Třinec finished last year’s final series against Liberec by winning 1-0 in overtime on the opponent’s ice and 3-0 at home. And in a similar vein, they started the path to defense. On Saturday, the Steelmen defeated the team at home Vítkovice 3: 0, a day later they celebrated the victory 2: 1.
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Kacetl stopped 48 Vítkovice shots over the weekend, he was not enough for a single one. The fourth clean sheet in a row in the playoffs took away his unfortunate puck rebound, behind which the Třinec goalkeeper went for the goal, but the black rubber from the corner aimed in front of the goal. And there, in the net, Rob Flick cleaned it up and tied it 1: 1.
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Kacetl did not get a curious goal for the first time this season. Last December, he let the Pilsen defender Peter Čerešňák out of his own defensive third in the same goal 13 seconds before the end in a balanced 2: 2 position.
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Goalkeeper Ondřej Kacetl from Třinec after a collected goal.Photo: Petr Sznapka, CTK
Fortunately for Kacetl, Captain Petr Vrána managed to react to Flick’s happy equalizer from the 50th minute in four minutes, so the Třinec goalkeeper didn’t have to blame himself for an easy goal. “It was a bad reflection, Ondra didn’t expect it. Maybe he drove a little earlier and it was so awkwardly reflected. It happens, but he was definitely very happy that we scored the second goal and took it, “Crow smiled.
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Kacetl found understanding with a competitor in Vítkovice’s goal. “I have already scored such a goal. “Already a long time ago,” Aleš Stezka hunted in his memory. “We were, of course, happy for the goal.
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“The goalkeeper wants to stop the puck, do something extra for the backs, but it is true that even in the locker room we say that it is better to leave it at some plexiglass. Where they are straight, then we have to try and go for it. It’s by appointment, “Trail shrugged.
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Třinec won both home matches and in both of them he bounced back to win using a power play thanks to Andrej Nestrašil. “The power play, I have to knock, has been on our side all season. It is good that we have offered opponents of similar situations a minimum, “Nestrašil explained and picked up the performance of goalkeeper Kacetl.
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The series is moving to Ostrava, where it will be played on Wednesdays and Thursdays. “After our happy settlement, we were better, but unfortunately we did not make it, but on the contrary, collected again. But we will not be ashamed of these performances. Třinec didn’t cross us, Aleš Stezka catches fantastic. I’m not afraid of other matches at all, “stressed Vítkovic coach Miloš Holaň.
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