After the narrow 1-2 defeat against Ilves, the EC Red Bull Salzburg traveled to Kuopio in the Chl today, where tomorrow, Saturday, the second away game of the regular Season against Kalpa Kuopio takes place (16:00 CEST, ORF on)
The Red Bulls want to call up their strong performance from yesterday’s game again and adjust to a difficult game again. Kalpa Kuopio is still unbeaten after three Chl games.
Starting position
The Red Bulls lost yesterday against a strong Finnish team, which gave the Salzburgers an intensive game right from the start. The Red Bulls held against it with self -sacrificing defensive work and then got into the game aggressively. With the few really good chances, luck was sometimes missing and in the end the Finns skillfully brought victory after the 2-1 lead. Tomorrow against Kuopio it won’t be easier, after all, it is now against the Finnish champion. Yesterday in the Chl home game against Norway’s Storhamar Hamar at home, he achieved a clear 6-1 win and thus wrote to the third win in the third game after the two initial away win against Belfast (in overtime) and Ingolstadt. The Red Bulls expect a similarly intensive game as against Ilves, but this time know from the start what they expect and want to better use their chances to surprise the Finnish master. The game is played in Kuopio in the Olvi Arena, which opened in 1979, which offers space for 5,300 spectators.
More about Kalpa In addition to the five convalescent players who have not traveled, Philipp Wimmer will also be missing tomorrow. The lower body injury is examined more closely after returning before reliable information can be given.
Statement Lukas Schreier
“We don’t know the team and the hall yet. But that doesn’t bother us. We want to play at the Champions Hockey League at a good level and concentrate on ourselves. Tomorrow we will play against the Finnish master, but we know where we have to improve, and I believe that we can implement it. We expect that we take points with us.”
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