The Czechs started actively after Wednesday’s defeat, they had a shooting advantage and in the 5th minute they also took the lead. After an individual action, defender Blain prevailed. In the 7th minute, both teams got into a three-on-one renumbering in quick succession, but neither of them perfectly resolved the promising situation.
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The home team immediately equalized when Stránský, Ščerbak, unhappily knocked the side of the goal directly onto Eberle’s hockey stick, who did not hesitate and scored his fourth goal in the playoffs. After Kousal’s action, Najman then hit the bar. However, the Central Europeans still scored the second goal in the first period. Goalkeeper Kiviah was overcome by a shot from the blue line defender Pride.
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Skaters were able to bounce off their opponents more significantly, but they were unable to punish any of Mountfield’s three consecutive fouls. Nevertheless, he took the lead 3: 1 in the 38th minute, when Kalina failed to catch a falling puck in front of the Hradec Králové goal, which Kelemen got to, and confirmed that he was successful in shooting in the playoffs. The Slovak national team scored for the sixth time.
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From left Richard Nedomlel from Hradec Králové and Jan Eberle from Mladá Boleslav.Photo: Radek Petrášek, CTK
But the guests responded quickly. In a four-on-four game, Krošelje was attacked by striker Lev, playing the jubilee 600th extra-league match in a row.
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The Mladá Boleslav team was able to regain a two-goal lead in further overpowering games, but they were unable to overcome the opponent’s and Kiviah’s defenses. The home team then tried to defend the tight lead until the end, but they did not succeed.
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Radek Smoleňák from Hradec Králové rejoices at the third goal.Photo: Radek Petrášek, CTK
Almost three minutes before the end, the East Bohemians decided to play power and, as the day before, managed to equalize. McCormack’s spotted shot ended behind Krošelje. The home team complained about Smoleňák’s illegal position in the goal area, they took on a coaching challenge, but they did not succeed even with that, and in the end they had to defend themselves from weakening.
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The duel thus lengthened again, this time there were no raids. After three minutes, he decided on Eberle’s second home win in Boleslav.
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| Hockey Extraliga Playoff Quarterfinals – Match 4: |
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| BK Mlada Boleslav – Mountfield Hradec Kralove 4: 3 in overtime (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1 – 1: 0) |
| Goals and recordings: 8. Eberle (J. Stránský, Pláněk), 18. Pride (D. Šťastný, Ševc), 38. Kelemen (Pride), 63. Eberle (J. Stránský) – 5. Blain (Lalancette, Ščerbak) , 39. Lev (Oksanen, Blain), 59. Smoleňák (McCormack, Lalancette). Judges: Pražák, M. Sýkora – Brejcha, Gerát. Exclusion: 4: 7. No use. Attendance: 4033. Status of the series: 3: 1. |
| Mladá Boleslav: Krošelj – Ševc, Pýcha, Pláněk, Jánošík, Fillman, Lintuniemi – D. Šťastný, Bičevskis, Kotala – P. Kousal, O. Najman, Flynn – Kelemen, Fořt, Lunter – J. Stránský, T. Knotek, Eberle . Coach: Rulík. |
| Hradec Králové: Kiviaho – Blain, Nedomlel, F. Pavlík, Kalina, McCormack, Jank – Oksanen, Lev, Smoleňák – Jergl, Kevin Klíma, Perret – Kelly Klíma, Lalancette, Ščerbak – Orsava, Koukal, Cingel – Miškář. Coach: T. Martinec. |
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