Bankruptcy in Vienna: Bozen loses leadership in the table – ICEHL

Bolzano suffered their first league defeat since 18 October against Vienna © Leo Vymlatil

HCB Südtirol Alperia has lost another match in the ICE Hockey League after 7 wins in a row. On Saturday night, the Bolzano team fell behind at the summit of the capitals of Vienna and had to let the Viennese pass in the table.

December 05, 2020

Despite a 2-1 lead, Captain Anton Bernard & Co. lost 3-2 and thus left the ice as an underdog for the first time since October 18. For a long time, the Bozen in Vienna / Kagran looked like the sure winners: with the narrow lead on their back, the HCB defended very intelligently in the finals, but two late goals sent the result above the pile and gave them to the Capitals 3 points. as well as the classification.

Vienna started the game very aggressively and presented the Bolzano team with some problems with unpleasant pre-control, especially early in the game. Due to early disturbance by the home team, the HCB often lost the puck in preparation for the game and were lucky several times not to be left behind early. It took Bolzano around 10 minutes to find his way into the game and a match developed at eye level.

Brett Findlay (right in the red jersey) scored his first two goals of the season

Even before the second period began, there was bad news to report from the Bolzano field: regular goalkeeper Leland Irving did not return to the ice after 20 minutes and was replaced by Justin Fazio. It was less than 2 minutes in action before he had to admit defeat for the first time: after a shot from Richter, the puck bounced off his helmet in the direction of Nissner, who used the rebound to make it 1-0.

Awakened by the deficit, the HCB launched a veritable avalanche of attack and quickly rewarded itself with compensation. Brett Findlay took the Gazley-Assist measurements and scored 1-1 with his first goal of the season. Less than 4 minutes later, the Canadian striker caught Vienna goalkeeper Starkbaum with his left foot again and scored to make it 2-1; Bolzano’s leadership was well deserved at the time.

Vause and Campbell secure the knockout

In the final stretch, the HCB was very good on the defensive for a long time and barely allowed a dangerous conclusion by the Capitals. While it was difficult for the hosts to find a hole, Bolzano remained extremely dangerous on counterattacks and had the decisive 3: 1 on the racket several times. When the Viennese began the final offense, however, they hit twice as cold and wrapped the victory with late goals on dry sheets: first, ex-Bolzano Vause tied at 2-2, before top scorer Campbell was brilliantly removed. by Loney and out A short distance from the 3-2 win.

The HCB already has the opportunity to return to the winning path on Sunday night: at 5.30 pm, the Bolzano team will face the Graz99ers away from home, the only team that the HCB has been able to defeat in the wave of ice this season.

EV spusu Vienna Capitals – HCB Südtirol Alperia 3: 2

Vienna: Starkbaum (Wraneschitz); Wall-Lakos, Fischer-Leduc, Piff-Flemming, McPhee-Peter; Wukovits-Campbell-Hartl, Bauer-Vause-Richter, Artner-Nissner-Loney, Antal-Großlercher-Kittinger.
Coach: Cameron

Bozen: Irving (Fazio); Fournier-Plastino, Youds-Insam, Robertson-Di Perna, Gios; Halmo-Catenacci-Bardaro, Frank-Bernard-Miceli, Frigo-Findlay-Gazley, Giliati-Alberga-Deluca, Pitschieler.
Coach: Ireland.

Tore: 1: 0 Benjamin Nissner (21.39), 1: 1 Brett Findlay (25.09), 1: 2 Brett Findlay (29.03), 2: 2 Taylor Vause (54.50), 3: 2 Colin Campbell (58.18)

The other games on Saturday night:

Bratislava – Dornbirn 1: 4
0: 1 Rapuzzi (18.11), 0: 2 Jevpalovs (21.01), 0: 3 Schwinger (26.17), 0: 4 Yogan (32.24), 1: 4 Lapsansky (36.38)

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Author: sn