The wolves won the start. © am
HC Pustertal celebrated a prestigious victory on Friday evening at the start of the Vinschgau Cup in Latsch against ERC Ingolstadt.
26. August 2022
From: am
After a hard-fought match, the wolves defeated the German champions from 2014 4:3 and thus successfully started the 6th Vinschgau Cup, which will be held again this summer in the Laces IceForum.
HC Pustertal, who came into the game as an outsider against the DEL participants, presented themselves in a strong condition. The first third belonged to the favorites from Ingolstadt for long stretches, but Stefan Mair’s team held out. Jerome Flaake scored after 7.29 minutes to make it 1-0 for the ERC, and it stayed that way.
Action and goals finally took place in the second third. Both sides had chances to score, although the Wolves, who had more of the game at the time, made better use of their chances. The yellow-blacks turned the match in the early stages. First Raphael Andergassen equalized after 22.14 minutes and just a little more than a minute later Oliver Archambault (23.37) scored the 2:1 lead. Tye McGinn equalized again after 27.40 minutes for Ingolstadt. Shortly before the end of the second round, Aaron Luchuk scored to give the Wolves the lead again.
More than 400 spectators were there – especially the numerous fans from Ingolstadt created a great atmosphere. © am
In the third third, the numerous spectators in the Latscher IceForum were again treated to a varied game. In the early stages of the final third, Ingolstadt scored the 3:3 through Charles Bertrand (42.41). It stayed that way, which went into overtime. Here the Wolves struck again after only 2.04 minutes of play: Raphael Andergassen scored the much acclaimed winner with his second goal of the day.
“We are hardly known internationally. It’s through performances like this that we can make a name for ourselves. That was a good performance against an opponent who has a much higher budget than us,” HCP spokesman Patrick “Patza” Kirchler said happily SportNews.
The Vinschgau Cup continues on Saturday: HCB Südtirol is then challenged against the Nürnberg IceTigers. The game starts at 6 p.m. in the Latscher Stadium. On Sunday, the HCP and Nuremberg (2 p.m.) as well as HC Bozen and “host” Ingolstadt (6 p.m.) will compete. The Germans have been in Latsch since the beginning of the week, where they are doing their training camp. Traditionally, at the end of the training camp, they organize the Vinschgau Cup in cooperation with the Latsch-Martell tourism association.
ERC Ingolstadt – HC Pustertal 3: 4 aet
Tore: 1:0 Jerome Flaake (7.29), 1:1 Raphael Andergassen (22.14), 1:2 Oliver Archambault (23.37), 2:2 Tye McGinn (27.40), 2:3 Aaron Luchuk (38.34), 3:3 Charles Bertrand (42.16), 3:4 Raphael Andergassen (62.04)