The Königsliga file is finally closed. Salzburg lost 1:5 to the Lahti Pelicans without five supporters and is only a spectator in the play-off.
The Eisbullen had a tiny hope of making it into the top 16 in the final round of the Champions League in the run-up to the last regular season game against the Lahti Pelicans. But the next setback came before the game, which started late because of broken plexiglass. Not only was Mario Huber, who was still ill, missing, but four – more or less – ailing cracks, Murphy, Genoway, Bourke and Nissner, were spared. “If it had been a final game seven, they would have played,” admitted club manager Helmut Schlögl. Due to the failures, the juniors Assavolyuk (D), newcomer Myllymaa (Fin) and defender Steffler were brought up. The Finnish runner-up didn’t let anything go wrong and led 2-0 shortly after the start of the second third. After that, the Bulls had their best phase, and visiting goalkeeper Olkinuora, Olympic champion and world champion with Finland, was also challenged. But the Pelicans prevailed with their higher class and won the game 5-1. Only six penalty minutes say a lot about this encounter. Clear bottom line: “It was a good performance with a young team. “They also made better use of their chances,” said Salzburg’s Ali Wukovits. With their fifth defeat in the sixth game, the Bulls remained at four points and ended up clearly bottoming out. This means that there will be no play-off participation for the eighth time in the premier league. Innsbruck lost at home against Skelleftea 2:4, but had already had their play-off ticket in their pocket with nine points. Bozen, which welcomes Stavanger to Kehraus today, only has one point and has added Tyler Sikura (Kan, 31) in the center position for the league.
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