Salzburg – It is the expected tough duel between the two heavyweights win2day ICE Hockey League. During the EC-KAC in game 1 of the ICE final against the EC Red Bull Salzburg Even though they lost out by a tiny margin, the “Red Jackets” were in top form in the second game, apart from a slow start, and ultimately deservedly won 5-2 in the “Mozart City”.
The Austrian record champions thus managed to equalize the all-important 1-1 series in the best-of-7 series. Became the match winner in a borderline tough game Lukas Brood. Klagenfurt’s attack tank scored two goals and one assist, including the goal that gave them an important 2-1 lead. On Tuesday (7:05 p.m./PULS 24, puls24.at & JOY) there will be game 3 in Klagenfurt.
Salzburg – KAC: Highlights
KAC captain injured
The “Red Jackets” continued to suffer from prominent injury problems. Thomas Hundred pounds was unable to hunt for goals in Game 2 due to a short-term upper body injury sustained on Friday morning.
Instead, the KAC captain had to make himself comfortable in the media area and saw his colleagues under pressure early on. Troy Bourke (3rd minute) used the first power play of the game to give Salzburg the lead.
The “Red Bulls” started the game at an extremely high pace, perhaps even too high. After all, they had just had a seven-game semi-final fight against HCB Südtirol Alperia in the legs. The KAC got better and better into the game minute by minute.
Nic Petersen (17th) achieved the deserved equalizer at the end of the first section with a nice solo and a bit of luck. The goalscorer: “That was a really important goal for us.” Klagenfurt’s 82-minute goal ban was thus over.
Harter Final-Fight
The Klagenfurt team continued their run in the second third. Haudum (24th) gave Carinthia their first lead of the final series after a nice pass combination.
Haudum, who was already one of the record champions’ strongest players in Game 1, now has 50 points in 58 games this season. Bitter for KAC fans: The 26-year-old will be playing for them from next year Moser Medical Graz99ers.
It was then sold out Eisarena Salzburg really heated. Thomas Vallant After a collision, he turned around disorientated and boxed Ali Wukovits out of nowhere in the face. The chaos in the “Red Bulls” zone took advantage Paul Postma (33.) ice cold. For the experienced KAC defender, it was his first goal in this year’s play-offs.
The game now threatened to escalate. Paul Huberthe gold scorer from Game 1, received a check from shortly before the second break Jan Muršak against the head. Despite the referee team’s video analysis, the Slovenian only had to go into the “cooler” for two minutes.
Starkes Powerplay
Still unsuccessful in the first game, Klagenfurt’s power play improved significantly in game 2 with a success rate of 33 percent. Once again it was Haudum (44th) who made the “Red Jackets” fans who had traveled from Carinthia cheer.
Frustrated by the 4-1 deficit, he conceded Benjamin Nissner (48) after an illegal check against Marcel Witting a game misconduct penalty.
Muršak (49th) increased the score to 5:1 for the guests in the following power play. The late goal from Thomas Raffle (57th) was just a cosmetic result.
The voices about the game:
- Lukas Haudum (KAC double goalscorer): “It was important to get through the beginning. The hat was on fire. It was a bit of a wild game. The referees overlooked something for us. That had no place in ice hockey.”
- Thomas Raffl (Salzburg captain): “We knew it would be a tough series. We started well, you couldn’t ask for much more. Chop it off and move on.”
- Kirk Furey (KAC-Headcoach): “Salzburg came with a lot of pressure. I’m proud of how my players reacted. We’re enjoying the win, but we have to keep it up.”
win2day ICE Hockey League (Play-offs, Finale, Spiel 2)
EC Red Bull Salzburg – EC-KAC 2:5 (1:1,0:2,1:3)
Eisarena Salzburg, Publikum: 3,400 (ausverkauft), SR: Piragic, Smetana, Mantovani, Zgonc
Tore:
- 1:0 (3.) Bourke
- 1:1 (17.) Petersen
- 1:2 (24.) Brood
- 1:3 (33.) Postma
- 1:4 (44.) Brood
- 1:5 (49.) Muršak
- 2:5 (57.) Raffle
Stand (Best-of-7): 1:1
Play-off ice hockey of the win2day ICE Hockey League on free TV: PULS 24, puls24.at and JOY broadcast on Tuesday 9th April, live from 7:05 p.m. the third final between EC-KAC and EC Red Bull Salzburg.