The “Bulls” won at home against Znojmo 3:1 (2:0,0:0,1:1), Fehervar shot the Pustertal Wolves 8:1 (5:0,1:0,2:1) vom Eis and Ljubljana celebrated a 6:4 (2:1,3:1,1:2) away win against VSV. KAC beat the Vienna Capitals 2-1 in overtime.
Klagenfurt won in overtime
In a new edition of the final series from 2019, record champions KAC and the Capitals faced each other so early in the play-off for the first time. The teams that had previously only matched in the final series in this phase of the championship (Vienna won in 2005 and 2017, KAC in 2013 and 2019) initially started the series with a goalless first third.
In the still balanced game, Paul Postma (39th) caused the first cheers just before the second half-time siren, but from the guests. His shot went past goalie Bernhard Starkbaum, who could have prevented the goal. When the record champions were expected to win away, the hosts equalized in the 59th minute through Nikolaus Hartl.
The match had to go into overtime. And in the 69th minute Matt Fraser made the decision after a nice hook. “There aren’t many chances out there, I got a bit of space and then I used it,” Fraser rejoiced on Puls24. With this, the Klagenfurt team also won their third match of the season in Kagran.
Victory for Lebler’s Eisbullen
In Salzburg, the hosts quickly took a 2-0 lead through Jan-Mikael Järvinen (7th) and Peter Schneider (12th). The guests from the Czech Republic scored the goal in the 44th minute through Tomas Svoboda. When Znojmo risked everything in the finish, Thomas Raffl made the decision a few seconds before the final siren with an empty net goal.
Surprising results in Villach and Fehervar
Fehervar’s smashing victory against Pustertal was a clear affair, it was much tighter in Villach. Ljubljana saw goals from Guillaume Leclerc (1st, 35th / PP), Tadej Cimzar (5th), Bastien Maia (26th) and Gregor Koblar (40th) and Philipp Lindner (1st minute) in a 5-1 lead. ) like the certain winner, but the VSV showed fighter heart. In the end, goals from Chris Collins (40′), Benjamin Lanzinger (51′) and Rick Schofield (60′) were no longer able to prevent the Carinthians from losing at home, also because Miha Zajc then scored the final point. The next games are on Friday.
Source: Nachrichten
