HC Egna/Neumarkt

Italian Hockey League Elite started today

The Italian teams partecipating at Alps Hockey League started today the battle for qualification at Final Four, scheduled in next February, to assign the Italian title.
The eight teams were splitted in 2 groups, South A and B, with homa and away games scheduled between December 26 and January 6. The games count both for Alps Hockey League and the Serie A, this season called Italian Hockey League Elite. The first two teams for each group will advance to Final Four of February 10-11 to assign the title
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Group South A: SV Renon/Ritten, HC Val Pusteria/Pustertal, SG Cortina, Fassa Falcons
Group South B B: Asiago Hockey 1935, HC Egna, HC Gherdeina, SSI Vipiteno Broncos

Merano and Pergine play for the Serie B title

Two-time Italian champion Merano and Pergine have qualified for the final Best-of-Five-series in Italy's second tier league 'Serie B'. Pergine, nicknamed the 'Lynx', was the eight-seeded team coming into the playoffs, sweeping the Aurora Frogs and Appiano Pirates on its way to the finals. The Eagles from Merano finished the regular season on third place, before knocking out HC Fiemme and the Neumarkt Wildgoose.

Ludek Bukac new coach at Egna

Egna/Neumarkt announces Czech Ludek Bukac, 47, as new headcoach, replacing fired Mike Flanagan. Bukac, recently lead Czech Republic at WJC U18, is back in Egna where he coached team for a couple of seasons at the begin of the century.

Egna fired coach

Neumarkt/Egna fired Canadian coach Mike Flanagan after four victories in 14 games of Italian Serie A. Flagan arrived this season at Egna after two years as Valpellice coach. Junior coach Martin Ekrt was named interim coach

INL playoff pairings chosen

The Inter-National-League (INL), joint competition of teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia, has a fixed schedule for the upcoming quarterfinals. Jesenice beat Caldaro 4:3ot in the decisive game for the last playoff ticket. Immediately afterwards, the first teams picked their opponent for quarterfinals. The pairings are: Gherdeina – Jesenice, Appiano – Bregenzerwald, Egna – Feldkirch, Zell am See – Lustenau. All best-of-five series start on March 1.