Ice hockey: Salzburg equalizes in Crime ICE final series

Salzburg were able to win their tenth play-off game after a 1-2 series deficit and showed a lot of morale on the way to their third title in a row. The Klagenfurt team suffered another setback after 5:2 in Salzburg and 4:2 at home. Game number five takes place on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) in the Heidi Horten Arena. The home advantage switches back to the camp of the Carinthians coached by Kirk Furey.

Thomas Hundertpfund caused Salzburg’s first setback in the ice arena just 1:35 minutes after the start. In addition, Lukas Haudum (10./PP) completed a wonderful individual action in an exemplary manner. During the first break, Salzburg coach Oliver David seemed to have found the right words. The home team came out of the locker room transformed, dominated the action and turned the game around for the time being.

GEPA/Gintare Karpaviciute The KAC and Salzburg played a thrilling fourth final game

Lucas Thaler’s preparatory work was half the battle for Ryan Murphy’s goal (23′). The KAC then weakened itself with a game misconduct penalty for Finn van Ee after a check by Benjamin Nissner in the boards. In the five-minute majority, Salzburg managed to equalize through Peter Hochkofler (25th). After a scuffle with two penalties each, Murphy hit the crossbar before Philipp Sinn (35th) crowned an outstanding middle section with the 3-2.

Turbulent third period

However, things didn’t go any further to suit the taste of the majority of the 3,400 visitors in the arena; the nerves of the supporters were really put to the test in a gripping 20 minutes. Matthew Fraser (43rd) equalized and a little later with his second goal (47th/PP) again after Salzburg’s Dennis Robertson (46th) had scored to make it 4-3. A little more than a minute after the 4:4, David Maier (48th) put the guests ahead again with a long-range shot and his first ever play-off goal.

That wasn’t enough to win after regular time, as Bourke (54th) saved the home team into extra time. Shortly before the end of the first “encore”, Raphael Herburger left out the match puck in favor of the “Red Jackets”. This took revenge after the restart in a three-on-three duel. The 30-year-old Canadian Bourke caused collective cheers in the Volksgarten. The guests, however, were upset. “You are disappointed, we gave so much to come back in the third period. “It was a tough game with a lot of penalty killing in the second third,” summed up Hundertpfund.

Win2day ICE Hockey League, fourth final game

Freitag:

Salzburg – KAC 6:5 n. 2. V.

(0:2 3:0 2:3 / 0:0 1:0)

Tore: Murphy (23rd), Hochkofler (25th/PP), Sinn (35th), Robertson (46th), Bourke (54th, 82nd) ​​bzw. Hundertpfund (2nd), Haudum (10th/PP), Fraser (43rd, 47th/PP), Maier (48th).

Penalty minutes: 8 and 33 respectively

Stand in der „Best of seven“-Serie: 2:2