KAC EBEL champions

06 Apr 2013 | Alan Ilijic

KAC came back from a 0-2 deficit to beat the Vienna Capitals 5-3 in front of home crowd and claim a record 30th title. A sweep indeed and first time ever that someone did it in the Austrian championship final.

Although KAC had the first chances in the game, it was the Capitals who opened the scoring. Francois Fortier banged a one-timer past René Swette to give Vienna the lead. At 08:46 KAC was already two goals down, Francois Fortier scored his second of the night on the assist of Rafael Rotter. Before the end of the period KAC managed to reduce the lead, Adran Veideman hooked Tyler Scofield and the referee showed for a penalty shot. Scofield was precise and scored the opener for KAC against helpless Matt Zaba.

The second period was all about KAC. After Caps couldn't capitalize on powerplay, the punishment came. Midway through the period Tyler Scofield capitalized on a pwoerplay and 36 seconds later Thomas Hundertpfund turned the game around scoring a backhander. In continue, the Caps pressed to tie the game, but Ferland only hit the post.

KAC had the better of play also in the last period. Lammers' shot went wide and the Caps then killed a powerplay. But Lammers' was the lucky man at 47:50 when he scored with another extra man on the ice, assisted by Kirk Furey and Jamie Lundmark. Just 4 minutes after Joshua Soares of Vienna got a game misconduct call at 52:34, visitors' coach Tommy Samuelsson decided to pull the goalie. It paid off, seventeen seconds later Jonathan Ferland set the puck for Veideman who scores past Swette. Zaba stayed on the bench which brough about an empty net goal for KAC, Jamie Lundmark, the league's MVP, scored the game and series winner. Game, set, match, as they'd say in tennis.