The engine started with the attackers Jindřich Abdul and Daniel Voženílek, who missed the first two matches of the series in Prague and hit the game for the last time in the quarterfinals with Pardubice.
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At the cautious start, there were no chances, and in the 7th minute, Gulaš’s shot from the left circle did not sit well during the signaled exclusion. Abdul failed Dvořák’s sentence alone in front of Hudáček, but by 8:20 the home captain Gulaš had already hit. He leaned on Pech’s pass and the Spartan goalkeeper didn’t have a chance to react to a hard blow. Dvořáček was able to answer in the 13th minute after Forman’s pass. The hosts also defended themselves during Piskáček’s punishment.
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At the beginning of the second part, Sparta resisted Guy’s punishment and gradually began to dominate on the ice from the middle of the match. Thorell failed on Hrachovin, who then prepared another option for Horák in the 34th minute, but the Motor goalkeeper held a clear shield. He also covered the attempts of Chlapík or Němeček, and Novotný blocked Pavelek’s wound again.
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Emotions of Budweis Milan Gulas after the elimination until the end of the match.Photo: Vaclav Pancer, CTK
In the third period, the home team played a four-in-three overpowering game after Němeček’s foul, but after 54 seconds it was interrupted by Gulaš’s expulsion. Sparta could then equalize in a shortened numerical advantage when Sobotka found Řepík from behind the goal at the right post, but he failed. Pech could have increased the lead after 48 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Hrachovina continued to resist and in 50:10 raised with a full-face cover playing Voženílek. He threw the puck with a backhand from behind the goal and bounced from Polášek’s foot into the goal at the right post.
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But the engine did not hold the lead. After the intervention on Tomášek, Gulaš was eliminated for five minutes and until the end of the match, and Sparta had four minutes and 35 seconds to answer by the end of the basic playing time. Already after 36 seconds in a long advantage, the captain of the Praguers Řepík reduced the shot from the left circle. In the time of 58:36 during the power play in six against four, the guy hit the right circle.
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Budějovický scolds the referee after the match with Sparta.Photo: Vaclav Pancer, CTK
In the setting, Hrachovina first covered Buchtele’s shot, on the other hand, Piskáček had a chance after Pech’s pass. Sparta was more active, but in the 68th minute Vondrka escaped, who missed in the end. Hanzl had another chance after the goal. Sobotka was on the other side. In the 72nd minute, Chlapík decided, who hit the position behind the right circle after throwing in.
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| Hockey Extraliga Playoff Semifinals – Match 3 |
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| Ceske Budejovice – Sparta 2: 3 in overtime (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2 – 0: 1) |
| Goals and recordings: 9. Gulaš (Pech, D. Voženílek), 51. D. Voženílek (J. Ondráček) – 57. Řepík (Moravčík, Šmerha), 59. Chlapík (Matuškin), 72. Chlapík (Tomášek). Judges: Hejduk, Kika – Lhotský J. Svoboda. Exclusion: 4: 5, extra Gulaš (České Budějovice) 5 min. and until the end of the match. Utilization: 1: 2. Attendance: 6421 (sold out). The score is now 0: 3. |
| České Budějovice: Hrachovina – Vráblík, Štencel, Percy, Piskáček, Bučko, Šenkeřík, Štich – Valský, J. Novotný, D. Voženílek – Gulaš, Pech, Vondrka – Karabáček, M. Hanzl, M. Beránek – J. Ondráček, Holec , Abdul. Coach: Blue. |
| Sparta: J. Hudacek – Nemecek, Matuskin, Polasek, T. Pavelka, Tomas Dvorak, Moravcik, Jurcina – Repik, Sobotka, M. Forman – Tomasek, D. Vitouch, Chlapik – Smerha, R. Horak, E. Thorell – Dvoracek , Stoljarov, Buchtele. Coaches: Jandač and M. Hořava. |
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