International matches begin in 2024 with a New Year's match against Kuwait Airways Club

Spusu Vienna Capitals start 2024 with a really big game, as Christian Dolezal's side, who have won their last three games in a row, will meet second-placed EC-KAC, who recently recorded two games, tomorrow on New Year's Day. At 7:30 pm. PULS 24 will broadcast the match from Heidi Horten Arena on linear television and via live broadcast.

Caps: Longest winning streak of the season

spusu Vienna Capitals extended their winning streak to three games on Thursday with a 3-2 extra-time win at Moser Medical Graz99ers Stadium. For Vienna, this is their longest winning streak of the current season, and goalkeeper Stefan Steen has played an important role in this. The Swede guarded Vienna's goal in all three matches and saved 79 out of 84 shots, which equates to a shooting rate of 94.0 percent. Cubs' leading scorer, Roc Tekar, who will return to his old workplace tomorrow, has scored at least one point in all three games in the current winning streak. Against HC TIWAG Innsbruck, the Slovenian scored the important 1-1 equalizer and became the match winner in the final penalty shootout. Tikar played the pass through Matthias Böhm to make it 2-1 on St. Stefanie's Day, and the 34-year-old assisted on both goals in normal time against Graz. This season, the team's top scorer has 29 points (8 goals + 21 assists). Cubs leading scorer Trevor Cheek has two fewer points. The American assisted Tikar's goal in Innsbruck and scored both goals in normal time in Graz. Cech, who celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday, has scored 17 goals this season. Only Pioneers forward Stephen Urie (25) and Linz forward Graham Knott (19) have scored more.

EC-KAC: Goalkeeper Daham shines

EC-KAC won the previous two duels of the season against spusu Vienna Capitals. Vienna last beat the Red Jackets on January 6, 2023. Donaustadt has been waiting for an official win in Klagenfurt since March 15, 2022. The Capitals are in 11th place with 32 points and are in the middle of the fight for the playoffs, while E.C. – Kak second place. Positioned with 62 points, perhaps they can already plan for the quarter-finals. Klagenfurt won their last two matches of 2023 against HC Pustertal and league leaders Hydro Fehérvár AV19 without conceding a single goal. Both hits were attributed to Sebastian Dahm, who recorded a total of 46 saves in these matches. Statistically, the Dane is the best active goalie in the win2day ice hockey league. After 14 games this season, Daham has a 93.4 percent catch rate and an average of 1.63 goals conceded per 60 minutes. With 29 points each, Jan Mursak and Nick Petersen lead the team's internal scoring rankings. Pietersen and defender Paul Postma are Klagenfurt's top assist providers with 21 assists. With 12 goals, Matt Fraser is the Red Jackets' top scorer.

Dolezal: “We will not hide”

“With the match against EC-KAC, a real event awaits us in the new year. The people of Klagenfurt are in a good mood now, but we are definitely not going to hide. We have to make sure we have the right attitude and the necessary commitment. “We have done well in the last few matches and we want to continue New Year to collect as many points as possible. He says Cubs coach Christian Dolezal.

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