The Vienna Capitals consolidated third place in the table and defeated the Black Wings from Linz 3-2, the Salzburg team converted a 0-2 in Dornbirn to 3-2 and the 99ers inflicted the next narrow defeat on Villacher SV. Fehervar won 5-2 in Bratislava, Vienna. In the end, the Capitals celebrated a not quite as certain victory as expected at the Black Wings 1992 in Linz. Goals by Mario Fischer (17th) and after a double strike by Ty Loney (28th) and Julian Grolercher (29th) ensured a comfortable lead at the bottom. Oskar Bartulis shortened to 1: 3 in the 42nd minute. After a good phase for the Viennese, Bartulis almost scored the next goal, but he only hit the crossbar in the 53rd minute. But Stefan Freunschlag made the match even more exciting and scored 2: 3 in the 56th. The Upper Austrians could no longer prevent the fifth victory of the Viennese en suite.
The duel for fifth place in the table between the Dornbirn Bulldogs and EC Red Bull Salzburg was even. However, Vorarlberg initially steered on the victory road: hits by Matthew Mackenzie (18th) and Kevin Macierzynski (25th) brought the Dornbirn 2-0 in front, but John Hughes in the power play in the 27th minute and Thomas Raffl also briefly in the majority game before the end of the second period of the game made for a 2-2 before the final third. Outnumbered, Justin Schtz then gave the Bulls the lead in the 56th minute. It should be the gold hit for Salzburg, who are now three points ahead of Dornbirn.
In the duel between the youngsters Villacher SV against Graz 99ers, the Krntner suffered the next narrow defeat. Most recently, the VSV had lost the Krntner Derby against the KAC, which was free of play on Tuesday, 3: 4. Chris Collins (3rd) hit the home team’s lead and was immediately equalized by ex-VSV man Adis Alagic by shorthand. In the 25th minute, the Graz team took the lead through Johan Porsberger, but eight minutes later Sahir Gill made it 2-2 for Villach. Ken Ograjensek put the Styrians in the front again in the 46th minute. While the Grazers managed to take revenge for their home defeat, the Villachers had to reproach themselves for many unrealized opportunities.
The second-placed Hungarian team Fehervar gave themselves no lead at the Bratislava Capitals and won 5: 2. Table leader HCB Sdtirol only started their match against HC Innsbruck at 8.15 p.m.
