It’s already time for the elimination match in the IHL quarter-finals: Thursday evening there will be three -3 races potentially crucial to closing as many series as possible. Pergine, Caldaro and Varese play their first match point at home to advance to the semi-finals Dobbiaco, ValdiFiemme, and Bressanone’s seasons end simultaneously. For this reason, in the event of a 60th-minute tie, a “long” extra time (20 minutes in 5 vs 5) will be played before any penalties. Instead, the series between Appiano and Como will run until at least Saturday (race date 4).
These two teams will be the first to hit the track at 8pm, with the South Tyroleans team recharging with the apparent success of Tuesday. 3 goals from von Baer pushed Appiano to the outside attack, against Como who, after a bad start, tried to come back late with three goals in the third period. It starts again from a situation of equality and from a desire for revenge by the Larians, however they are forced to win again away from home against Appiano who instead wants to continue flying.
The clear victory at Dobbiaco put Bergen up 2-0 in the series with Pusteresi, Until Thursday, the Lynx will have a great opportunity to close accounts. The second match showed the attacking qualities of the players of Trentino, who, having started from the back due to the goals of Magol and Rizzo, did not lose their heads, and managed to come back, scoring 7 goals. It is the last call for Dobbiaco, who will try to grab his first success in the series in an attempt to get back on his feet after the difficulties of the last period.
Similar speech to Caldaro, who will host ValdiFiemme He is also counting on the return of commentator Simon Vinatzer. Luccis showed all his value by keeping up the pace of Race 2 until the end of a challenge in which the Trentino players came back to 3-4 at the start of the third quarter before collapsing. All the best prospects for South Tyrol, with Trentino players who, due to some injuries and a short list, will need the perfect match to win away from home.
The series between Varese and Bressanone closes the picture, With the Hounds winning the double 4-1 in their first two matches. Lombard’s team showed a certain superiority over their direct opponents, and being able to count on the push of the home crowd would immediately try to separate the pass for the semi-finals. Bressannon contacted the company to try and keep his season open.
Italian Hockey League – Qualifiers – Quarterfinals – Game 3 – Thursday 9 March – Best of Five
20:00 HC Eppan Appiano ANet – Hockey Como (mode tied 1:1 in the series)
20:30 HCMV Varese Hockey – HC Falcons Brixen Bressanone (v Varese 2:0 in the series)
20:30 SV Kaltern Caldaro rothoblaas- Valdifiemme HC (Caldaro leads 2:0 in the series)
8.30 p.m. Hockey Pergine Sapiens – AHC Toblach Dobbiaco Icebears (Pergine ahead 2:0 in the series)
