“This is what winners look like” and “Here the EHC reigns” chanted the spectators in the Linz AG EisArena after the final siren. Because the Black Wings delivered a heroic fight in the second quarter-final duel with Bozen, fought down the co-favorites for the title in the ice hockey league 2:1! The unlucky 0:2 in South Tyrol three days earlier mutated into the acclaimed goal scorer.
“Sport can be so brutal,” Emilio Romig was still hesitating on Tuesday when the target in the first quarter-finals in Bozen “picked” his shot on the line and Bozen scored the 2-0 final score in return. “Almost poetic,” beamed the Black Wings striker after game 2 of the best-of-7 series. Because it was he of all people who, after the Dorion Pass, kicked off the boundless celebration with the winning goal to make it 2-1 in the Linz AG EisArena (51st)! “To be honest, I didn’t know why Bozen let me stand free and I wasn’t sure if someone would come from the side and clear me away completely,” said the 30-year-old. But there was no Italo crack – and the one who came from the bench on the ice defeated Bozen goalie Sam Harvey. Haga injured out Even before that, the 3500 got an unbelievable fight for every centimeter from the outsider from Linz. “We were a bit nervous at the beginning, we have a relatively inexperienced team. But what we delivered today makes me really proud,” said coach Phil Lukas. Whose team took the lead early (5th) with a hammer from Shawn St.-Amant, with a spirited performance and the extremely strong goalie Rasmus Tirronen (he parried 27 of 28 shots) only conceded one goal – when Hults in the Bozen power play for 1: 1 scored (51st). But two minutes later Romig came and Linzer rewarded themselves with the acclaimed 1:1 equalizer in the quarter-final series! The only fly in the ointment was the victory, after which the team was back in South Tyrol on Saturday, where game 3 was played on Sunday: first-line center Michael Haga was eliminated in the 45th minute with an upper body injury.
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