Capitals want to be written against HCB in a String

Sposo Vienna Capitals will play the third match of their “best of seven” semi-final series against HCB Südtirol Alperia tomorrow, Tuesday. The game starts at 7:30 PM. PULS 24 broadcasts live. HCB Südtirol Alperia lead the series 2-0 after two close wins.

Caps again against HCB 0:2 for the first time

HCB Südtirol Alperia went 2-0 up in the series with a 2-1 win in overtime last Friday and a 3-2 win in Vienna yesterday Sunday. This is the first time that Bolzano has led a playoff series against Seposo Vienna Capitals 2-0. The Vienna team, which suffered two consecutive defeats for the first time in the current qualifiers, is still looking for its first victory in the semi-finals. The Caps have won three of their four matches in the current away qualifiers, with the only defeat abroad coming on Friday in South Tyrol. However, Vienna is one of only three away teams that can win at the Pozner-Sparkas-Arena this season. On November 19, 2022, the Caps inflicted their first away defeat at that time EC iDM Heat Pumps VSV was the only team to beat Bozen twice in the regular season at the Sparkasse Arena. Steinbach Black Wings Linz won the third match of the quarterfinals in Bozen. For the first time in five matches, Sposo Wien Capitals had to concede more than two goals yesterday. Goalkeeper Stefan Steen, who had no chance to defend himself when conceded, has a catch rate of 93.3 percent, the second-highest of all playoff goalkeepers. Only HCB goalkeeper Sam Harvey is better with a playoff average of 94.4%.

Zimmer and Bradley were the team’s top scorers against Bolzano

With Max Zimmer, the Caps missed the Ice Hockey League’s two-day top scorer in their first two games against HCB. The 25-year-old American has scored four goals against HCB Südtirol Alperia, while only Bozen player Angelo Miceli has scored the same number of times in duels between the two teams. Dustin Gazely is the leading scorer in the six games this season between the Caps and the Foxes. The winner of the first semi-final match has eight scorer points (2 goals + 6 assists) in these matches. Zimmers and Cubs top scorer Matt Bradley scored six points each against HCB Südtirol Alperia.

Barr: Special teams are the key to success

“It was good that we scored a solid goal yesterday after a great play because our special teams need to pick up the pace. We haven’t had many opportunities to do that in this series, but it’s an important part of our game.” So Coach Dave Bar Caps.

Keynes is convinced of the chance to win

“We have to show simple ice hockey. We proved in the playoffs that we can play hockey well away from home. We were close to winning the last away game in Bolzano. If we keep playing like we have so far, we definitely have a chance away from home.” So Hats off striker Lucas Cainz.

Semi-final series at a glance

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Tickets for the second home match against Bolzano are available

Advance ticket sales for the fourth semi-final match between spusu Vienna Capitals and HCB Südtirol Alperia on March 31 have already started. Tickets for the play-off matches at the Seposo Wien Capitals are available onlineTicket shopat the CS Hockey Store at STEFFL Arena, at the Vienna Ticket Pavilion at the State Opera and at the box office.