Both teams had to do without penalized players today, the home team was missing the striker Kousal, the guests Mertl.
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From the beginning, the duel was full of personal fights and finishing. The home team took the lead in the seventh minute, when he took advantage of Kaňák’s hesitation in front of Eberle’s goal and opened the score more than twice. Immediately, Kelemen could have added the second goal, but the people of Plzeň were lucky and Pavlát did not collect for the second time after his hesitation.
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The author of the first goal, Jan Eberle from Mladá Boleslav, celebrates.Photo: Radek Petrášek, CTK
The guests were able to settle in the subsequent expulsion of Ševcov, but they were unable to overcome Krošelje. In the 14th minute, Kodýtek, who individually got in front of the Slovenian goalkeeper, did not make it, but he could not equalize.
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The skaters then did not use three power games, but in the 27th minute they increased their lead. The forward Kantner, who came to Mladá Boleslav during the season from Pilsen, returned the blocked Šťastný shot for Pavlát. However, the guests reduced in the second period when he took advantage of the confusion in the defensive zone of the Central Bohemian Thorell and overcame the lying Krošelje.
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In the 39th minute, Pýcha fired dangerously, but his attempt narrowly missed the left post of the Pilsen goal. At the beginning of the third part, Pavláta Šťastný overcame, but referee Šír did not recognize the goal for Flynn’s position in the goal area.
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Maris Bičevskis from Mladá Boleslav (left) and Filip Suchý from Pilsen in a fight for the disc.Photo: Radek Petrášek, CTK
The home team subsequently did not use two more power-ups and in the 50th minute they weakened in the weakening. Bulíř took care of the settlement. And that was not all on the part of Pilsen. Seven minutes before the end, Lang hit just under the top bar and turned the development of the match in favor of the guests.
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But Mladá Boleslav managed to answer the opponent’s goals. In the 56th minute, Kelemen equalized, whose blocked shot fell behind Pavlát, and 63 seconds later, Kantner won for the second time in the match. The guests tried to catch up in power play, but collected for the fifth time.
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| Preliminary round of the hockey extra league play – 3rd match: |
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| BK Mlada Boleslav – HC Skoda Plzen 5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 2) |
| Goals and recordings: 7. Eberle (O. Najman), 27. Kantner (Šťastný, Lintuniemi), 56. Kelemen (Fořt), 57. Kantner (Jánošík, Pláněk), 60. Kelemen – 36. G. Thorell (Blomstrand) , 50. Bulíř (Čerešňák, Blomstrand), 53. M. Lang (Dzierkals, Budík). Judges: Šír, Lacina – Komárek, Hynek. Exclusion: 3: 5. Utilization: 0: 1. Attendance: 2983. Status of the series: 2: 1. |
| Sets: |
| Mladá Boleslav: Krošelj – Ševc, Pýcha, Pláněk, Jánošík, Fillman, Lintuniemi – J. Stránský, Bičevskis, Grim – Šťastný, Kotala, Kantner – Eberle, O. Najman, Flynn – Kelemen, Fořt, Lunter. Coach: Rulík. |
| Pilsen: Pavlát – Čerešňák, Kaňák, Graňák, Hamšík, Budík, Kvasnička, Malák – Dzierkals, Kodýtek, M. Lang – Schleiss, Bulíř, F. Suchý – Dufek, G. Thorell, Blomstrand – Dvořák, F. Přikryl, Malát. Coaches: Baďouček and M. Říha. |
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