Friday, 27. December 2024 |
Red Bulls want to complete quartet against FeldkirchFourth duel of the season with the Vorarlbergers // win2day ICE Hockey LeagueEC Red Bull Salzburg continues its post-Christmas program in the win2day ICE Hockey League tomorrow, Saturday, with a home game against the Pioneers Vorarlberg (7:15 p.m., free livestream, Raunacht with Perchten show). The Red Bulls bounced back yesterday after the short Christmas break with a win at Graz99ers and are also looking to pick up three points against the Vorarlberg side.
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28 December vs. Pioneers Vorarlberg | Tickets
Highlights Red Bulls vs. Pioneers Vorarlberg | 27.11.24
Starting position
Just after half of the games played in the basic round, a group of seven has formed at the top, or rather in the top half of the table, separated by only nine points from first place (Székesfehérvár) to seventh place (Villach). The Red Bulls hold 6th place with three to four games less than the others and now want to use every game to climb further up the table.
A win against the 12th-placed Pioneers Vorarlberg is almost a must, as the Red Bulls have also won their three previous meetings with the Vorarlbergers so far this season. However, they will need another 'A-game' against Feldkirch, who are fighting for a place in the pre-playoffs, as recent results have shown. Before Christmas, the Pioneers were only beaten by Bolzano after a penalty shoot-out, they also lost narrowly 2-1 at VSV and in their last two games in Asiago and at home against Innsbruck (yesterday), they won 4-1 and 5-2 respectively.
Top forwards
The Pioneers' clear number 1 is Joshua Passolt. The 28-year-old American has settled in well in his first season in Europe and, with 15 goals, not only clearly tops his team's scorer list, but is also the fourth-best scorer in the entire league. The next best scorer from Vorarlberg is Brady Gilmour with 8 goals.
For the Red Bulls, this category is spread across several protagonists. In terms of goals, Peter Schneider, who also scored yesterday in Graz, and Troy Bourke lead the way with 10 goals. Followed by Mario Huber, Lucas Thaler and Thomas Raffl with 9 goals each. The Red Bulls' best player in terms of points is defenseman Ryan Murphy with 5 goals and 23 assists.
Still without a point, but happy after his comeback is Florian Baltram, who played his first competitive game of the season yesterday in Graz and is now looking forward to his first home game; the first since the sixth final game against the KAC on April 16 this year.
Statement Florian Baltram
“It was nice to be back on the ice with the guys yesterday, even though there's still a long way to go to get where I want to be. Reading the reactions and the game caused most of the problems, which is also difficult to practise in training. But I've taken the first step and that makes me very happy. Now it's on to the next game against the Pioneers, you can't underestimate them and give them too much space. But if we play our game, we can take the next three points.”
Head to head season 2024/25 | 3:0
04.10.24 | Pioneers Vorarlberg - EC Red Bull Salzburg 5:6 (1:0, 2:2, 2:3) OT
27.11.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - Pioneers Vorarlberg 5:1 (1:1, 3:0, 1:0)
08.12.24 | Pioneers Vorarlberg - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2:6 (0:2, 0:3, 2:1)
28.12.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - Pioneers Vorarlberg 7.15 p.m.
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EC Red Bull Salzburg - Pioneers Vorarlberg
Sat, 28.12.2024 | Eisarena Salzburg, 7.15 p.m.
Free livestream | Raunacht gameday | Tickets
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