ice surface with great effort. So they kept the excess weight off and cushioned the opposing play structure. The 99ers only had the fast break, even on the power play. 89 seconds before the third break, the Carinthians cheered again: they arrived in the majority Rok Ticar after a bounce against the window. A feint, a pass and a complete kitchen.

Grazer’s joy was short-lived

In the second round, the forces leveled off a bit. Like the KAC, Graz also attacked the target deep within the opponent’s zone – the neutral zone was quickly traversed. In the 25th minute, Nussbacher defused a Fraser counterattack, but there were no big chances at the moment. Over and over I was with the Grazer Kilian Rappold to see. Junior player became Neotrainer Jens gustafsson stopped (again) and played alongside Goodbye Alagic and Joel broda. Midway through the second round, the KAC pushed for another goal and pushed the Grazers into their own zone. Nussbacher intervened repeatedly. Against Thomas one hundred poundsthat accidentally touched the guardian kneeling on the helmet after a safe, no problem.

Meanwhile, things got more difficult on the ice: players were still lying on the ground and more and more controls were being completed. In the 34th minute, Graz applauded: Johan Porsberger He shot Dahm, the puck rolling behind the keeper and in front of the line. Then came Hunter fejes and put the puck into the goal to make it 1: 2.

The red jackets were not long in catching up. In the 38th minute the glass was exposed in front of the goal, there were disturbances and Ticar took advantage of it with a deflected shot. A power play (penalty against Koch) did nothing for the Grazers.

In the end it became clear

In the final section, Nussbacher at least improved his personal record against Fraser, defusing the next solo race after a good two minutes. I had on the other side Matias Sointu the connection hit the spade, but hit the game controller on Dahm’s box. Immediately when the KAC may have over-made the preliminary decision, Sointu attacked again. In the counterattack and in the pursuit of the foot, but without kicking, he did it 2: 3 (48º).

The response of the Carinthians? Constant pressure! The Graz team succumbed to this six minutes before the end. Nick petersen put the lid on the batch, Johannes Bischofberger it was even a better one (57). With this, the people of Klagenfurt managed to get revenge and achieved a victory that was good for more than 60 minutes. That former Graz native Manuel Ganahl then he got a half-dozen fast break, but maybe it made the 99ers beat a little too high.