The EC-KAC gets it in the fight for a ticket in the playoff quarterfinals of the ICE Hockey League with the Südtirol HCB to do. The pre-playoff duel that starts on Wednesday in Klagenfurt is a new edition of the 2021 final series. This pairing was made possible after the seventh-placed team, HC Orli Znojmo, chose the Graz 99ers as opponents in this playoff qualifier on Sunday evening would have.
For the current generation of KAC players, this format will be a new experience. For the first time in over 26 years (Bundesliga quarter-finals 1996 against EC Graz), the record champions will be back in a “best-of-three” series. game one am Wednesday (March 2, 7:15 p.m.) and a possible third encounter on Sunday (March 6, 5:30 p.m.) will be held in Klagenfurt, in between, on Friday (March 4, 7:30 p.m., live on Puls24), the away game in Bolzano/Bozen awaits the defending champion.