EC Bregenzerwald continued its climb in the Alps Hockey League on Sunday with its sixth win in a row. At SG Cortina Hafro, Vorarlberg celebrated a 3-2 win after a shootout. In addition, defending champions EK Die Zeller Eisbären had the upper hand at the Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan 4-2. While the Pinzgauers were able to end their two-game losing streak, Vipiteno suffered their sixth defeat in a row.
In a hard-fought game, EC Bregenzerwald was able to celebrate for the sixth time in a row. At SG Cortina Hafro, the forests narrowly won 3:2/SO. Vorarlberg took the lead both 1-0 and 2-1, but Cortina had the right answer ready both times and first forced overtime and then a shootout. In this, Usko Laaksonen scored the decisive penalty. In the table, Bregenzerwald remains in fourth place, while Cortina, which suffered another defeat after two wins, is in eighth place. In the first duel of the season on October 31st, the forests narrowly won 4-3 after extra time.
Zell am See back on the winning road
For defending champions EK Die Zeller Eisbären, the 4-2 win at Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan was their first win after two defeats in a row. In the table, the Pinzgauers improved to fifth place, while the Broncos suffered their sixth defeat in a row and fell back to twelfth place. Vipiteno got off to a dream start and took the lead after just 44 seconds through Franco Sproviero. The narrow 1-0 held until the 28th minute before Christian Jennes equalized for the defending champions. It was the beginning of the turning point: Max Stiegler scored in the 31st minute to give Zell am See a 2-1 lead, and just three minutes later the 21-year-old completed his second brace of the season – Max Wilfan assisted on both goals. Four minutes before the end, the Broncos caused tension again with a 2-3 goal, but after the South Tyrolean goalkeeper Dominik Groh was taken off the ice, Max Wilfan made everything clear with an empty-net goal two minutes before the end.
Alps Hockey League:
Sun, November 9th, 2025:
SG Cortina Hafro – EC Bregenzerwald 2:3/SO (0:1, 1:0, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1)
Referees: RIVIS, STEFENELLI, Cristeli, Ilmer
Goals SGC: 1:1 Pietroniro K. (33rd), 2:2 Talamini A. (43rd)
Goals ECB: 0:1 Grasser B. (12th), 1:2 Lipsbergs R. (41st), 2:3/SO Laaksonen U. (65th/PS)
Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan – EK Die Zeller Eisbären 2:4 (1:0, 0:3, 1:1)
Referees: OREL, VIRTA, Legat, Usurer
Goals WSV: 1:0 Sproviero F. (1.), 2:3 Sproviero F. (57.)
Goals EKZ: 1:1 Jennes C. (28th), 1:2 Stiegler M. (31st), 1:3 Stiegler M. (31st), 2:4 Wilfan M. (59th/EN)
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