The EC-KAC will play against local rivals in Villach for the second time this season on Friday evening and want to take revenge for the defeat they suffered there in November.
In the fourth and possibly last Carinthian derby the 2025/26 season in the win2day ICE Hockey League he enters EC-KAC (24 wins, eleven defeats) on Friday January 9th 2026, away at EC VSV (13 wins, 20 defeats). In the Draustadt, the tenth and first in the current league table meet, and in the three local duels so far in the current season, the respective home team always prevailed. The opening faceoff takes place at 7:15 p.mthe derby will be broadcast live on .
The EC-KAC has completed his intensive holiday program in a very positive way given the tense personnel situation: after the recent victories at HC Innsbruck (4:1) and against the HC Pustertal (3:2) the Red Jackets hold on already 74 pointswith which they lead the table in both absolute and relative terms (2.11 points per season game). The record champion scored points in 29 of his 35 games so farso in 82.9 percent of his previous encounters in 2025/26. This value was higher for the EC-KAC at the end of a season most recently in the 2000/01 season. The people of Klagenfurt also lead the away table the win2day ICE Hockey League, from They won 18 games away from homeincluding six of the youngest seven. Unchanged The red-white majority game is bumpy: Since David Maier’s goal in the last Carinthian derby, the Red Jackets have remained in five games or in total 14 power plays with a total duration of 24:26 minutes without scoring a goal with a numerical advantage. However, the trend in penalty killing is positivewhich has had a success rate of since the beginning of December, i.e. in the most recent twelve league games 87.1 percent came.
In addition to the long-term injured Jordan Murray, Thomas hundred pounds and Luka Gomboc The EC-KAC must continue to be on Jesper Jensen Aabo and Oliver Lam both of whom are suffering from lower body injuries. The last posted missing ones Sebastian Dahm and Maximilian Preimlthe Austrian defender with the best plus/minus balance in the league, returned to full training on Wednesday and is therefore available again. This also applies to those who have become slightly ill in the meantime Matt Fraserwho had to take a break on Wednesday. John Dobrovolny missed team training on Thursday due to his military enlistment, but nothing stands in the way of playing against Villach on Friday.
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