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Ritten secures the top game
Ritten secures the top game the next game day in the alps hockey league was on saturday in the top game of the round
the rittner buam were able to prevail against jesenice grden on the other hand lost to steel wings linzthe game didnt
start particularly well for the hosts from south tyrol because the slovenians took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd minute of the
game the buam didnt let that get them down and fought their way back into the game the south tyroleans played
along with the slovenians and were by no means the worse team on the ice in the 16th minute the klobenstein team
took advantage of one of their manpower games and thanks to philipp pechlaner equalized to make it 1-1 the match
remained very even after that and both teams could have taken the leadoth goalkeepers put on a great performance
and kept their team in the match with some strong saves after both teams were unable to score extra time had to
make a decision both teams had good chances in the 3v3 but the two goalkeepers outdid themselves here too and
prevented an early decision thus the penalties had to decide between victory and defeat the buam got off to a good
start and took a 1-0 lead through julian kostner the next two shooters then failed before jesenice was able to equalize
in the second round in the last attempt the rittner kept their nerves and converted the decisive penalty through janne
tavi hayden hawkey then defused the last attempt and secured the extra point for the host thanks to the victory the
south tyroleans move up to first place.
