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At home, the table leaders celebrated a 4: 1 (2: 0.0: 0.2: 1) victory in an overall exciting game and are now two points ahead of Graz and four points ahead of Salzburg, who nonetheless played one game less. “I liked our game in every way,” Caps coach Dave Cameron said. Two games on Sunday had previously been canceled due to Corona.
Thanks to Sascha Bauer (1st) and captain Mario Fischer (18th), the Viennese went ahead 2-0 after the first period and extended their lead to 3-0 at the beginning of the last third through Colin Campbell (42nd). Despite a goal from Peter Hochkofler (42nd) and much pressure from the somewhat disgruntled “Bulls”, Nikolaus Hartl made it all clear with an empty goal just seconds before the end.
“Only our action in the majority of four minutes in the second period could have been better. My players were a bit sloppy and failed to build momentum,” Cameron said. His Salzburg counterpart, Matt McIlvane, saw at least an increase after the second suite loss compared to Friday’s 1: 4 against Innsbruck. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to take advantage of the breaks and the outnumbered games,” he said.
Victories for KAC and Fehervar
Tied on points with Salzburg (with one more match), KAC is fourth, on Sunday “Rotjacken” won their second home win in suite with a 2: 1 (1: 0.0: 1.1: 0) against Innsbruck. The deciding factor was Dennis Sticha’s goal in the 48th minute. In Sunday’s third game, Fehervar prevailed at home against Bozen with 5: 4 (3: 0.2: 3.0: 1).
Previously, two games scheduled for Sunday had to be postponed due to positive crown tests. Dornbirn against VSV – both teams are affected according to the league – and Graz 99ers against Bratislava Capitals, where “several players” tested positive for the 99ers according to the club. In the still young season, two HCB Südtirol matches and one Bratislava match had already been postponed due to positive corona tests.
