This Saturday, two days after the bitter 0: 7 defeat at HC Slovan Bratislava, the Vienna Capitals tries to make amends in front of their own audience. The Head coach Gerry Fleming team welcomes the HK Dukla Trencin to the pre-season duel in Hall 3 of the Steffl Arena from 2:30 p.m. A fan festival takes place around the only home game of the preparation presented by Steffl Sports on the Steffl Arena site. There are details here. There is a free live stream of the game here.
After yesterday’s tart slump, the Vienna Capitals keep two wins and two defeats in the current pre-season. Against the HC Slovan Bratislava, the Viennese also had to accept goals outnumbered for the first time. Yesterday’s capital duel also demanded its toll. Jérémy Grégoire has to fit because of a lower body injury today, Senna Peters will miss the only pre-season home game due to an upper body injury. Both players should be completely fit for the training camp in Zell am See, which is due from September 2.
From the three previous games, Dukla took two victories against the Polish first division club Unia Oswiecim, and the Slovaks lost to the Czech second division team Berani Zlin for the pre-season start. Four players from the HK Dukla Trencin have experience in Win2day Ice Hockey League. The most prominent of them is probably the Swede Filip Ahl, who collected 100 points for the Bratislava Capitals, Orli Znojmo and HC Falkensteiner Pustertal in 114 games. As early as 2024, the Vienna Capitals and the HK Dukla Trencin met in Hall 3 of the Steffl Arena. The Viennese prevailed 3-1 at the time.
Statement Gerry Fleming, Head coach of the Vienna Capitals
“If you lose 0: 7, it is discouraging, but you also have to be able to deal with such setbacks. There are many reasons why you play these preparatory games. Among other things, to see where you actually stand and what is necessary to become the team that you want to be. In this regard we have to learn a hard lesson yesterday. We cannot stay with this result. To make the lines to test further combinations.
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