The boys trained by Machacka have started the championship in a great way. Johansson, Sanna, Alverà and Moser sign the scoresheet
Poker at Fassa and second win of the season. Cortina conquers Canazei by winning the Ladin derby 4-2 against the Falcons on the second day of the Alps League.
After the one in Vienna, another good performance by the Ampezzani who conquered three important points also for the Italian championship. At the arena Gianmario Scola in Canazei coach Machacka confirms De Filippo between the posts and deploys a front line with Kaskinen and Larcher in defense, Sanna, Johansson and Finucci in attack.
Having recovered Riccardo Lacedelli, Luca Zanatta and Valle Da Rin are still absent. In front of a Fassa reinforced by the summer market, with the purchases of experienced men like McParland and Forte, but defeated at the debut on the ice of Renon.
The hosts start immediately with their foot on the accelerator, crushing the Ampezzani in front of their cage. The Cortina, however, is not intimidated and De Filippo keeps a good guard for the entire first fraction, being called into question very few times.
After a powerplay conquered by De Zanna and not exploited by the squirrels, the goal of the deserved heavenly white advantage arrives in the 6 ‘. Sanna concludes, Vay responds, but can do nothing about Johansson’s close-range shot. 1-0 and the Finn’s first goal with Hafro.
The Falcons show up in attack and devour the draw with an empty net, the guests thank them and hit with Sanna. The attacker from Ampezzo goes away in speed, overtakes the defense and puts the puck under the goalkeeper’s leggings for the 2-0. Vay in the final of the fraction saves on Kaskinen before the siren sends the teams to the locker room.
That of the second fraction is another Fassa. The red and white play well and are more aggressive, putting the squirrels in difficulty several times. At 24 ‘the offensive pressure is concretized with a goal from Iori who reopens the match at the end of an insistent action. German a little later nearly equalized, with the puck being rejected by De Filippo’s helmet.
The Cortina gets up and returns to grind game. After another unsuccessful powerplay, Kaskinen takes the initiative and serves a great assist to Alverà who bags 3-1 under the corner 2 ‘from the end of the second half. We return to the field and the rhythms drop. At 47 ‘comes the first superiority of Fassa who after having made a good turn the puck bags thanks to the precise conclusion of McParland. A few moments of confusion for the Hafro who then rearranges their ideas and defends the precious network of advantage. For the last few bars of the game, the Falcons remove the goalkeeper to play with the extra man of movement, losing shortly afterwards the puck that Moser bags for the final 4-2 with an empty net.
Tomorrow at 20.30 space for the first home game of the season, Klagenfurt arrives at the Olimpico.
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