Two days after the away win in Vorarlberg, the Steinbach Black Wings invite Linz to the Linz AG Eisarena for their home weekend. Before they meet the green dragons from Laibach on Sunday, the showdown for seventh place against the Vienna Capitals will take place on home ice tomorrow evening.
For the sixth time this season, Linz won an away game yesterday. After a goalless first half of the game, Christoph Tialler redeemed the Stahlstadt team shortly before the second break and scored the game winner with his second goal of the season. After returning to the championship in the Ländle, the Upper Austrians invite you to a big home clash tomorrow evening, 22 days after their last appearance against Bozen.
There is good news regarding the line-up for the key game against the Caps. Yohann Auvitu is back from his national team appearance at the Olympic Games and is available to Linz again. Greg Moro is also taking part in training again after recovering from illness. Whether he will be ready for action tomorrow remains to be seen in the short term. It is also uncertain whether Julian Pusnik, who crashed into the boards in yesterday’s game, will be able to take part in tomorrow’s game.
Head coach Philipp Lukas
“Yesterday’s three points were very important after the long break in play. It was definitely not a perfect game for us, but many teams in Vorarlberg had already dropped points, which is why it was even more important that we were able to take three home with us. It will be important that we are 100% physically there again tomorrow and can play a good game in front of our home crowd. We have to limit our individual mistakes and need a good performance from everyone in our team tomorrow.”
Yohann Auvitu
“The Olympic Games were a fantastic experience for me, I’m happy to be back in Linz, but it certainly won’t be easy mentally. At this time of year, only the points are important, we’re fighting for a place in the pre-playoffs and are now playing against a direct competitor. We hope that our fans have our backs.”
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