“It was clear to me that Pardubice is a club with a long tradition and pride and will not be laid down just like that,” said Motor coach Jaroslav Modrý.
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After only 12 seconds, the Slovak player took the lead. “It simply came to our notice then. We gained confidence and started to believe more in the end, “said the author of the opening goal, who managed to increase Dynamo’s lead in the 6th minute with Valský’s excuse for irritation.” It was a match for everything and we knew we had to grab it somehow. We also helped with that power play, “he added.
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The home team played better with a two-goal lead, and suddenly they gained more lightness. The troubles in the end were transferred to the hockey sticks in Budějovice. “It occurred to me that a lot of pucks were falling out of Frodel. It wanted to make a bigger rumble in front of him and knock something there, “said the forward Miroslav Holec, who did not use his solo in the second act.
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Voženílek gave Motor hope
The Pardubice goalkeeper managed to catch all twenty-three shots within 47 minutes. Budejovice managed to overcome it only with a double numerical advantage, it took them 23 seconds of a five-on-three power play. After Hanzl’s clever buttocks, Voženílek made his mark against his parent club. “I tried to get the puck into the goal at all costs. Unfortunately, the joy did not last long for the reduction, “he admitted.
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The hope of the guests evoked by the contact goal was really suffocated quite quickly by Anděl, who used the backhand bluff after the pass from the penalty bench of the returning Kaut. The engine reached the power play three minutes before the end, and when Kaut was eliminated, he even won a six-to-four advantage, but for a long time it did not bring the guests a goal effect.
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When Vondrk managed to get the puck into the Pardubice net, there was only 18 seconds left and at that moment time worked for Dynamo. “It had a charge again, we just made more mistakes, they didn’t do a few small details the way we do and it cost us the match,” Modrý admitted.
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“It was decided that we played the first period very well. The boys did it perfectly. The match was then even, maybe we had a bit of luck in it, which we missed in the previous ones, “said the winners’ coach Richard Král.
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From left, České Budějovice goalkeeper Dominik Hrachovina and Anthony Camara from Pardubice.Photo: David Tanecek, CTK
“We did not want to end the season at any cost. Although there are still matchwords on the side of Budějovice, we will go to them with one wish. “Return the series to us in Pardubice so that we can play at home on Wednesday,” Paulovič said.
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