Austrian Hockey League: Fehérvár won for the eighth time in a row

István Bartalis scored the fourth goal for Fehérvár (Photo: Csaba Dömötör, file)

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It depends on the time and place if we think of a name as father or son.

Today, and especially abroad, for example, hearing the name Draisaitl, you know that Leon Leon, 25, German-born, joins hockey fans because the 25-year-old Edmonton Oilers forward he was the king of the last NHL regular season. But his father, Peter, is not just anyone. Born near Ostrava 55 years ago, he has dual Czech-German nationality, has already played in Germany, was a (West) German team and has worked in his former homeland since his retirement. Today of course he is one house away from Slovakia, and on the last day of Christmas he was in Székesfehérvár, as the Bratislava Capitals coach, the league’s rookie, had a case here against Hydro Fehérvár AV19.

So a surname draws such a beautiful arc from the sixties to the present day, from Fejér county to Alberta, from the Austria-based ICEHL to the NHL, which we were able to transform into, because the games played a peaceful game and we had a very nice result.

Because although it is true that in addition to the Canadian center located, Andrew Sarauer, our best defender, Bence Stipsicz, was also missing due to his injury, the others did the job and gently beat the rival, who has not yet caught the rhythm, rhythm, banner of the league. It did not take a quarter of an hour for a cross pass from János Hári to separate the visiting defense as did Moisés al mar, to which Anze Kuralt put a shovel, calmly moving both the goalkeeper and his defense before directing the advantage to the empty goal. And the Bratislava players remained proactive in their match circles, of which Fehérvár shot two more before the break, closing the first third 3-0 and practically deciding the match.

From here, you just had to manage the events, it was also enough to beautify the Tapas before the second half-time and go around the goal, because after a few more nervous minutes, István Bartalis shot the left corner, calming the spirits and Determining the final result in 4–2. With this, Fehérvár won for the eighth time in a row and it was a function of the late-night Bozen-Salzburg rivalry to see if he would finally take the lead on the table after weeks and months of outstanding work. Well, the Italians won, so Fehérvár is second for the moment.

AUSTRIAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
BASIC SECTION
HYDRO WHITE CASTLE AV19 – BRATISLAVA CAPITALS (Slovak) 4–2 (3–0, 0–1, 1–1)
Székesfehérvár, behind closed doors. V: Rencz, Soós, Muzsik, Váczi
WHITE CASTLE: JANUS – Szabó B., T. Campbell – Caruso (1), HORVÁTH M. – Geiger (1), SZABÓ D. (1) – Hargrove (1), HÁRI J. (1), Kuralt 1 – Transylvania Cs. 1, BARTALIS I. eleven), Petan (1) – Ákos Mihály, Kähkönen 1, Sieve – Kovács Alex, Sárpátki (1). Coach: Antti karhula
BRATISLAVA: S. Baros (Hamerlík) – Guimond, Culkin – Bohunicky, Sedivy – Romancík – Ahl, Hults, Cajkovic – Lapsansky (1), Bubela (1), Miklík – HUDEC (1), HIGGS 1, FORTIER eleven) – Lipiansky, Buc, Bezak. Coach: Peter driasaitl
Door shots: 20-27
Exhibitions: 8, resp. 2 minutes
MASTER BALANCE
Antti Karhula: – We knew how Caps played, and at first we were much better, only then it became more difficult … We could have hit four or five, but in the second third we became imprecise, we started taking unnecessary risks, of which we took one and we were able to get more is. The last third was a tough fight, but luckily in the end we stabilized the situation and won, which is the point.
Peter Draisaitl: – We were competitive for forty minutes, but we paid the price for a bad start as it is obviously not a good idea to give Fehérvár a three goal lead. The positive is that we have defended ourselves, and also that as newcomers we learn about ourselves with every exchange and match – it takes time to find the right system and team composition.

ADDITIONAL GAMES
Graz – Villach 1–3
Vienna Capitals – Linz 1–2
Dornbirn – Innsbruck 7–4
Bozen South Tyrol – Red Bull Salzburg 2-0
Free days: Klagenfurt