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After the ice hockey home game against the penultimate Asiago, the bottom of the league awaits the Steinbach Black Wings. The Linzers will be guesting on Sunday (5:30 p.m., live ticker on nachrichten.at) at the Graz 99ers, for whom the season has de facto ended given a gap of 16 points to the so-called pre-play-offs (tenth place).
However, the Upper Austrians cannot be said to be a sure-fire success; on December 30th they suffered a 4-1 home defeat against the Styrians, who apparently have big plans for the coming season. There should be no lack of financial resources thanks to Herbert Jerich, who will take over the presidency from Jochen Pildner-Steinburg.
“My responsibility is to be successful,” emphasized the head of a logistics and transport company. The image of a gray mouse should finally be shaken off. By the way, the hottest transfer share is a native of Linz. Lukas Haudum, 26-year-old team striker in the ranks of the record champions KAC, is about to sign a high-paying contract with the 99ers.
132,706 viewers around Christmas time
The league can only be happy with the spirit of optimism in the “Green Mark”, because the number of spectators in the “Bunker” can be increased. With an average of 2,104 visitors, the Graz team is the worst Austrian team in fan statistics. At the top is the KAC (3974) ahead of the Vienna Capitals (3831) and the Black Wings (3197). The intense time around the Christmas holidays is quite strenuous for the teams, but the program is fully accepted by the fans.
In the 42 matches between December 22nd and January 6th, no fewer than 132,706 spectators were counted, and 13 games – including Linz against Graz – were completely sold out. With 24,031 fans, the Epiphany match day was the best attended match day in six years. This was mainly due to the 7,000 people who saw the South Tyrol derby between Bolzano and Pustertal.
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