Ultimate showdown for the Black Wings on Tuesday in the all-important quarter-final game 7 at Favorit Bozen! “We want, they have to,” says striker Stefan Gaffal, describing the starting position for Linz. Who have never lost a decider since the ice hockey league was founded!
Salzburg, KAC and Vienna have long since progressed. In search of the last semi-finalist, the entire ice hockey league looks to Bolzano on Tuesday. Because with the Black Wings, the underdog actually managed to push the HCB legionnaires into a Game 7 and to the edge of the end of the season! “No Wirtshaus-Trupp’n” “We worked hard for this all-important game and deserved it. It’s great what we showed in Sunday’s 2-1 in terms of attitude and discipline. Only the evaluation of chances didn’t fit, but you don’t play against opponents in a tavern, but against the winner of the regular season,” said coach Philipp Lukas. Whose team hit back after losing 1:5 and 1:7! “We had two complete snaps – and we came back! Now anything can happen,” says Striker Julian Pusnik.”A childhood dream””The odds are 50:50! Even as a child you dream of games like this,” says Marc-Andre Dorion. “There’s nothing cooler than a game 7! Now it’s about who wants more” , says Ramon Schnetzer, another defender. “It’s a mix of nervousness, tension and joy – a great experience for the boys! Anything less than in Game 6 will not be enough for us. It will be important that that game is tight for a long time,” says Lukas. “Nervousness and Fre ude”“The victory in Linz was wonderful! Now a cauldron is waiting in Bolzano. We have to get the little things right again, work cleanly in front of the goal,” said winning goalscorer Martin Schumnig. While the EHC made a job apology for the fans on Instagram because of play-off fever and paid for the bus journey, Schumnig says: “Slow down, it’s going to be a great game! We’re doing everything we can to win the series.”Linz is a playoff specialistGood omen: The EHC has played a game 7 four times so far – and won them all. As are the two decider games in a best-of-5 series! And all three “do-or-die games” were won this year. “In contrast to Bolzano, we have already fought the end of the season three times this year, including the pre-play-offs, and we have always mastered it. I’m curious to see how they deal with it,” says striker Stefan Gaffal. “We’re ready!” “We’ve already won in Bozen this year. We are ready!” says Jakob Mitsch. Captain Brian Lebler is also ready for the ultimate showdown: “It’s going to be tough again, both physically and mentally. After the emotional win in Linz we have to be ready to do the dirty work again. We want to steal this series from the favorites with a disciplined, collectively strong team performance!”
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