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Once again, the Dornbirn Bulldogs did not reach the playoff semifinals.
Following a 3-0 loss to Red Bull Salzburg in the sixth game of the ICE Hockey League quarterfinals (2: 4 overall), the season for Kai Suikkanen’s team is over.
Once again, it must be said. Because the Vorarlbergers have qualified for the postseason four times since entering the league in 2012 and failed each time in the quarterfinals, which means they have never won a series.
There were three times against the Mozart City Bulls, the final score in the “Best-of-Seven” series was always 2: 4. In 2014, the Bulldogs were already 2-0 up.
Opportunity assessment at the heart of the matter
“We started the series very well, but unfortunately we didn’t pick up the momentum with us,” Dornbirn forward Daniel Woger said in an interview on Puls24 after the game. Vorarlberg took the lead with two wins (2: 0 and 6: 3) early on, but lost the next four games (1: 4, 4: 6, 0: 1, 0: 3).
In the final six thirds, the Bulldogs failed to hit more, the Salzburg team left the top line around Andrew Yogan, William Rapuzzi and Anthony Luciani with no more room. The plan of the Mozartstadt people worked in this regard, although JP Lamoureux highly praises the three “Markers of Difference”.
Woger sees the evaluation of the possibilities of the last two games as the heart of the matter. The possibilities were available in the two days, the only thing was that the disc was not placed in the opposite box. “If you don’t score, it will be difficult to win a game,” he sums up.
The 33-year-old describes the season as positive for the Dornbirn Bulldogs because “they played hockey so well.”
Thomas Höneckl, the Bulldogs’ nominal substitute goalkeeper, tells Sky about a “bitter aftertaste if you get knocked out” and also emphasizes that Salzburg has removed Dornbirn’s “most dangerous weapons” from the game.
Salzburg “is burning for the next title”
Double scorer Florian Baltram sees the key to success in increased defensive performance: “In the first two games we allowed too many chances and Dornbirn played really well. JP (Lamoureux; note) has the last four games incredibly to hold us back. We stand better. in the back and we cleared the doors in the front. That did it. “
After winning the championship five years ago, the bulls are “on fire” for the next title, according to Baltram. Alex Rauchwald also hopes that the Salzburg team will continue as it did last time.
The KAC is now waiting for the people of Mozartstadt in the semi-finals (March 28 at 5:30 PM on LIVE-TICKER >>>). Lamoureux praises Rotjacken as one of the best and most consistent teams in the league and knows that you also have to work hard to win this series.
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