KAC has to give four cracks at the end of the basic round!

At the end of the 2025/26 regular season, which has been so successful so far, the EC-KAC welcomes the Vienna Capitals in Klagenfurt on Sunday evening. With a win in regular time, the Red Jackets could finally secure first place in the table on their own.

In his 48th and final game in the regular season win2day ICE Hockey League-The 2025/26 season is enjoyed EC-KAC (33 wins, 14 defeats) home advantage again. The Red Jackets receive on Sunday March 1st 2026, the Vienna Capitals (22 wins, 25 defeats) in the Heidi Horten Arena, which will most likely be sold out. There is still a lot at stake for both teams in this encounter. While Klagenfurt wants to secure first place in the final table, Vienna is defending seventh place and thus the right to be picked in the pre-playoffs. The first disc is thrown at 5:30 p.mbroadcasts live.

The EC-KAC achieved an important 6:3 away win at HCB Südtirol on Friday evening and thus defended his Leading the table. With that already 17. Success abroad In the basic round, the red jackets made their own Club record (from the 2020/21 season). Even before the last round it is clear that Klagenfurt will be at the end of the regular season a positive season record against ten of twelve ICE opponents will have to show, the record champions have only lost out overall against Graz and Salzburg. In order to maintain the lead in the table and go into the playoffs as first place for the third year in a row, the EC-KAC needs the final home game The same number of points against Vienna as the Graz99ers in their away game in Linz. The Red Jackets have their fate completely in their own hands on Sunday, and this should also contribute to the successful conclusion of the basic season accurate power play: In the two matches of the current week, seven of eleven phases ended in numerical superiority – splendidly 63.6 percent – with a goal. In addition, Klagenfurt is building on its Home strength: In the Heidi Horten Arena, 2.17 points were scored per game over the course of the season, Red and White have scored points in 20 of 23 games played on their own ice so far.

The EC-KAC is missing defenders for the first half Jesper Jensen Aabo (stricken) and the long-term injured Thomas hundred pounds and Luka Gomboc. Goalie Florian Vorauerwho missed the two previous games this week due to a minor illness, returned to ice training on Saturday and is available for the game against the Vienna Capitals. All other squad players are fit for action, so the skaters’ lineup can be expected to be very similar to the away win in Bolzano/Bozen on Friday evening. Of the total of 30 EC-KAC cracks deployed, only six are currently the defenders Tobias Sablattnig and Thimo Nickl as well as the strikers Simeon Schwinger, Finn van Ee, Raphael Herburger and Matt Fraser – have played all regular season games in 2025/26.

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