Black Wings spectacle on the way to its 750th victory

The anniversary is perfect. With the 5:2 (1:2, 1:0, 3:0) over the Pioneers Vorarlberg, the Steinbach Black Wings celebrated their incredible 750th victory since entering the ice hockey upper house in autumn 2000. As a reminder: The The Linzers celebrated their very first triumph against Kapfenberg on October 5, 2000 in front of 1,800 eyewitnesses. Today’s chief scout Rick Nasheim scored three goals in the 9:2 win, and current head coach Philipp Lukas and his assistant Mark Szücs also entered the scorer’s list.

8,531 days later, 3,282 fans at the Untere Donaulände were also treated to a magnificent goal spectacle. However, there were teething problems, which were probably due to the nine-day break from competition.

Brian Lebler’s 40th scorer point

The Black Wings needed time to get up to speed. But they showed morale and didn’t let the fact that they were behind twice against a strong opponent from the country throw them off track.

In the third third, Werkl was in full swing – one-way ice hockey with a move to the opponent’s goal. This was also necessary when looking at the table constellation. The fight for a top 6 position – equivalent to a direct play-off quarter-final ticket – is tough and doesn’t allow for a fall.

The EHC maintained fifth place, but the lead of one point over seventh-placed Innsbruck is a touch of (almost) nothing. “We have to stick with it, you don’t get anything for free,” says captain Brian Lebler, who shook off his jamming and recorded his season scoring points of 38, 39 and 40.

The 35-year-old’s 3-2 win in the 44th minute was something of a liberating blow; Linz suddenly began to work magic on Shrove Tuesday. Niklas Bretschneider, the “Man of the Match”, increased to 4:2 (48th), Martin Stajnoch to 5:2 (49th). There were just 265 seconds between these three direct hits.

That’s what you call gaming frenzy – much to the delight of the crowds, who saw their EHC off to the dressing room to the sounds of “Sweet Caroline” and “Hey, that’s going on, we’re partying all night long.” But the opponent from Feldkirch could also be happy because they moved straight into the so-called pre-play-offs (round of 16).

The Ländle-Cracks benefited from the 3-0 defeat by the Vienna Capitals, who missed the knockout phase for the first time in 19 years.

EC-KAC - Fehervar AV19                 5:2      (0:1,3:1,2:0)    
Black Wings Linz - Pioneers Vorarlberg 5:2      (1:2,1:0,3:0)    
HC Innsbruck - Graz99ers               4:1      (2:0,0:0,2:1)    
Olimpija Ljubljana - Vienna Capitals   3:0      (0:0,0:0,3:0)    
Asiago Hockey - EC VSV                 2:4      (1:0,1:1,0:3)    
Pustertal Wölfe - HCB Südtirol         4:5 n.V. (3:0,1:1,0:3,0:1)

 1. EC-KAC              45 28 3 6  8  173:99  74 96 * 
 2. Fehervar AV19       44 26 2 3 13 142:122  20 85 * 
 3. EC Salzburg         44 22 6 4 12 133:103  30 82 * 
 4. HCB Südtirol        44 21 5 0 18 127:114  13 73   
 5. Black Wings Linz    44 18 5 8 13 143:113  30 72   
 6. EC VSV              44 19 5 4 16 147:131  16 71   
 7. HC Innsbruck        44 17 7 6 14 127:124   3 71   
 8. Pustertal Wölfe     45 18 5 5 17 134:132   2 69   
 9. Olimpija Ljubljana  44 17 5 4 18 137:132   5 65   
10. Pioneers Vorarlberg 45 17 3 3 22 144:146  -2 60 **
11. Vienna Capitals     45  9 7 7 22 109:161 -52 48   
12. Asiago Hockey       44  7 5 9 23 112:178 -66 40   
13. Graz99ers           44  6 5 4 29  84:157 -73 32   

*   = im Viertelfinale
**  = im Pre-Play-off

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