Black Wings Linz celebrate home win against Dornbirn Bulldogs

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Liwest Black Wings of Linz enter the international circuit with a place in the top 6. Dan DaSilva achieves a perfect hat-trick for a 5: 2 success.

The fans of both teams got a balanced first third. In the beginning, the Black Wings made the task difficult with two penalties and let the guests come in. The Hauts d'Autriche have defended themselves but are strong and have little more chances to outnumber the others. . After the period of numerical inferiority, the hosts became stronger and took the lead in the 10th minute. Dragan Umicevic has fought hard to join Corey Locke. The Linzer player took the disc directly and met him during his 1000th career match at 1-0. Barely two minutes later, the Black Wings put 2: 0. Jonathan D 'Aversa placed the record on the blue line and beat Rasmus Rinne a wrist shot. The Vorarlberg guests did not hide and play bravely after the double blow. The shots were usually too central and presented no problem for Michael Ouzas for the Black Wings goal. Shortly before the break, the Bulldogs could be rewarded for their offensive efforts. The guests scored the important goal 30 seconds before the end of the third. Brendan O Donnell beat Ouzas closely and shortened.

Still in the central third, both teams dueled on an equal footing. The Black Wings and the Dornbirner have always come back with great combinations in front of the opposing surface. The last pbadage was mostly too inaccurate. The Linzer's greatest chance of scoring was Corey Locke's 27th minute. The Linzer came to the window in front of the empty door. Gutter was already on the ice and was able to shoot with the bat at the last moment. Two minutes later, however, met Vorarlberg. Brock Trotter was perfectly served at the counter. The 31-year-old Canadian dropped Ouzas with a nice hook and equalized. The Bulldogs took unnecessary penalties in the second third, punished in the 37th minute by the Black Wings. The local team showed great moves. One of them, Dan DaSilva, then completed close to 3: 2 in advance. The Black Wings even had the chance to extend their lead at the last minute of the match. Olivier Magnan made a mistake on Umicevic when the shot was too wide. The resulting penalty, however, awarded Linz.

In the last section, both teams started with great chances. The dangerous double chance of Trotter could defuse Uzas with two solid stops. In contrast, aluminum saved by a hammer from Andreas Kristler. The guests played bravely in the last third. But in the end, it often lacked the necessary precision. In the 48th minute, DaSilva scored his second goal in the game. Locke mit Lebler, who served DaSilva in the center. The Canadian did not miss this opportunity and put it 4: 2. After the goal, the hosts focused more on their defense. Dornbirn has come several times before the goal of the opponent. It was really dangerous but rarely. In the final phase, Vorarlberg has again thrown everything forward. They replaced Rinne with an extra player, but they could not score goals. Shortly before the end, DaSilva crowned his performance with a hat trick in the empty net.

Erste Bank Ice Hockey League, Round 17:
Sun, 4.11.2018: EHC LIWEST ​​Black Linz Wings – Dornbirn Bulldogs 5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)
Referees: Trilar, Zrnic, Kontschieder, Zgonc; Viewers: 4500
Linz Objectives: Locke (10th), Aversa (12th), DaSilva (37./pp, 48., 60./EN)
Tore Dornbirn: O Donnell (20th), Trotter (29./sh)

04/11/2018

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