On Sunday, five games are on the program in Win2day Ice Hockey League. In the absolute top game, the second -placed HCB South Tyrol Alperia welcomed leader Olimpija Ljubljana. In the live game on ORF Sport+, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz and the EC Red Bull Salzburg want to return to the winning road.
Olimpija Ljubljana leads the Win2day Ice Hockey League table since the first match day. After six victories in a row, the Slovenes conceded their first defeat in Vienna on Friday. Now the headcoach Ben Cooper team travels to Bolzano. The HCB South Tyrol Alperia celebrated five victories in a row after the opening of the Salzburg and could even take the lead with another success. While Ljubljana has the most accurate offensive (38 goals), Bolzano has the most stable defensive in the league (only eight goals). The past three direct duels each ended with one goal difference – two of them won the foxes.
In the live game on ORF Sport+, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz meet the EC Red Bull Salzburg. After five defeats in a row, the Upper Austrians finally want to create the turnaround. But the third-placed Red Bulls also strive for the 1: 4 home defeat against Bolzano. In the overall statistics, the reigning master clearly leads with 79:57 victories. Of the last seven encounters in Linz (four BwL victories, three RBS victories), six ended with only one goal difference, three of which were only decided in the extension.
There are opposing signs in front of the duel between the EC IDM heat pumps VSV and Hydro Fehérvár AV19. The Villacher most recently celebrated three victories in a row and improved to fourth place, while the Hungarians slipped to tenth place after three defeats. Of the last eight direct encounters, seven were decided with just one goal difference.
The EC-KAC ended its small dry spell on Friday and returned to the winning road with a 3-2 win in Linz. The red jackets now have a balanced record of three wins and three defeats, which currently means eight. The upcoming opponent FTC-Telekom follows one rank behind, who intervenes again after a week break. The newcomer won two of his last three games. At the first Saisond duel, the KAC clearly won 6-2 in Budapest.
The Pioneers Vorarlberg will receive the Moser Medical Graz99ers on Sunday. With three points from seven games, the team from Feldkirch currently occupies the penultimate place in the table. With only twelve goals, the Vorarlbergers have so far presented the weakest offensive in the league. Graz guest in Innsbruck on Saturday and then travel to the Pioneers. The Styrians won the last four direct duels with Vorarlberg.
Win2day Ice Hockey League:
Sun, 5.10 2025
16:00: EC-KAC-FTC telecom
Referees: Rezek, Seewald, Jeram, Zgonc
16:00: Pioneers Vorarlberg – Moser Medical Graz99ers
Referees: Holzer, M. Nikolic, Martin, saver
17:30: Steinbach Black Wings Linz – EC Red Bull Salzburg
Referees: Fichtner, Hronsky, Durmis, Konc | >> Live on ORF Sport+ & Orf on <<
18:00: EC IDM heat pumps VSV – Hydro Fehervar AV 19
Referees: Groznik, Huber, Nothegger, Seewald
18:00: HCB South Tyrol Alperia – Olimpija Ljubljana
Referees: Kainberger, K. Nikolic, Mantovani, Rigoni
