Leader Innsbruck has achieved the next success in the 33rd round of the ICE Hockey League. The Haie celebrated a deserved 4:1 win over the Pustertal Wolves on Wednesday and remain comfortably at the top of the table. Second-placed HCB Südtirol turned a 3-0 deficit at home against Asiago into a 4-3 after extra time. The Carinthian clubs VSV and KAC each celebrated victories, and the Vienna Capitals and Salzburg were also successful.
In Innsbruck, the puck wriggled in the net for the first time in the seventh minute, but the visitors’ opening goal was disallowed for being offside. A little later, Daniel Leavens gave the Haie the lead (11th). After that, the game flattened out a bit, especially the sharks didn’t play at the usual high level. This changed in the final third. Jamal Watson with two goals (46th, 49th) and Lukas Bär (58th) brought about the decision in favor of the league leaders, the Wolves meanwhile only managed the consolation goal was already 0:3 behind. After a spirited comeback, Ryan Culkin caused overtime with 21 seconds to go. Brad McClure made the decision for South Tyrol after a few moments. The gap to leaders Innsbruck is currently five points. In the 8-1 thrashing of VSV in Graz, Andrew Desjardins and Marco Richter set the course for victory in the first third. Shortly after the start of the middle section, Anthony Luciani and Dominik Grafenthin increased the lead to 5:0 with a double within 23 seconds. The game was already decided, in the final third Blaz Tomazevic scored, Grafenthin again and Felix Maxa for the Carinthians. In the meantime, Daniel Woger only worked on cosmetic results for the 99ers. Thanks to the success, VSV remains in third place in the table. KAC also celebrated a clear away win in Ljubljana. Thomas Hundertpfund (11th), Rok Ticar (27th), Lucas Lessio (36th), Rihards Bukarts (40th), Paul Postma (44th) and Clemens Unterweger (52nd) scored the goals in the 6:1 of the record champions. .In the duel between the Vienna Capitals and the Black Wings Linz, the decision was only made in extra time (2:1). The Caps dominated the first third, but it wasn’t until the 19th minute before Maxwell Zimmer steered the disc over the line for a well-deserved lead. Graham Knott equalized this three minutes before the end (57th). In overtime, Radek Prokes became the match winner after 95 seconds. EC Red Bull Salzburg had a hard time beating bottom-placed Pioneers Vorarlberg 2-0 for a long time. Although Nicolai Meyer took the lead in the 16th minute, Mario Huber only made the final decision shortly before the end (60th).
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