Series A1 2007/08

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The 2007-08 season of the Italian Ice Hockey Championship of Series A1 was held with a total of nine teams. The defending champion was SG Cortina , who did not make it into the playoffs this season. HC Bozen became the new champion .

Participating teams

Participants in the A1 series 2007/08

The field of participants remained unchanged compared to the previous season. The following teams competed in the championship:

mode

The nine teams initially played a double round trip against each other, which resulted in a total of 32 games per team. The field of participants was then divided into two groups, which played an internal simple round-trip round for the final placements. Before that, the points of the regular round were halved, but the counting was continued in the intermediate rounds. This was followed by playoffs with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, each of which was played in the best of five mode.

Basic round

The basic round was in many ways similar to the previous year. The reigning champions SG Cortina could not build on the previous year's success and landed far behind in eighth place. HC Bozen, which won the regular season last year, clearly missed this goal this year. With twenty wins from 32 games, SV Ritten was the measure of all things and secured the undisputed lead in the table. The SHC Fassa secured second place in the table this time after a disappointing previous season. Only in the last place there was no change. Asiago Hockey was again bottom of the table.

Table after the basic round

space team Games Points S. N U Gates TD
1 Ritten sport 32 44 20th 8th 4th 112: 74 +38
2 SHC Fassa 32 35 14th 11 7th 123: 101 +22
3 HC Bolzano 32 35 14th 11 7th 88:78 +10
4th HC Milano Vipers 32 34 13 11 8th 100: 88 +12
5 HC Pustertal 32 32 12 12 8th 90:98 −8
6th HC Alleghe 32 30th 10 12 10 96:97 −1
7th SG Pontebba 32 29 9 12 11 86:93 −7
8th SG Cortina 32 27 11 16 5 76:87 −11
9 AS Asiago Hockey 32 22nd 7th 17th 8th 82: 137 −55

Intermediate round

Placement round

In the placement round, SV Ritten maintained its first place, although the Milano Vipers made up a lot of ground with four wins and two draws and were able to come within two points of the Ritten. Fassa lost five of the six matches and the best result was a draw against the Milano Vipers. At the end of the day, Bozen had a balanced record with three wins and three defeats and retained third place.

space team Games Points S. N U Gates TD
1 Ritten sport 38 29 23 10 5 138: 97 +41
2 HC Milano Vipers 38 27 17th 11 10 128: 102 +26
3 HC Bolzano 38 23 17th 14th 7th 102: 98 +4
4th SHC Fassa 38 18th 14th 16 8th 135: 124 +11

Qualifying round

The intermediate round lasted a little longer as five teams were playing for the remaining four playoff spots and one team was free in each round. Here, however, the SG Cortina put its weaknesses aside and finished fifth, tied with HC Alleghe, after the team had won five of the eight games and lost only one. Pontebba was similarly successful with only three defeats and five wins. Asiago, however, continued the dubious from the basic round. The season ended prematurely for the team without a win and with only two draws.

space team Games Points S. N U Gates TD
5 SG Cortina 40 25th 16 17th 7th 113: 102 +11
6th HC Alleghe 40 25th 14th 14th 12 132: 129 +3
7th SG Pontebba 40 24 14th 15th 11 111: 112 −1
8th HC Pustertal 40 22nd 15th 17th 8th 120: 140 −20
9 AS Asiago Hockey 40 13 7th 23 10 104: 179 −75

Playoffs

Quarter finals

As expected, the favorites from the top half of the table prevailed in the quarter-finals. While Cortina could not build on the good performances from the second round, and Fassa won the series without defeat, the Milano Vipers in particular had great difficulties with SG Pontebba and were even 1: 2 behind in the series. HC Pustertal and HC Alleghe said goodbye to the season with one victory each.

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Ritten Sport (1) - HC Pustertal (8) 3: 1 4: 1
(1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1) 		5: 4 n.V.
(1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) 		2: 3 n.V.
(0: 1.1: 0.1: 1.0: 1) 		2: 1
(1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)
HC Milano Vipers (2) - SG Pontebba (7) 3: 2 4: 3
(3: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0) 		2: 4
(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2) 		3: 5
(1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 2) 		3: 1
(1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) 		2: 3
(0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)
HC Bozen (3) - HC Alleghe (6) 3: 1 4: 5 n.P.
(2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) 		4: 3 n.P.
(1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) 		3: 2
(1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) 		2: 1
(1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)
SHC Fassa (4) - SG Cortina (5) 3-0 5: 1
(2: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0) 		6: 3
(3: 2, 2: 1, 1: 0) 		4: 1
(0: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, SHC Fassa faced leaders Ritten Sport. The excellent quarter-finals continued in the first semi-final game, when Ritten was only able to win the game in the penalty shootout. In the second encounter, Fassa dominated at will in front of their own audience and swept the Ritten with 8: 2 from the ice. When the third game in Ritten could also be won, it initially looked like an unexpected pairing of the finals, but Ritten found its way back to winning ways, initially regained its home advantage and finally won the decisive game 3-0 on its own ice with a sovereign 3-0 win the series.

The Milano Vipers lost their semi-final series against HC Bozen very clearly after the first game with 5-0 had led to a rather one-sided series. However, Bolzano found its way into the game better and better, initially equalizing on their own ice and finally defeating the Milanese in the third game just after extra time. Bolzano then used the matchpuck at the first attempt and secured participation in the finals.

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Ritten Sport (1) - SHC Fassa (4) 3: 2 2: 1 n.P.
(1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) 		2: 8
(0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 3) 		6: 7
(3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 5) 		5: 2
(1: 2, 1: 0, 3: 0) 		3: 0
(1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)
HC Milano Vipers (2) - HC Bozen (3) 1: 3 5: 0
(0: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0) 		2: 3
(0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1) 		3: 4 n.V.
(1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) 		2: 4
(1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 0)

final

For Bolzano, the final was a mirror image of the semi-final series. After Ritten had achieved a sovereign victory in the first game, they equalized in the series with a 4: 3 in the second game. With a narrow away win, the Bozen won the home right and used the matchpuck again on their first attempt on their own ice. They celebrated their 17th championship title and overtook SG Cortina, which had celebrated sixteen championships up to then.

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
SV Renon (1) - HC Bozen (3) 1: 3 5: 2
(3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1) 		3: 4
(1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 3) 		1: 3
(0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0) 		1: 5
(1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3)

statistics

The statistics cover the entire season with regular season and playoffs.

Top scorer
Rk player team GP G A. Pts PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG
1 Josh Olson Rides 50 39 31 70 68 15th 6th 2 1 2
2 Giulio Scandella Milano 47 26th 37 63 30th 9 11 0 0 3
3 Greg Barber Fassa 46 25th 33 58 32 9 13 4th 0 2
4th Mark Smith Rides 48 20th 38 58 42 4th 15th 0 2 4th
5 Jamie Schaafsma Fassa 46 29 28 57 56 14th 15th 2 1 3
6th Blake Evans Milano 45 20th 36 56 50 5 15th 0 1 5
7th Shawn Mather Rides 48 19th 36 55 24 5 11 3 2 5
8th Greg Watson Fassa 39 26th 27 53 48 7th 17th 1 0 5
9 Enrico Dorigatti Rides 51 20th 32 52 32 5 7th 1 4th 4th
10 Mike Harder Alleghe 44 19th 32 51 40 10 15th 2 2 1
11 Shay Stephenson Milano 42 30th 20th 50 72 10 5 2 0 5
12 Árpád Mihály Bolzano 50 24 25th 49 34 9 12 1 0 4th
13 Dan Cavanaugh Pontebba 45 18th 30th 48 58 5 14th 0 2 4th
14th Anthony Aquino Pontebba 44 25th 21st 46 34 8th 9 1 0 3
15th Christopher Stanley Asiago 41 24 22nd 46 36 10 7th 1 1 3
goalkeeper
Rk player team GP MIP W. L. T GA ATM SO-CALLED SVS% SO
1 Dominique Ploner Val Pusteria 1 11 1 0 0 0 0.00 4th 100.00 1
2 Frédéric Cloutier Rides 49 2986 28 15th 6th 120 2.41 1715 93.00 6th
3 Andrea Carpano Pontebba 43 2515 16 17th 10 110 2.62 1449 92.41 4th
4th Adam Russo Bolzano 12 392 5 6th 1 14th 2.14 177 92.09 2
5 Jeff Maund Cortina 43 2508 16 20th 7th 110 2.63 1341 91.80 2
6th Levente Szuper Milano 44 2577 19th 15th 10 117 2.72 1393 91.60 3
7th Phil Groeneveld Bolzano 43 2576 21st 14th 8th 111 2.59 1253 91.14 2
8th Günther Hell Alleghe 30th 1764 12 9 9 88 2.99 887 90.08 0
9 Thomas Tragust Fassa 44 2616 19th 17th 8th 137 3.14 1339 89.77 0
10 Daniel Bellissimo Asiago 38 4650 7th 22nd 9 146 1.88 1398 89.56 0
11 Joaquin Gage Val Pusteria 44 2618 16 20th 8th 150 3.44 1326 88.69 0
12 Tom Askey Alleghe 11 564 2 6th 3 34 3.62 277 87.73 1
13 Michel Favre Fassa 3 138 0 2 1 9 3.91 72 87.50 0
14th Paolo Della Bella Milano 4th 197 2 2 0 10 3.05 72 86.11 2
15th Jean Baptiste Dell'Olio Pontebba 4th 165 2 1 1 15th 5.45 102 85.29 1

Squad of the Italian champions

Italian champion

HC Bozen

Goalkeepers: Adam Russo , Phil Groeneveld

Defenders: Christian Borgatello , Neil Petruic , Chris Hajt , Leo Insam , Florian Ramoser , Santa Heinrich

Attackers: Árpád Mihály , Luca Ansoldi , Kenny Corupe , Jonathan Pittis , Christian Walcher , Roland Ramoser , Ryan Jardine , Massimo Ansoldi , BJ Abel , Stefan Zisser , Flavio Faggioni , Michael Stocker

Coaching team:

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