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Dornbirn Dornbirner EC return to the top of the qualifying round in the Ice League with home bets after a 2-1 win in overtime in the second game against the Bratislava Capitals in 24 hours. The winning goal was owed to him by Matt MacKenzie after just 35 seconds of overtime.
“It was two play-off matches,” snorted coach Kai Suikkanen after the victory. “We were very good defensively today, we only conceded one goal, that made the difference.” Saku Salmela and Jesper Kokkila exchanged positions in defense of Dornbirn, while Sacha Guimond, who was ill, was absent from Bratislava. In the attack, Anton Straka returned to the ice age, on his 33rd birthday Daniel Woger moved to the fourth line.
It was a game of patience that Dornbirn and the Capitals delivered. One day after the Slovaks won 4-3 on the penalty spot, it was all about the place in the sun, and the two teams were consequently nervous and disheveled. After the Capitals had the opening minutes of the game, also due to an early power play opportunity, the Bulldogs took the liveliest part during the remainder of the opening section. DEC goalkeeper Oskar Östlund had the Bratislava team’s only good chance through Michal Mrazik. The host then lost its first top-number opportunity, and Bratislava immediately after its second. Will Rapuzzi (14th) and a metallic blow from Salmela (15th) underscored DEC’s more active role.
In the middle third, Straka (24th), Andrew Yogan (25th) and Rapuzzi (28th) missed their first chances, while Östlund had to stretch against Roman Faith (28th). Anthony Luciani then broke the outnumbered spell: The Canadian waited for the move from Capitals goalkeeper Jared Coreau, then deliberately shot 1-0 (37th).
In the final stretch, Dornbirn had to do without Olivier Magnan due to a knee problem. The Bulldogs began with a power play, goalie Coreau avoided the second goal against Yogan, then against Emilio Romig. Bratislava was now unpacking the technically fine sheet, in a period of urgency the clear Martin Chovan achieved 1: 1 (55 °). Rapuzzi triggered another goal alarm, an action the referees looked back to after the end of regulation time, but the goal could not be seen below goalkeeper Coreau. At 60 minutes, the time of the individualists began in the game three against three. Yogan, Rapuzzi and MacKenzie managed to hold off Brett Carson, Mitch Hults and Milos Bubela. MacKenzie decided the game with a well-placed long shot. UN-KO
