Ice Hockey - Sterile attack and futile power play: the Mastini collapse in Caldaro 6-1 - Sports - Varese News

There are two fundamental elements that form the basis of ice hockey : skating and firepower , which means shooting on goal. Varese spectacularly lacked these two fundamentals in Caldaro, giving their opponents every possible space, succumbing to their full offensive power, and almost never managing to make any significant shots on goal. The result is a production of rather embarrassing statistics: the Mastini thus leave the Raiffeisen Arena with their heads down , and not just because of the heavy 6-1 defeat .

Statistics in hand, and anyone who knows this sport knows that numbers really do matter, Varese has only had eight shots on goal in two periods, and when a team can't trouble the opposing goalie, there's a pretty serious problem. Everything can be solved, of course, but it must be solved . Speaking of problems, there's also the power play problem: 30 opportunities with the extra man on the move so far in the championship, with only one goal, not enough, too little.

Caldaro had five chances, scoring three . The only certainty so far is the squad, which has nevertheless contributed to keeping Varese at the top of the table. They've won most of their matches so far, but they must respond in key fixtures like tonight's. The squad and the locker room must reflect and, above all, react to this heavy defeat.

Back to the match, Caldaro dominated in every department, with Varese suffering from the opponents' skating and playmaking. For the record, Pietro Borghi's beautiful goal also made the scoresheet, but with all due respect to the striker (who's enjoying a goal-scoring date away to the Lucci), perhaps his stick wasn't the one expected to score tonight. The bitter taste remains, but the focus is on the next round of the championship, when the Mastini host Appiano, with 12 points and a game in hand.

CALDARO ROTHOBLAAS – HCMV MASTINI VARESE 6-1 (3-0, 1-1, 2-0)

GOALS: 4'31” Alanne (C), 13'48” Cappucio (C- Todesco, De Donà'), 14'12” Alanne (C- Wieser, Reffo), 29'13”Wieser (C- Saha), 39'08” Borghi P. (V- Perino, D), 42'38” Alanne (C- Wieser, Bianco), 44'21” Oberrauch (C).

CALDARO: Rohregger (Pallabazzer); Massar, Michael Soelva, Moritz Selva, Maximiliam Soelva, Oberrauch; Reffo, Bianco, Alanne, Saha, Wieser; Schmid, Valentini, Galassiti, Andreas Vinatzer, Oberhuber; Schoepfer, De Donà, Cappuccio, Todesco. Coach: Teemu Virtala. VARESE: Pisarenko (Filippo Matonti); Schina, Re, Piroso, Marcello Borghi, Tilaro; Makinen, Crivellari, Perino, Terzago, Bastille; Erik Mazzacane, Bertin, Venturi, Michael Mazzacane, Xamin; Marco Matonti, Peterson, Pietro Borghi, Fiornasetti. Coach: Massimo Da Rin. REFEREES: Jeremy Bassani, Alessio Bedana (Nicolò Alberti, Giorgio Brenna). NOTES. Penalty: C 16', W 16'. Superiority: C 3/5, W 0/5. Attendance: 320.