Linz first pursuer from South Tyrol after defeating KAC

With their fifth win in a row, the Black Wings Linz have taken second place in the ICE ice hockey league. The Upper Austrians won the home game against KAC 5:3 on Sunday and are now the first pursuers of HCB Südtirol. The leader of the standings from Bozen won the derby 5:3 in Bruneck with HC Pustertal bringing up the rear and is one point ahead of Linz.

The Black Wings continued their best start to the season in six years in a duel with the recently also strong KAC, who had arrived with a series of four successes. Philipp Lukas’ team gambled away a 3-1 lead with goals from Thomas Hundertpfund (29th) and Steven Strong (42nd), but struck again in the finish. Stefan Gaffal took the lead again on the power play (54′), Graham Knott fixed the final score into the empty goal (60′).