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Red Bulls win high-scoring game in Ljubljana5:4 victory but only after penalty shootout // win2day ICE Hockey League EC Red Bull Salzburg beat HK SŽ Olimpija 5:4 on penalties in the away game of the win2day ICE Hockey League. The Red Bulls had a 2-0 blitz start in Ljubljana, but were overtaken by the stronger Slovenians and finally had to go into a penalty shootout after a heated game, which newcomer Nicolai Meyer decided for the Red Bulls with his 14th penalty in total. Before that, Salzburg's Ali Wukovits, Tim Harnisch, Chay Genoway and Florian Baltram also scored. The Red Bulls will therefore finish at least third in the basic round and start the quarter-finals with first home rights.
Next home game
Sun, 18 February vs. BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg | Tickets
Game recap
The Red Bulls (without Peter Schneider, Lucas Thaler and Troy Bourke, who was shot in the face in training on Friday) started the encounter in Ljubljana with a double strike. Ali Wukovits converted Peter Hochkofler's pass directly under the crossbar in the power play (5th), with new signing Nicolai Meyer registering his first assist. Less than half a minute later, Tim Harnisch scored from distance for a 2:0 lead. Ljubljana goalkeeper Lukas Horak had no sight of him. Ljubljana then started to play more and forced Salzburg goalkeeper Atte Tolvanen to intervene more often. In the 15th minute, the home side scored the equalizer after a fine individual effort by Trevor Gooch, who successfully beat the Salzburg defence in the power play. However, Chay Genoway scored before the first break with a powerful shot from distance to take a 3:1 lead, set up directly from the face-off by Benjamin Nissner in his 400th league game for the club.
But the Slovenians kept at it and put on a lot of pressure in the second period. Miha Zajc missed the goal with a solo effort (25'), but Charlie Dodero did not miss the chance a little later (26'), also finishing freely after a counter-attack. The Red Bulls were now struggling to keep the non-stop attacking Dragons at bay. They promptly went one better, Jaka Sodja equalized to make it 3:3 (32'), the disc bounced from bar to bar and back out of the goal, but the goal was awarded after video evidence. Only then did Salzburg's offense get back into the game, and the match had long been open. Florian Baltram put the Red Bulls back in front (37'), taking a free shot from the half-high slot, while goalkeeper Luka Kolin, who played from the second period onwards, was well out of sight.
The final third was played with an open goal and a lot of emotion. Salzburg had two top chances while short-handed, Benjamin Nissner and Paul Huber (44') were both free in front of goal. But it was the Slovenians who scored, Marcel Mahkovec netting the cross pass in the power play to equalize for the home side again (45'). After that, there were alternating chances on both sides and the game was now hotly contested. The Red Bulls were pressing again in the final minutes, with Dennis Robertson hitting the bar (58'). But the home side also had two or three strong scenes in front of Salzburg's goal, even with six outfield players at the end. The game went into extra time, in which the Red Bulls defended strongly with almost four minutes of short-handed time, only to come out on top in the penalty shoot-out. Ali Wukovits' opening goal was equalized before Nicolai Meyer secured the extra point for the Red Bulls with the 14th penalty.
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The game in pictures
Statement from Oliver David
"It was an up and down game today, but three points would have been possible. After a good start, we had too many penalties and missed shots overall, but we also had good chances to score the winning goal. On the other hand, we kept the chance of a second point alive in overtime with almost four minutes short-handed. That was good, but three points would have been possible with a slightly better game."
win2day ICE Hockey League
HK SŽ Olimpija - EC Red Bull Salzburg 4:5 (1:3, 2:1, 1:0) SO
Goals:
0:1 | 04:18 | Ali Wukovits
0:2 | 04:39 | Tim Harnisch
1:2 | 14:53 | Trevor Gooch
1:3 | 18:07 | Chay Genoway
2:3 | 25:48 | Charlie Dodero
3:3 | 31:32 | Jaka Sodja
3:4 | 36:24 | Florian Baltram
4:4 | 44:46 | Marcel Mahkovec | PP
4:5 | 65:00 | Nicolai Meyer | PS
Spectators: 1.811
Next home game
Sun, 18. February vs. Bemer Pionees Vorarlberg
Eisarena Salzburg, 3 p.m.
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