For the EC Red Bull Salzburg, the basic round of Win2day Ice Hockey League tomorrow, Sunday, continues with the away game against the Vienna Capitals (5:30 p.m., Sporteurope.tv).
Both teams were able to record a success yesterday in the third round of league and meet for the first time this season. The Red Bulls are warned because the capitals fought their way back with two victories after an initial slump.
Starting position
Even if the Vienna Capitals missed the playoffs in the last two seasons – the Red Bulls have recently been difficult with the capitals. Last season there are two victories per team in the direct duel, in January the Red Bulls lost home and once in Vienna. And in good time for the first Saisond duel, the Capitals are likely to have found back on track. After the 1: 8 away defeat against Ljubljana-at the moment the leaders (!)-then prevailed at home against FTC telecom with 3: 2 after overtime and yesterday decided the game against Linz in your own house with 7: 6 after you were 1: 4 in the first third. The scorers came from all four lines.
The Red Bulls have won all three games so far and are therefore on course, especially since the Lineup still lacks seven convalescent players. After victories against Bolzano and Klagenfurt, the reigning league champion showed a compact performance again yesterday at home against Villach. The basis for the later victory was the strong defensive including a well -laid -out goalkeeper David Kickert, which in the final third in almost half the season only allowed one goal and thus gave Connor Corcoran the opportunity to end the game with a double pack.
Most of the squad replaced
The Capitals have exchanged almost the entire team for the current season, and 17 departures face 14 new additions. These include several players such as Sam Antonitsch, Raphael Wolf, Cole and Mitch Hults or Senna Peters, who have already made a name for themselves in the Ice Hockey League. The most prominent newcomer should be Linden Vey; The 34-year-old Canadian won the title in the KHL and the NL and won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games with Canada in 2018. The Viennese will surely be missing Mario Fischer, who has ended his career with the Capiters after 14 years with the Capiters, including the last six years. Just like Dominique Heinrich, who played most of his career in Salzburg.
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