ICE Ice Hockey League – Villach ends Salzburg’s winning streak

VSV has ended the winning streak of Austria’s champion Red Bull Salzburg in the ICE ice hockey league. The Villachers celebrated a 5-2 win on Friday and inflicted the Mozartstadters’ first defeat after seven wins in a row.

Meanwhile, HC Innsbruck defended its lead with a 2-1 win at KAC. Chaser HCB Südtirol kept the gap by two points thanks to a 4:1 win at Black Wings Linz. The Vienna Capitals clearly won against the Graz 99ers 5:2. In Carinthia, VSV took Salzburg by surprise in the early stages and proved to be extremely efficient, especially when outnumbered. Three power play goals from Simon Despres (5th), Nicolas Rivett-Mattinen (9th) and John Hughes (10th) as well as a goal from Chris Collins (8th) put the Villachers comfortably in the lead in front of 2,790 spectators after just ten minutes . Salzburg, who were then superior, shortened through Ty Loney (18th) and Thomas Raffl (55th), before Hughes (59th / empty net) scored the final score. The Capitals also got off to a dream start in Vienna in front of 4,550 fans. Mario Fischer (10th), Lukas Kainz (13th), Alex Wall (14th) and Benjamin Finkelstein (15th) made the preliminary decision early with a four-pack in the first third. Kainz was able to celebrate a brace with another goal (42′), Tobias Fladeby (24′) and Zintis Zusevics (43′) scored for Graz. The Innsbrucker Haie took the lead in Klagenfurt after just 45 seconds through Daniel Leavens. After Fabian Hochegger (9th) equalized in the meantime, Tyler Coulter (19th) made the Tyroleans celebrate again. 13.01.2023Vienna Capitals – Graz99ers 5:2 (4:0,0:1,1:1)EC-KAC – HC Innsbruck 1:2 (1:2,0:0,0:0)EC VSV – EC Salzburg 5 :2 (4:1,0:0,1:1)Black Wings Linz – HCB Südtirol 1:4 (0:1,0:1,1:2)Friday, 20.01.2023Fehervar AV19 – Olimpija Ljubljana 19.15
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