The Vienna Capitals secured the last two points of the 2025 calendar year with a 3-2 win after overtime at FTC-Telekom on Tuesday evening. Head coach Kevin Constantine was satisfied afterwards.
Scott Kosmachuk gave the Viennese the lead in the 33rd minute after a goalless first third. However, this lead only lasted 34 seconds, Brady Shaw equalized (32nd). Tyler Coulter takes advantage of a bad pass from Caps goalie Evan Cowley to give the home team the lead when they are outnumbered (38./SH1). In the final third, Caps captain Linden Vey equalized (57th). In overtime, Cole Hults scores the Viennese victory (64′). Today’s success in the last regular season meeting between the two teams also meant that the Viennese were able to win the direct comparison with the Hungarians.
Statement Kevin Constantine, head coach of the Vienna Capitals
“The first third was pretty subdued. You had the impression that both teams were feeling each other out and closing down the neutral zone. This didn’t create a lot of offense. But that changed in the second third. We had a shift in which we held the puck in their third for over two minutes and scored the opening goal. Taking the lead is important, but unfortunately we didn’t stay in front for long. We then had more chances and found a power play. The shorthander came at the most unfortunate time, because you “Of course we hope that you can score yourself and put yourself in a good position for the final third. But we were able to shake that off and had good chances in the final third, even though Ferencvaros pulled back a lot after the penalty against us and we were able to score the winning goal in overtime. That’s a nice win for us. We play a lot of ice hockey in a few days, that’s a challenge. The points were very important.”
On January 1, 2026, the Capitals will host Olimpija Ljubljana for the New Year’s game in the STEFFL Arena.
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