On Sunday evening there will be the fourth duel of the season in the Heidi Horten Arena between the current league leaders from Klagenfurt and the reigning champions from Salzburg. kac.at provides the most important information about the top game.
After three away games in a row within six days, the EC-KAC (28 wins, twelve defeats) on Sunday, January 25th 2026, back on home soil: The Red Jackets welcome the reigning champions and new runners-up in the table EC Salzburg (27 wins, 14 defeats) in the sell-out Heidi Horten Arena. Before the fourth duel of the season between the two win2day ICE Hockey Leaguefinalists in 2024 and 2025, the personnel situation for the Carinthians should ease somewhat. The start of the game is over 5:30 p.mas usual, a live stream broadcast will be offered.
The EC-KAC On Friday, he rehabilitated himself for the narrow 2:3 defeat at HC Pustertal on Wednesday, which ended a series of five wins in a row: Despite eight failures and a deficit after the second third The Red Jackets won 5:4 against the Pioneers Vorarlberg. The appearance in Feldkirch was the record champions’ last away game for almost a month; the Carinthians are playing at all six of their remaining eight games in the regular season on their own icewhere she has been since September 26th scored points in 15 consecutive matches have. In the table, the EC-KAC is currently seven points ahead of its first pursuers from Salzburg (played one game more) and Graz (played one game less), its current one Point average of 2.13 has not been higher at the end of any of the last 24 regular seasons. Klagenfurt is also in the current phase of personnel challenges due to injuries Strength in the collective and its balance: Since Jan Muršak in the Carinthian derby on December 27th (in ten games and with 31 goals scored), no KAC player has scored a brace. In the same period, however, the same amount was collected 19 different squad players Scorer points.
The precarious personnel situation at the EC-KAC will ease somewhat before the fourth duel of the season with the final opponent of the last two seasons. Since the first half of the game in Villach on January 9th, the Red Jackets have only used players trained from their own youth team alongside Clemens Unterweger in defense, two regulars are returning to the lineup against Salzburg: Jesper Jensen Aabowho missed eleven games due to a lower body injury, is also available again Josh Teveswho had to sit out three times due to an upper body injury. The stakes are not an issue for the game on Sunday David Maier, Jordan Murray, Oliver Lam, Thomas hundred pounds and Luka Gomboc. According to the current status, the “Game Day Decision” is Mario Kempe (retired injured after the starting third in the game at HC Pustertal on Wednesday). The Swede skipped the optional ice training session on Saturday and a decision about his appearance against the Red Bulls will be made after the morning skate on match day.
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