After the botched league start of the “Adler” in Hungary, Jamie Fraser and Co. will face Steinbach Black tomorrow, Sunday (Villach town hall, start: 5:30 pm, live on free TV on Puls 24 and on Radio Carinthia) Wings Linz reparation announced. Head coach Rob Daum: “Every match, every point is important, regardless of whether the championship starts in September or February. Linz is a strong team, we have to improve on Sunday! “
The “Adler” started the season with a bitter defeat and never really had a chance against strong Hungarians from Fehervar. On Sunday, the blue-whites want to show a completely different face and get a “threesome” in their first home game against the Steinbach Black Wings from Linz. Head coach Rob Daum: “The Hungarians were the better team, they were more aggressive and played good fore-checking. We were too passive, didn’t work hard enough, didn’t win a lot of duels, we didn’t get the puck to goal enough. And we gave away the chances that we had carelessly. Every match, every point is important, regardless of whether it is at the start of the championship in September or February. Linz is a strong team, we have to improve on Sunday. “
In particular, the first Villach formation, which played so well and convinced in the preaseason, owed a lot in Hungary: the strong running Chris Collins, John Hughes as the brilliant playmaker and Anton Karlsson as the executor could hardly play to their strengths. “What we showed in Hungary was not enough. They were better, we didn’t get into the game. We will show a completely different face against Linz ”, emphasizes Anton Karlsson, who has returned to Villach this year after a year-long stint at AIK in his home country Sweden. And the 25-year-old Swede knows how to survive against Linz: “It’s a home game, we have to put pressure on them from the start, to force our game and our system on them. We have quality, every line can score goals and decide the match. We’ll win against Linz! ”The Swede is particularly looking forward to the atmosphere in the town hall:“ We have the best and loudest fans in the league. That’s a big advantage for us! ”John Hughes also promises to make amends:“ We have to go into the match with a lot of emotion and implement our system. We are a strong team, and we’ll show that too. I’m looking forward to the fans – come into the hall and support us! ” With the “eagles” all players reported fit. Only goalie Alexander Schmidt is not yet ready for action. Lukas Moser will continue to replace him as back-up for standard goalie Andreas Bernard.
A similar picture of the mood in Linz. Here, too, the disappointment after the clear 4-0 home defeat against Red Bull Salzburg is great. In the steel city, a new team was put together by head coach Dan Ceman after the disappointing last season. The tall Canadian Jared Coreau from the Bratislava Capitals was brought in for the goal. Defenders Chris Rumble, Maxim Lamarche and Blaz Gregorc are also new to Linz. The two top strikers Brian Lebler and Dragan Umicevic could be held in Linz. Emilio Romig, Rafael Rotter and Kai Kantola have recently joined Dan Ceman’s team. Kantola, who worked in Finland for 11 years and played almost 600 games in the top class there, is considered a leader and points guarantee.
Bet-at-home ICE Hockey League:
EC GRAND Immo VSV – Black Wings Linz
Sunday, September 19 / Villach town hall / Start: 5:30 p.m.
Admission: 4 p.m.
Tickets in the fan shop and at the box office from 3 p.m.
live on free TV on Puls 24
ORF Radio Kärnten broadcasts in the Carinthian ice hockey magazine with live entries!
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