“Too many mistakes, you can’t give up 5 goals in one third if you want to have a chance of winning. It’s a shame, after the first third we were fully involved,” said a disappointed Benjamin Corbeil after the 1:7 against Pustertal. The motto for tomorrow’s game at the Steinbach Black Wings Linz is therefore clear: “We have the quality in the team, but we just can’t afford any snags in the 60 minutes,” said Corbeil. Defender Noah Kerber also knows that the task in Linz will be a difficult one: “Linz is always unpleasant to play against because they always play hard, are very well organized, and also have individual class. The hall is also very loud, but that can also give us an extra push.”
Linz also definitely needs points
The Black Wings have recently slipped into a mini-crisis, at least in terms of results. Seven of the last ten games were lost, most recently there were four defeats in a row, although Linz had to play three times away (Bozen, Fehérvár, Graz) and at home against Salzburg. Nevertheless, the Black Wings have lost their place in the top 10 and are two points behind the Caps in 11th place.
The Sharks and the Black Wings meet tomorrow for the third time this season. So far, Linz has narrowly won both games. In Innsbruck, the Haie were ahead 2-0 in the third period, only to lose 4-2 in the end. In Linz, the Tyroleans saved themselves with two last-minute goals in overtime, in which Linz again had the upper hand. Tomorrow the Haie should finally get a win against the Black Wings.
