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One of the expected “pullers” of the 2nd round of the hockey Tipos extra league between HC Košice and HC Slovan Bratislava brought a rarely seen course. The home team took the lead 3 minutes into the match, making the score 3 – 0 after 16 minutes. The rotation of goalkeepers proved to be the right impulse for the “whites”.
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The Slavs traveled to Košice in order to follow up on a convincing 4: 1 victory over Trenčín. They entered the match catastrophically, when the goalkeeper Gudlevskis first “smeared” McPherson with a goal and when he collected two more goals within the 16th minute, he passed the place to Samuel Hlavaj. At that time, Latvian had only two hits on his account, so he won a 40 percent success rate from the match.
Paradoxically, his previous visit to Košice brought him completely different feelings, when he won not only the overall championship from the August Eastern Cup, but also the award for the best player of the tournament. “Gudi” is one of the best goalkeepers in the league and he also caught us fantastically in the Champions League. He made a mistake in the first goal, but after the third we needed to get a “momentum” and so we changed the goalkeeper. It confirms why we hired him. He is a talented Slovak goalkeeper who will catch more and more, ” said Slovana coach Róbert Döme.
For 20-year-old Hlavaja, it was a return to the highest competition after three years. He spent the previous two seasons in the overseas QMJHL competition, returning to Slovan as a young man who will compete with Gudlevskis for a place in the goal. He stated himself perfectly, he thwarted all 19 attempts by the people of Košice, and his arrival finally started the turn of the “whites.”
“We already had a chance in the first period, but we didn’t like it. We were definitely better than Košice. When you go to the match at 0: 3, you have nothing to lose. You can only gain and with that I went there. I caught a few pucks and I already felt good, ” Hlavaj remarked.
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The Slavs had a significant shooting advantage during the match. According to the official record of the home team, they shot 45:22 and, paradoxically, they were also more active in the first part (15: 6), which they lost to goals 0: 3. However, they already went to the third part with a lead of 5: 3. “The third period was challenging because we had to keep an eye on it to keep us in the match. We scored four goals in the second period and we wanted to avoid them doing the same. But we had a good game. and we didn’t give much chance to the hosts, ” said Hlavaj.
The duel of ancient rivals was watched by 2,085 spectators, which is exactly 25 percent of the allowed capacity of the Steel Arena. “It’s a derby. It’s a shame he can’t play in front of full stadiums,” said striker Tomáš Matoušek, who is happy for the 100% balance of his team so far: “So far so good. I believe we will continue to stick to our game. It’s up to us.”
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