The EC-KAC opens the new calendar year 2026 with a big game in the Heidi Horten Arena; on Thursday evening the red jackets will play against HCB Südtirol.
The EC-KAC (22 wins, ten defeats) opens its final third in the regular season win2day ICE Hockey League 2025/26 with a home game: The Red Jackets host on Thursday, January 1st 2026, the HCB South Tyrol (19 wins, eleven defeats) in the most likely sold out Heidi Horten Arena. The duel between the first and fourth in the table begins at 7:15 p.mthe encounter will be broadcast live as usual.
The EC-KAC had to do that on Tuesday evening End of a five-game winning streak accept, the red jackets lost at Olimpija Ljubljana conceded three goals in just under six minutes in the middle third 2:3. The record champions went to Slovenia’s capital for the first time since November 26th or ten games (including nine wins) without any increase in points from a league game. Klagenfurt leads the table The win2day ICE Hockey League remained unchanged in both absolute and relative numbers, although the lead over the Graz99ers, who played one game less, was reduced to three points.
On New Year’s Day, the Red Jackets will return to the Heidi Horten Arena, where they defend two proud series: On the one hand, they brought in each of their most recent twelve home games (nine wins) Points on their account, on the other hand they stayed in encounters on the first day of a new calendar year since 2017 no longer without a counter2020 they were defeated for the last time (in a penalty shootout) on January 1st. The successes so far in the current season for the EC-KAC have been based primarily on strong play in phases of balanced numerical conditions on the ice Even Strength the people of Klagenfurt are currently taking stock +33 goalswhich corresponds to the second-best value in the league behind defending champions Salzburg (+41).
No personnel changes are expected at the EC-KAC compared to the away game in Ljubljana on Tuesday evening. The defenders will definitely be missing Jordan Murray and Jesper Jensen Aabo as well as the strikers Thomas hundred pounds, Luka Gomboc and David Waschnigthe latter is expected to be sidelined for seven to ten days following his upper body injury sustained in Vienna on Sunday. The involvement of is not excluded, but also not likely Maximilian Preimlwho has been suffering from a lower-body injury since the game against the Capitals, which is being re-evaluated from day to day.
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