Rittner Buam start the new season as defending champions. © PM
It will take some time for that to happen, but the timeline is building anticipation for the new season in the Alpine Hockey League. The league announced Monday how the regular season will be played in the fall.
July 8, 2024
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One thing is up front: there will be no South Tyrolean duel at the start! The new AlpsHL season starts on September 21 (i.e. Saturday). With KHL Sisak, a Croatian club is taking part for the first time, and 5 clubs from South Tyrol start the season.
Underground It starts with a home match against Cortina and has a real benchmark in the first round. Webtal Bronco They face Steel Wings from Linz – also at home. However, away matches represent Val Gardena And Mirano On the programme. While the Furies will travel to Kitzbühel, Meraner Adler has to go to HK Celje in Slovenia. Reigning champion moldy He will not play in the first round of the match, but will instead face HC Miran in the second round.
New status
There will be changes next season when it comes to the game mode. After 39 regular season games (3 against each opponent), 5 teams have already qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs. Places 6 through 11 will play for the remaining 3 playoff tickets in a pre-playoff game (you know that from the ICE). Therefore, there will be no more Masters and Qualifying rounds.
First match day
Underground – Cortina
Webtal – Steel Wings
Kitzbuhel – Val Gardena
Bregenzerwald – Geisensee
Zil MC – RB Juniors
Selge – Merano
Second match day
RB Juniors – Bregenzerwald
Gesnes – Underground
Selje – Zell am See
Retin – Mirano
Witttal – Kitzbühel
Val Gardena – Sisak
Cortina – Steel Wings
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