The starting position
The Red Bulls returned from Växjö on Wednesday with a broad chest, having beaten the Växjö Lakers 3:1 in the fifth game of the CHL Regular Season and thus already secured their playoff spot ahead of the final sixth game next Wednesday at home against Sparta Prague. Despite the added confidence, the Salzburgers are aware that tomorrow's home game against Pustertal will again require maximum performance.
This was not only shown by the last encounter against the South Tyroleans, which the Red Bulls won 7:3, but only scored four goals in the final third to make things clear. The club from Bruneck then suffered a home defeat against Linz, but then clearly won 6:3 at home against the KAC on Sunday.
Similar to Salzburg, the load and the goals are spread across many shoulders for the current tenth-placed team. Tommy Purdeller, Jason Akeson and Matthias Mantinger each scored three times, plus a further 8 goals in total. Goal difference after 7 games: 20:27.
The Red Bulls (4th) have a goal difference of 23:16 after 5 games and have 10 different goal scorers so far. The list is headed by Peter Schneider with 5 and Thomas Raffl with 4 goals. Troy Bourke and Peter Hochkofler have each scored three times.
Head to head season 2024/25 | 1:0
02.10.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - HC Pustertal Wölfe 7:3 (3:1, 0:2, 4:0)
11.10.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - HC Pustertal Wölfe 19:15
03.11.24 | HC Pustertal Wölfe - EC Red Bull Salzburg 4:00 pm
12.02.25 | HC Pustertal Wölfe - EC Red Bull Salzburg 7:45 pm