Saturday, 09. March 2024 |
Juniors secure second victory in the quarter-final seriesRed Bull Hockey Juniors defeat the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 7:1// JuniorsThe Red Bull Hockey Juniors triumph in the third playoff quarterfinal game of the Alps Hockey League against the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers with 7:1 and thus set the series at 2:1.The first period remained goalless. In the second period, the young Salzburgers scored the first goal; the Cavaliers equalized and the Juniors added another. The Red Bull Hockey Juniors started the final period with a 2:1 lead and defeated the team from Neumarkt with a 7:1 home win.
Course of the game
Both teams started the third playoff quarter-final game with their eyes on the series lead. The first few minutes were extremely physical and fast-paced. Short-handed situations for the Juniors helped Neumarkt to create dangerous chances, while the home side was able to take control of the game at full strength. However, the South Tyroleans were on the lookout for mistakes in the young Salzburg team's play and exploited them for offensive actions. In the final minutes of the game, the Red Bull Hockey Juniors pushed aggressively for the lead, but were unable to beat the Italian goalkeeper Simone Peiti.
The Juniors started the second period with an advantage, but once again failed to finish. Unterland played compactly in defense, blocked Salzburg's shots and hardly allowed any dangerous chances. It took until the 33rd minute of the game for Paul Vinzens to find space in front of the visitors' goal and, after a pass from Devin Steffler, to score the 1:0 lead in overtime. However, the Hockey Unterland Cavaliers restored the lead in the 37th minute through Aleksi Käyrä - also in overtime. However, Philipp Krening countered for the Red Bull Hockey Juniors just 52 seconds later to make it 2:1 at the end of the third period.
Both teams started the final period much more active and physical. However, the Juniors remained unimpressed by the increasing toughness in the game and Daniels Murnieks increased the lead to 3:1 in the 44th minute after a pass from Philipp Krening. The Cavaliers now became more undisciplined. Julius Ramoser took advantage of this, deflecting Daniels Murnieks' shot to make it 4:1 (46'). The Cavaliers then tried everything they could to get back into the game and once again created dangerous chances thanks to an overtime spell. However, Maximilian Wurzer ice-coldly converted a 2-on-1 situation in the 53rd minute to give the Juniors a 5:1 lead. The game was then completely in the hands of the Red Bull Hockey Juniors: Vasily Zelenov increased the lead to 6:1 in the 56th minute of the game in double overtime and Kalle Myllymaa in the 58th minute - also in double overtime - to make it 7:1 at home.
Daniels Murnieks
// Juniors
Striker Daniels Murnieks
"The win now helps us for the next games. The first two periods were very tight again. We finally converted our chances in the final period. We already had problems with converting our chances in the previous games. We want to take that with us for the upcoming games - together with a strong defensive game - and improve."
Alps Hockey League | Playoffs | 3rd quarter-final game
Red Bull Hockey Juniors Hockey - Unterland Cavaliers 7:1 (0:0, 2:1, 5:0)
Goals:
1:0 | 32:19 | Paul Vinzens | PP
1:1 | 36:05 | Aleksi Käyrä | PP
2:1 | 36:58 | Philipp Krening
3:1 | 43:14 | Daniels Murnieks
4:1 | 45:21 | Julius Ramoser | PP
5:1 | 52:07 | Maximilian Wurzer
6:1 | 55:45 | Vasily Zelenov | PP2
7:1 | 57:39 | Kalle Myllymaa | PP2
Alps Hockey League | Playoff quarterfinals | 2:1
1 | Tue., 05.03.24 | 19:15 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 1:0, 1:0)
2 | Thu, 07.03.24 | 20:00 | Hockey Unterland Cavaliers vs. Red Bull Hockey Juniors 3:0 (2:0, 0:0, 1:0)
3 | Sat., 09.03.24 | 19:15 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. Hockey Unterland Cavaliers 7:1 (0:0, 2:1, 5:0)
4 | Tue., 12.03.24 | 20:00 | Hockey Unterland Cavaliers vs. Red Bull Hockey Juniors
5 | Thu., 14.03.24 | 19:15 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. Hockey Unterland Cavaliers
6 | Sat., 16.03.24 | 18:30 | Hockey Unterland Cavaliers vs. Red Bull Hockey Juniors *
7 | Tue., 19.03.24 | 19:15 | Red Bull Hockey Juniors vs. Hockey Unterland Cavaliers **
* if necessary
** possible clash of dates with ICE
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