Extraliga types: HC Nové Zámky – HC Slovan Bratislava 2: 3 pp

HC Nove Zamky – HC Slovan Bratislava 2: 3 pp (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0 – 0: 1)

Goals: 10. Langkow (Števuliak, Ahlholm), 12. Jackson (Števuliak, Šiška) – 20. Takáč (Harris), 26. Jääskeläinen (Takáč, Harris), 61. Harris (Takáč). Deciding: Kalina, Snášel – Valo, Stanzel, disqualification: 4: 5, power-ups: 1: 1, weakening: 0: 1, 1865 spectators.

Reports:

Nové Zámky: Bakala – Hatala, Holenda, Knižka, Bull, Ligas, Kozák, Roman, Tóth – Jackson, Šiška, Šišovský – Števuliak, Langkow, Ahlholm – Afanasyev, Fetkovič, Klempa – Varga, Ondrušek, Mišiak

Slovan Bratislava: Peters – MacKenzie, Golian, Valach, Maier, Gachulinec, Sersen, Žabka – Jääskeläinen, Rapuzzi, Yogan – Haščák, Harris, Takáč – Cottage, Kytnár, Zigo – Sukeľ, Preisinger, Belluš

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Peters covered the first shot in the matches, the home team shot Šišovský. However, the guests had their first goal chance, Zigo was in front of Bakalu and finished with a backhand on the ice, but the goalkeeper knocked down the concrete and held his team. The score was finally opened by the home team when an action came out at the end of the 10th minute with the ending Langkow, who hit the puck in the upper right corner.

Two minutes later, the people of Zámčany played a power play, Jacskon ran Šišek’s shot on the ice and scored the home team’s second goal. Slovan responded after a shot by MacKenzie, who was caught by Bakal, but by the end of the first period the guests were able to reduce in their own weakness thanks to Takáč.

The goal kicked Slovan in the end of the first act and the second part started more actively. Twice in a row he played a power play, Bakala managed with several shots, but he was no longer enough for Jääskeläinen’s cannonball – 2: 2. By the end of the second period, both teams had a chance, Haščák and Rapuzzi did not prevail as guests, and Peters eliminated the chances for Ligas and Alholm.

In the third period, both teams tried to tilt the scales to their side, the first great opportunities were given to the locks in the exclusion of Golian. However, Slovan had an even better chance at a balanced number, Bakala first caught Rapuzzi and then Ziga. The Zámčany goalkeeper was also lucky, four minutes before the end of the third period he was helped by the upper post after Rapuzzi’s backhand shot.

The overtime was played for only 22 seconds, in which the triumph of Slovan was decided by a nice bluffer Harris.

Votes after the match:

Gergely Majoross, coach of HC Nové Zámky: “Before the match, we were set not to take it lightly and we still have a chance to advance. We have shown incredible effort. We had a great start and we played most of the match well with small mistakes. I’m really happy for this commitment. I want to congratulate my friend on the first place after the basic part. This is not easy to achieve in this league and they still have a lot of matches ahead of them. I wish them good luck. Unfortunately for us, the season ends prematurely.

However, I think that the game we showed a lot of the year was great, but unfortunately we were not efficient enough. I believe that this is a good foundation for the future. Many things have been done here that can be built on. This team must find a way to be more efficient. I hope the skeleton of the team stays and the team will be around these guys. ”

Andrej Podkonický, coach of HC Slovan Bratislava: “It simply came to our notice then. We knew that Nové Zámky was playing 10th place today and that they would be playing for their lives. They always played very well against us and we struggled with them. Today we had the first two shifts terrible, the locks really pushed us under pressure. Then we improved a bit, but some individual mistakes were made and we got into a double goal deficit. I am very happy that we managed to score a goal from the weakness. In the second period, our game improved and we were able to equalize. In the third, it was about will, Zámky already had their heads that Prešov was winning, it was definitely a difficult situation for them. We wanted to play responsibly from the defense and be successful in this match, which we also managed in overtime. ”

A big gesture from Tomáš Tatar, he gave a hockey stick to a Slovak fan after the match:

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