Before the almost three-week Olympic break, the EC-KAC will compete again at home on Sunday evening, the Red Jackets will host the Black Wings Linz in the Heidi Horten Arena.
The third home game in a row brings that EC-KAC (29 wins, 13 losses) on Sunday, February 1st In 2026, another opponent in Klagenfurt, against whom the Red Jackets still have a clean slate in the current season. In the last game before the Olympic break win2day ICE Hockey League are the Black Wings Linz (20 wins, 22 defeats) in the Heidi Horten Arena. The start of the game is over 5:30 p.mthe encounter will be broadcast live as usual.
The EC-KAC defended his Leading the table on Wednesday evening with a largely safe 5-2 home win against Ferencvárosi TC, against whom he has not yet lost a point (like against Linz and Vienna) in the current season. With now 3.52 hits scored From the game, the Klagenfurt team still has the second best offense league-wide. The current one Winning percentage of the red jackets of 69.0 percent is also outstanding from a historical perspective: In just one of their last 24 basic rounds (2008/09 with 70.4 percent) they won even more often. The record champions need from the remaining six matches of the regular season eight points to secure home advantage in the quarter-finalswith nine points, Rot-Weiß would qualify for the Champions Hockey League for the third time in a row or for the seventh time overall. Over the course of the season so far, the EC-KAC won all of its eleven home games against clubs that are currently outside the top six of the ICE table and scored 32 out of 33 possible points.
In the last game before the long Olympic break, the Red Jackets’ list of injury-related absences, which has now been long and includes up to eight players, is further shortened. Mario Kempewho missed the last three games with an injury, is making his comeback against the Black Wings. The striker who was signed at the beginning of the week will be in the EC-KAC lineup for the first time Nolan Moyle. The return of is also planned Jordan Murray in the squad: The defender, who suffered a lower body injury in the first Carinthian derby of the season in mid-November and subsequently missed 25 league games, has worked his way towards full recovery bit by bit over the past few weeks. He will be available as an additional defensive alternative on Sunday. Will be missing there Maximilian Preimlwho was suspended for two matches for his knee check on Jussi Tammela in the home game on Wednesday. The still injured person will sit next to him in the stands David Maier as well as long-term failures Thomas hundred pounds (who will step in as a co-commentator in the livestream broadcast on Sunday) and Luka Gomboc.
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