Red Bull Salzburg won on Friday’s top game in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League away from home against the KAC 4:3 after extra time. In the other games of the 28. The second round was also very close. The Vienna Capitals beat Innsbruck 3:2 in a foreign country. The Black Wings Linz defeated Zagreb in Robert Lukas’ 1,000 league match at home with 4:3 after penalty shooting.
Salzburg and the KAC provided each other with a high-class exchange of blows at high speed. Raffl (4. /PP) and Cijan (17.) met in the first third for the guests, for the red jackets wrote Bischofberger (16.). In the middle section, the hosts set the tone with Schumnig (24.) and Robar (26.) to 3:2. Salzburg, however, was outnumbered by Harris (37th) before the end of the third.
Afterwards, the game was on razor’s edge for a long time, but no team made the decision in the regular season. Mueller (63.) took care of this in the extra time, thus securing the cops’ fourth victory in their fourth duel with the record champion.
The capitals took the lead in Innsbruck with a double strike by Schneider in the middle third (24th, 37th) 2:0. The Tyroleans came through Sedivy (46th) before Lakos (48th) regained the second goal advantage shortly afterwards. But the sharks didn’t give themselves up and made the connection again with Yogan (52. /PP). However, there was no compensation for the Innsbruckers.
Prior to the match in Linz, the 39-year-old Lukas was honoured for being the first player to make 1,000 appearances in the highest domestic league. His jubilee match began promisingly, Locke (2nd) and Schofield (12th/PP) ensured a 2-0 lead for the Linz team. Zagreb turned the game with three goals up to the 34th minute. minute but meanwhile. Kristler (57.) finally saved the Black Wings with a powerplay hit into overtime. After a goalless overtime, the Upper Austrians secured their home win in the Shoot-Out. However, there was bad news for the runners-up, with striker Jake Dowell missing out for the rest of the season after a shoulder operation.
In Znojmo, the Graz 99ers were still losers in Znojmo despite a 3:1 lead. Matchwinner for the Czechs was Miller with three goals, including the final point in overtime. Dornbirn came against the VSV after 1:3 to 3:4, but the turnaround was not successful for the people of Vorarlberg.