The game will be played at high level, and the players on the losing side will leave unhappy without a victory.
“Nobody wants to lose this game,” Gennello said. “Don’t expect this Tel Aviv team just to show up. … We’re coming to win. We’re coming to make a point.”
The opposition’s feeling is mutual.
“We’re going [there] to win,” Capitals forward Josh Greenberg said. “We will play hard and do everything we can to win. The trip is already memorable. It’ll be even more memorable with the win. We want the win, the trophy, to prove that the Jerusalem Capitals are the best team in the IEHL. You’re going to get a full 60 [minutes] from us.”
HC Tel Aviv won the league’s inaugural championship in 2021, defeating what’s now the Puckempire Holon Vipers. The Capitals finished second in 2024 after losing the best-of-3 final to the Ashdod Dolphins.
According to Simplemaps, Tel Aviv is Isreal’s largest city with a population of more than 1.3 million. Behind it is Jerusalem, the capital city, with a population of 936,425. UBS Arena, located in Elmont, New York, is in the shadow of New York City, where 10.8 percent of the population was Jewish in 2021, according to the Berman Jewish Databank.
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