The EC-KAC concludes its demanding holiday program with its sixth game within ten days; on Monday the red jackets await HC Pustertal in Klagenfurt.
At the end of his highly intensive program around the turn of the year with six games in just ten days EC-KAC (23 wins, eleven defeats) in the win2day ICE Hockey League at home again. On Monday, January 5th 2026, the Red Jackets receive with the HC Pustertal (19 wins, 14 defeats) again a top six team in the Heidi Horten Arena. The encounter begins at 7:15 p.m and will be broadcast live on.
The EC-KAC returned after the narrow defeats in Ljubljana (2:3) and against Bolzano/Bozen (1:2 nV) back to winning ways on Saturday eveningthe red jackets sat down at the HC Innsbruck without ever having been behind 4:1 through. The record champions faltered This brings the points account to 71 and is well on the way to qualifying for the playoffs early: Since the introduction of the current mode with pre-playoffs (2021/22), an average of 79 points has been enough to place in the top six at the end of the basic round. Of the 14 games still remaining the red jackets will be the majority of eight on their own ice The EC-KAC took place in the Heidi Horten Arena scored in each of his last 13 games (nine wins, four losses after extra time or penalty shootouts). This is an essential component of the good home balance red and white penalty killingwhose success rate in front of a safe home crowd (at 84.8 percent) is currently significantly higher than in away games (79.0 percent). Overall, the Red Jackets have mostly been able to rely on their defense in recent weeks: In each of the last 13 league games, the number of goals conceded was below the expected goals against.
Kirk Furey and David Fischer remain on long-term injuries for the home game on Monday evening Jordan Murray, Thomas hundred pounds and Luka Gomboc waive. Also not available Jesper Jensen Aabowhich is aiming for a comeback towards the end of the current month, Maximilian Preimlwhere a return to the ice is days rather than weeks away, and Oliver Lamall three of those mentioned are suffering from lower body injuries. There are positive signals from David Waschnigwho returned to ice training on Saturday and could be back in the lineup against HC Pustertal. At Sebastian Dahmwho missed the away game in Innsbruck on Saturday due to a slight lower body injury, has now made a significant improvement and his availability will be decided on the day of the match.
kac.at , Image: Foppa Iwan – HC Pustertal
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