Opponent update: EC Salzburg – EC-KAC

The Salzburg player with the highest points in his two duels for the Red Jackets so far this season has been a defender Zhai Jinwei, who was involved in three of the Bulls’ five goals against Klagenfurt as a kicker (one) or assistant (two). The Canadian currently sits third in the points standings for all ICE defenders, and is also one of only five Salzburg players to have been on the ice in all 26 league games of the current season. There are currently only two players ahead of him on the defending champion’s internal scorers’ list: the captain and the leading figure Thomas Ravel He missed a couple of games in October and November, but came back strong from his injury and currently has more points (23) than games (22) to his name. The Villach native is outdone by Goalgetter Peter Schneider, who scored 14 goals this season in addition to 19 assists. Since the winger moved to Mozart City in the summer of 2021, only one player in the league, Brian Leibler (73), has scored more goals than him (71). Unlike Salzburg’s last guest appearance in Klagenfurt, this time it will happen again Atti Tolvanen Standing between the posts: The double champion goalkeeper has had an impressive success rate since he started playing in the league (September 2021), with 73.4 percent of his missions ending in wins. Additionally, the Finn has only had one regular-time defeat in ten career games against EC-KAC.