Nick Petersen contributes six scorer points to the 340th Carinthian Derby, the Moser Medical Graz99ers are prolonging their successful run in Linz and Salzburg is still in good shape.
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EC-KAC: EC GRAND Immo VSV – 9: 1 (3: 0 | 1: 1 | 5: 0)
Tore: 1: 0 Ticar (5.), 2: 0 Bischofberger (7./SH), 3: 0 Bischofberger (18./PP), 4: 0 Petersen (28.), 4: 1 Hughes (38.) 5: 1 Petersen (42.), 6: 1 Petersen (50./PP), 7: 1 Petersen (53./PP), 8: 1 Fraser (54./PP), 9: 1 Petersen (55./PP) PP)
With a clear 9: 1 home win against EC GRAND Immo VSV, the EC-KAC underpinned its supremacy in the derbies. For the red jackets it was the fifth derby win in a row. In the home hall it was already the 14th success over the “Adler” in a row. In addition, it was the highest derby win since December 30, 1988. Even then, Klagenfurt retained the upper hand with a 9-1 win. Nick Petersen was the man of the game with five goals. For the Canadian, it was his first goal after a long injury break.
In addition, Johannes Bischofberger met twice. Overall, the Klagenfurters scored no less than six hits in the special team, against the best penalty killing in the league to date. However, Rok Ticar (5th) opened the scoring. In addition, Johannes Bischofberger hit twice in the first third. The 27-year-old even scored one goal when he was outnumbered. In the second third, the VSV was able to make the game more open and hit a first and only time through John Hughes. In the final section it was Nick Petersen’s Festival, who scored four of his five goals within thirteen minutes. With the clear victory, the red jackets are back in the top six in the table. Villach is ninth in the table.
Steinbach Black Wings Linz : Moser Medical Graz99ers – 0:6 (0:1|0:1|0:4)
Tore: 0.1 Alagic (6.), 0:2 Boivin (31.), 0:3 Kirchschläger (41.), 0:4 Zalewski (50.), 0:5 Boivin (50.), 0:6 Schiechl (59.)
The Moser Medical Graz99ers could not be beaten by the Steinbach Black Wings Linz either. The clear 6-0 away win was already the sixth win in a row for the Styrians, who are in seventh place in the table. The Black Wings, in turn, are still bottom of the table and could only win one of the past nine games. The 99ers won the game in the final third after they were “only” 2-0 up after 40 minutes. Next to Michael Boivin, who scored twice, the man of the match was goalkeeper Christian Engstrand. The Swede held the zero in the fourth game for the 99ers for the first time. In total, the 33-year-old only conceded five goals.