The Capitals had to admit defeat against the severely weakened Salzburg team 0: 1 after the penalty shoot-out.
Vienna's Lowry fails in the penalty shootout
The Red Bulls Salzburg injury list reads almost like a who's who in Austrian ice hockey. Ten players are currently injured or ill, including regular players such as Lamoureux, Raffl, Loney and Wukovits. It was enough for the Vienna Capitals on Friday. After the 1-0 win against Bratislava, Salzburg also prevailed against the Viennese 1-0. On Friday, however, only after the penalty shoot-out, in which only the Finn Järvinen scored for the bulls. At the Capitals, Sheppard, Sutter and Lowry failed to Salzburg keeper Tolvanen.
With the Viennese, Bauer crashed into the gang in the second third and left the ice with a cut on the head bleeding heavily. He returned sewn after the second break. Salzburg coach McIlvane analyzed dryly: “It's great that the boys can replace the failures. Vienna had a few opportunities, but we had many. “
In the league, Ljubljana remains the sensation team: Villach was shot down 6-0 on Friday, the Slovenes are two points ahead of Fehervar, who defeated Linz 6-1. Incidentally, the Slovenes played against the Carinthians with only four legionnaires. The KAC celebrated a 4-2 win against South Tyrol. The Graz 99ers celebrated their first win after four defeats with a 5-1 win in Bratislava.
