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Derby in Bruneck and home duel against Fehervar – South Tyrol News

From: Ivd

Bolzano – The last weekend before the international break is one of the most intense of the season for the HCB, which has to defend its top position in two top games within 24 hours.

On Friday at 7.45 p.m. the second derby of the season – the 196th meeting in total – will take place in the already sold-out Intercable Arena in Brunico against HC Pustertal (live stream on Since the “Wolves” entered the Central European league, there has been are 13 matches in which Bolzano wins eight times and Pustertal five times. Interesting: both teams find it difficult to win on home ice – Bolzano only has Three of the seven home derbies were won. In the last duel I am on September 23rd on the second match day, Bolzano won at home 5-2.

Coach Jason Jaspers' team has recovered after a difficult start and is currently fighting for a place in the top five of the league. In the last eight games, the “Black and Yellows” won six times and only lost once in regular time (6:1 against Fehervar). The last game was also a complete success: they won 7-2 in Asiago on Sunday. Former player Alex Petan is at the top of the scorers list with 16 points (three goals and thirteen assists). Other players to watch out for include Jason Akeson (six goals and eight assists) and another former player, Brett Findlay, who scored the most goals with seven goals.

The game against Fehervar is on Saturday

The result from the Intercable Arena will have to be checked quickly, because just 24 hours later, on Saturday at 7.45 p.m., the Foxes return to the Sparkasse Arena to play the top game against Hydro Fehervar AV19. The HCB is celebrating a special anniversary: ​​the 2,500th. League game in its history, in Serie A, EBEL and ICEHL.

Fehervar is the first pursuer of the “White-Reds” and comes with a series of six wins in a row. The last defeat was on October 6th and took place in the Alba Arena against Bolzano (3-0). The two best defenses in the league meet: Fehervar has only conceded 17 goals so far, Bolzano 25. In Fehervar's goal is the Finn Rasmus Reijola, who shows the best performance in the league with a catch rate of 96.4 percent.

Tickets for the game are available online at The stadium box offices will open on Saturday from 11am-1pm and again from 5.45pm.

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The focus of the Foxes coaching team’s analysis is the special teams. The power play is currently having difficulties and has only scored once in nine powerplay situations in the last two games – the seasonal success rate is 20 percent. Penalty killing, otherwise a strength of the “White-Reds”, also shows a disadvantage at 77.1 percent: In the last two games, the team conceded five goals in nine outnumbered situations. Frank and his team can certainly still win in these areas, while at the same time continuing to play to their strengths: goal efficiency, which is the highest in the league at 12.5 percent, and a strong offense that has already led all strikers to score at least once has hat. The last person to do so was Michele Marchetti, who scored twice in two games last weekend. Also worth mentioning are Anthony Salinitri (seven goals and three assists), who scored six times in the last seven games, and Adam Helewka (five goals and six assists), who scored in the last three games.

There are no squad changes planned for the coming weekend. Dustin Gazley will soon be back training with the team and is due to return after the international break. Enrico Miglioranzi is also already taking part in the first exercises with the team and the hope is to see him back in action in the second half of November. Pascal Brunner's availability, however, is still open.