For the Vienna Capitals, two difficult home games are facing in the next two days. Tomorrow, Friday, the Viennese received the current league leader Olimpija Ljubljana (7.15 p.m.), the next day the HC Falkensteiner Pustertal is a guest in the Steffl Arena (5.30 p.m.). The capitals have to do without some important supports again.
After six games, the Vienna Capitals took seventh place with eight points. The Viennese took only three points from the past road trip to Western Austria. Most recently, the capitals won 4-1 at HC Tiwag Innsbruck after a disappointing defeat at the Pioneers Vorarlberg on Saturday. Carter Souch and Captain Linden Vey lead the team -internal scorer rating with six points each. While Vey is still waiting for his first competitive goal for the Wiener, Souch leads the team -internal goal scorer list with three goals together with Leon Wallner.
The personnel situation of the caps continued to worsen last week, which will lack some cracks for the weekend or are questionable.
Opponent 1 – Olimpija Ljubljana
With Olimpija Ljubljana, the team of the hour on Friday is a guest in Steffl Arena. The Slovenes won all of their first six season games and are at the top of the table with 16 points. The head-coach Ben Cooper team has already scored 37 goals, more than the second-resistant team in the league, the Moser Medical Graz99ers. Five of the ten best scorers of the Win2day Ice Hockey League carry the green jersey of tomorrow’s guests. Ex-caps striker Nicolai Meyer (13 points) leads the scorer ranking of the league ahead of team-mate TJ Brennan (12). With six goals, Brennan is currently a top scorer of the Win2day Ice Hockey League, Meyer with nine assists its best template. The Slovenian goal machine got to know the caps on the first match day. At the start of the season, the Viennese lost 1: 8 in the Hala Tivoli. The Slovenes celebrated four of their six victories with at least five goals.
Opponent 2 – HC Pustertal
Before tomorrow’s matchday, the Vienna Capitals and the HC Falkensteiner Pustertal are table neighbors. The South Tyroleans, which will be presented in the Danube city on Saturday, will be guests at Hydro Fehérvár AV19 tomorrow. The sixth -placed Pustertalers took nine points from their first five games. Last Friday, the team from Bruneck added the first defeat to the reigning champion EC Red Bull Salzburg in Win2day Ice Hockey League. The next day, however, the wolves had to give up league newcomers FTC-Telekom. Goalkeeper Eddie Pasquale played all five previous games of the South Tyroleans. According to these, there is a fishing rate of 92.44 percent. The Top Scorer The Brunecker is Cole Bardreau, who holds after five games on six points (3 goals + 3 assists). So far, the power play of the wolves has been shown to be toothless. This was successful in nine attempts, the success rate of 11.11 percent is the least of the Win2day Ice Hockey League. The last three duels between the caps and the Puster Valleyers went to the capitals. Most recently, the Viennese won 4: 3 against the wolves on January 28.
Statement Randy Gazzola, defender of the Vienna Capitals
“One or the other player is currently struggling with injuries or illnesses, but that can happen to every team. For us, the focus is on being ready on Friday at 7:15 p.m. when the puck is thrown in. Everyone gives their best and wants to be available. Ljubljana has improved significantly compared to the pre -season. We have to experience the case more than 60 minutes as a team.
vienna-capitals.at Image: Grega Valancic HKO/Sportida
