The Red Bull Juniors start the new year well

Before the 29th – and penultimate – day of the regular season, in Isarina, the Red Bull Hockey Juniors and HC Meran/O Bircher opened the 2024 calendar year in the Alpine Hockey League. The home team actually controlled the match, having won the first leg with a score of 8:1, and also confirmed its superiority in today's match, actually determining the result in the first half in a row, which ended with a score of 5:1.

Merano, who had won 5:2 away to Zell am See, started well when they took the lead in the third minute through Gareva, but the Red Bull Hockey Juniors match had already started at 8:49, taking advantage of a long series error from Penalty kicks went into the net first by Mellema and then Ramuser, and with the momentum, the home side scored three more times. The second half started with a goal to make the score 6:1 and the straight half ended with the same score while in the third half eventually Anderson's goal arrived to make the score 6:2.

As for the juniors, who recently suffered three consecutive defeats and fell to fifth place, with this victory they rose to third place in the world rankings – at 54th place – and are approaching the goal of entering the top six.

Tuesday 02.01.2024 at 7.15pm: Salzburg Ice Arena / Izarina Salzburg

Red Bull Hockey Juniors – HC Meran/O Bircher 6:2 (5:1, 1:0, 0:1)

Shots on goal: 46:16 (23:5 – 16:5 – 7:6)

the reviewer: Julia Kinberger, Stefan Aurel, Line judges: Jeremiah Seewald, Fabio Telesclav.

Tags: 03:02 0:1 HCM Joseph Gariva; 08:49 PP1 1:1 RBJ Calle Emil Mellema; 2.35pm PP1 2:1 Julius Ramoser; 15:14 3:1 RPG Maximilian Wurzer; 15:40 4:1 RPG David Cernik; 19:43 5:1 RBJ Calle Emil Mellema; 21:06 6:1 RBJ Daniels Mornix; 53:50 6:2 HH Calder Anderson;