Extraliga types: HK Poprad – HC Slovan Bratislava 4: 3 sn – result today

HK Poprad – HC Slovan Bratislava 4: 3 pp a sn (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0 – 0: 0, 1: 0)

Goals: 6. Vandas (Skokan, Drgoň), 32. Livingston (Novajovský, Ully), 38. D. Bondra (Ully), ref. Mlynarovič raid – 20. Zigo (Rapuzzi, Jääskeläinen), 40. Yogan (MacKenzie, Haščák), 40. Zigo (Harris).

Referees: Štefik, Korba – Gegáň, Jurčiak, disqualification: 7: 8, power-ups: 1: 2, weakening: 0: 0, 1751 spectators.

Poprad: Todykov – Drgoň, Brejčák, Novajovský, Tam, Demo, Ulrych, Hudec – Svitana, Skokan, Vandas – Ully, Arniel, D. Bondra – Mešár, Mlynarovič, Livingston – Petráš, Bjalončík, Kundrík.

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

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The match between Poprad and Slovan began with a minute’s silence for the late long-time announcer František Suček. The home team solved the question of whether they will be able to overcome the well-catching goalkeeper Peters, in less than six minutes. Vandas’s jump jumped in and Poprad took the lead – 1: 0. The goal still had to be confirmed by the video referee. The guests leveled 10 seconds before the first break. Also in the power play, Zigo hit the immediate vicinity – 1: 1.

In the second period, the home team was more dangerous. Vandas had forgotten the goal on the stick, but instead of finishing in the exposed part of the goal, he broke the stick. From a unique chance, Slovan could have scored in a Preisinger escape, but he did not beat Todykov even twice. The home team shot more often and gradually the goals came. In the power play, Livingston shot a Livingston shot and Poprad led for the goal again. In the 38th minute, the puck in the corner of the Ully ice rink. He happily bounced in front of the goal towards the lonely David Bondr, who dealt with Peters on a bluffer – 3: 1. The “chamois” lost their hard-working lead within one minute, when they did not collect one goal in the locker room, but two. First, the guests took advantage of Arniel’s throwing of the puck in his own third, which the referees considered to be a delay in the game. At the end of the combination action was Yogan, who shot the goalkeeper from Poprad – 3: 2. To make matters worse, it was immediately balanced. Skokan played badly behind his own goal and after Harris’s pass Zigo had a simple job – 3: 3.

In the third period, both teams were tactical and did not play hockey “up and down”. In the first ten minutes, the home team had more of the game, then the guests took the initiative. They also played overpowering games, in which the goalkeeper Todykov kept Poprad in the game for points with his interventions. As the goal did not fall in the third part of the game, it was extended in Poprad. The extension gave Ziga a great chance. His escape ended with a shot aimed between the concrete and the goalkeeper of Poprad caught. The guests took another rest five seconds before the end of the extra time, but the bulls in the offensive zone did not win and followed the separate raids. The shooters from Poprad had the upper hand in them, the decisive independent raid was attributed to the local Mlynarovič.

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