After goal festival in Graz: EC KAC secure ÖEHV U17 League title
EC KAC's U17 team won 8:4 against Eishockey Akademie Steiermark at Graz's Merkur Eisstadion following a goal festival, claiming the ÖEHV U17 League title with a 3:0 sweep in the best-of-five series.
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After two home wins last weekend (7:1 and 6:5), KAC went into the third game of the best-of-five series in the Styrian capital with a 2:0 lead. The hosts made the better start, with Phileas Lyssy giving them a 1:0 lead after just under a minute and a half of play.
The young Red Jackets equalised at 17 through David Waschnig to make it 1:1. Phileas Lyssy again put Eishockey Akademie Steiermark's U17 team ahead at 22, making it 2:1. Lukas Dreier equalised for KAC at 28 to make it 2:2.
Just before the halfway point of the game, Sebastian List fired Klagenfurt into the lead for the first time that afternoon. At 35, the Carinthians added another through a shorthanded goal by Lukas Dreier.
The Styrians were able to make the game exciting once again: Paul Reiner scored the goal to make it 3:4 after just 25 seconds of the final period. Jan Golicic had the perfect response two minutes later, restoring KAC's two-goal lead.
KAC strike twice in the final period
With two goals in the space of 58 seconds, from Sebastian List to make it 6:3 and Liam Oberrauner to make it 7:3, Head Coach Oliver Oberrauner's team put themselves on the road to victory and the title. Luca Fasching pulled the Academy back to 4:7 on the power play at exactly 51, but two minutes later Samuel Haberl wrapped it up for KAC with the 8:4.
With the 8:4 victory, the Red Jackets' U17 team claimed the ÖEHV U17 League championship with a 3:0 final series win. Following the U18, U15 and U13 titles, this is the fourth youth championship for KAC's academy in the 2022/23 season.
ÖEHV U17 League Final:
Eishockey Akademie Steiermark vs. EC KAC 4:8 (1:1,1:3,2:4)
Sat., 25 March 2023, 13:15, Graz Merkur Eisstadion
Eishockey Akademie Steiermark scorers: Phileas Lyssy (2', 22'), Paul Reiner (41'), Luca Fasching (51'/PP1)
EC KAC scorers: David Waschnig (17'), Lukas Dreier (28', 35'/SH1), Sebastian List (30', 46'), Jan Golicic (43'), Liam Oberrauner (47'), Samuel Haberl (54')
Final score in the best-of-five series: 3:0 for EC KAC
