We still have a score to settle …
HCD versus EVZ is a series that has many stories to tell even before the first puck drops. The two teams already met in the quarter-finals last season. Back then as qualifying fourth vs. qualifying fifth. What was supposed to be a close series ended in a slap in the face for the Zug team: HCD won the series 4-0. So EVZ still has a score to settle.
However, the omens are somewhat different a year later. Davos finished the qualifiers in a commanding first place with 117 points and go into the quarter-final series as clear favourites. Zug, on the other hand, can look back on a difficult regular season in which they even had to take a diversion via the play-in series. The beauty of the best time of year: everything starts from scratch again in the play-offs.
A look at the four head-to-head meetings so far this season: EVZ lost both away games in the Landwasser Valley by a clear margin (1:5 and 1:4). It was a different story in the home games. Both times, the EVZ-HCD affair in the OYM hall went to penalties. Once the Zug team prevailed, once the Davos team.
The schedule for the quarter-final series has now been finalised:
Game 1: Friday, 20 March at 8 pm: HCD – EVZ
Game 2: Sunday, 22 March at 8 pm: EVZ – HCD
Game 3: Tuesday, 24 March at 8 pm: HCD – EVZ
Game 4: Thursday, 26 March at 8 pm: EVZ – HCD at 8 pm. March 8 pm: EVZ – HCD
possibly Game 5: Saturday, 28 March 8 pm: HCD – EVZ
possibly Game 6: Monday, 30 March 8 pm: EVZ – HCD
possibly Game 7: Wednesday, 1 April 8 pm: HCD – EVZ
Tickets for the two home games on Sunday 22 March and Thursday 26 March are on sale to the general public. Season tickets remain valid for the playoff quarter-finals.
It starts on Friday with game 1 in Davos. Let the games begin!
