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The Steinbach Black Wings will be performing in the Nevoga Arena in Znojmo from 5:30 p.m. It is the first seasonal duel with South Moravia and the first duel since the outbreak of the corona pandemic. The Czechs decided to suspend the season before the 2020/21 season and are back in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League this season.
For the South Moravia, where Hunter Fejes is also an ex-Linzer on the ice, the season has so far been rather mixed. Znojmo is in tenth place on the table, which would qualify for a place in the pre-playoffs. So far this season the Adler have collected 30 points in 24 games, which is an average of 1.25 points per game. It is noteworthy that this value is significantly better on home ice than away: With an average of 2.00 points per home game, the South Moravia are in second place in the home table. Away, however, coach Glen Henlon’s team has only managed to score 0.5 points per game – only one team is worse in this regard: Linz.
“We have analyzed Znojmo very carefully and we know what to expect. We have to skate a lot and well and play hard on the body, “says Linz striker Marco Brucker, adding:” It is important to be wide awake from the first second and to take advantage of the chances in front of the goal. “
The same applies to the Linzers today as they did on Tuesday away at HC Pustertal: Loss of points in the second half of the season against direct competitors for places seven to ten (i.e. the pre-playoffs) are twice as heavy. In Bruneck, negligence at the beginning and at the end of the game was severely punished. That shouldn’t happen again today in Znojmo.
The Black Wings have played 25 games and can play a maximum of 49 games this season by leaving Bratislava. The Linz team already had half-time in the regular season.
The games of today’s round:
- Dornbirn Bulldogs – Vienna Capitals 2:3
- Villacher SV – HC Innsbruck 3: 2 nP
- Klagenfurt AC – HC Pustertal (5:30 p.m.)
- Fehervar AV19 – Olimpija Ljubljana (17:30)
- HC Orli Znojmo – Black Wings (5:30 pm)
- HCB Südtirol – Red Bull Salzburg (6 p.m.)
Source: Nachrichten
