LIVE: Black Wings are guests in the third quarter-final game in Bolzano

5:10 p.m

And this is how the HCB Südtirol starts today:

Sam Harvey is in goal. Andreas Bernard is his backup.

1st line:
Ryan Culkin, Enrico Miglioranzi – Mike Halmo, Brad McClure, Dustin Gazley

2nd line:
Cole Hults, Mike Dalhuisen – Angelo Miceli, Mitch Hults, Christian Thomas

3rd line:
Scott Valentine, Dylan DiPerna – Leonardo Felicetti, Domenico Alberga, Matt Frattin

4th line:
Cameron Ginnetti, Hannes Kasslatter – Luca Frigo, Daniel Mantenuto, Daniel Frank

5:05 p.m

The line ups are here! Here’s how the Black Wings play today:

Rasmus Tirronen is in goal. Thomas Höneckl is his backup.

1st line:
Logan Roe, Martin Schumnig – Brian Lebler, Marco Brucker, Stefan Gaffal

2nd line:
Marc-Andre Dorion, Raphael Wolf – Emilio Romig, Graham Knott, Shawn St-Amant

3rd line:
Ramon Schnetzer, Lorenz Lindner – Andreas Kristler, Brodi Stuart, Alexander Lahoda

4th line:
Matt Murphy, – Jakob Mitsch, Julian Pusnik, Niklas Bretschneider

17:00 o’clock

Another hour until the first slice falls onto the ice. The voltage increases.

4:55 p.m

Peter Nader will not travel to Bolzano today. At the invitation of a business partner, he was invited to the LASK game against Salzburg. And the athletes were also represented by Peter Michorl and Felix Luckeneder at the Black Wings game on Friday. All the best in the game against the master from here. We keep half an eye on what’s happening in the Raiffeisen Arena – and of course also in Altach, where SV Ried meets Altach in a basement duel today.

4:50 p.m

Marco Brucker will lead Linz on the ice in the first line. We just found out. Line-ups coming soon.

4:45 p.m

A Linzer fan bus should be on its way to South Tyrol. The people of Linz left a little later, so they could have been luckier than us at some of the accident sites. There are said to be more than 50 people on the bus. That’s why the security squad on the stadium forecourt should be so large today. Because there was no space for us in the courtyard of the stadium today, we park in a public car park next to the arena.

4:40 p.m

The question of all questions for the people of Linz today is who will represent Michael Haga in the first line. We’re trying to get answers.

4:35 p.m

The office workers Michael Geltner and Anna Sophie Müller, who are sick, are not on the Linz side today. Get well soon to both of you at this point.

4:30 p.m

One and a half hours until the game starts.

4:25 p.m

The Steinbach Black Wings players have been here in the hall since just before 4 p.m. Football is currently being played.

4:20 p.m

It is almost unbelievable that we had everything that winter has to offer with us in terms of weather. From slightly below zero, snowfall to bright sunshine, everything was there on the way across the Alps. It’s currently 19 degrees in Bolzano with bright sunshine. We left the winter jacket in the car.

4:15 p.m

Servus and Ciao da Bolzano! It’s late, we’re reporting from South Tyrol. The journey was a bit slow, but despite some traffic jams and accidents on the freeway, the delay was reasonably bearable.