Hydro Fehérvár AV19, which defeated visiting Black Wings Linz 3-2 in overtime in a twisted game on Tuesday, can no longer finish sixth in the Austrian Ice Hockey League (ICEHL).
Austrian League (ICEHL):
Hydro Fehérvár AV19-Black Wings Linz (Austria) 3-2 (0-0, 1-0, 1-2, 1-0) – after extra time
Top scorers for the Hungarian national team: Campbell (39), Donaghy (55), Fournier (63)
Before the meeting, the club announced the departure of Canadian-Hungarian midfielder Andrew O’Brien, who arrived in the summer and finished the season with 8 points and 72 penalty minutes in 36 matches.
The two teams saved both goals in the second half of the match: Fehervär took the lead shortly before the second half, and in the third they equalized after a Linz conversion. Thus, extra time followed, in which Székesfehérvár’s team came out on top.
Seventh-placed Linz, who had another match and lost for the sixth time in a row, was four points close to eighth-placed Szekesfehervar, but seven points behind sixth-placed two rounds before the end of the regular season. season. She has no chance of reaching the quarter-finals right away, so she must qualify next week: that duel will continue until the second success of one team, and the winner will go to the top eight.
It is not yet known who the opponent will be. The regular season ends on Sunday, Volán hosts Innsbruck on Friday, while visiting Linz on Sunday.