EHC Black Wings Linz U20 won 3-0 at Icehawks Hockey Club, settled in regulation. The visitors did their damage early and never had to chase.
Linz scored twice in the opening period for a 2-0 lead, and that proved to be the turning point of the night. The middle period went scoreless at 0-0, leaving the score 0-2 after 40 minutes, before the away side added one more in the third for the 0-3 final.
The decisive number is the shutout: Icehawks were held off the board in all three periods, while Linz needed only a two-goal first and a single third-period marker to close it out.