Photo: Lukáš Filipec, hcocelari.cz
Four tickets to the quarter-finals are available, who will advance to the elite eight in the Tipsport Extraliga? Třinec, Liberec, Brno and Olomouc start at home, you can watch three of the four matches live on Hokejka TV.
17:00 HC Steelers Třinec (6.) vs. HC VERVA Litvínov (11.) watch live
Třinec had to go to the preliminary round this season, which he is not used to in recent years. He is the favorite in the series with Litvínov, but the exclamation point is the form of Verva from the last matches.
The North Bohemians have won six matches in a row and will certainly not leave the favorite anything for free.
On the contrary, the Steelers have celebrated only four times since January 17, in the final sprint they let Hradec Králové and Liberec in front of them. The matches between these teams from this season sound better for Třinec, which has three wins. However, three games out of four went into overtime…
“I think that Třinec will have it in his head that he is not doing well now. They are under pressure because they are defending the title. We have to take advantage of it, we can surprise,” he hopes
Šimon Stránský
attacker, 25 years old
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18:00 White Tigers Liberec (5.) vs. HC Škoda Plzeň (12.) watch live
This series should be the most unambiguous according to predictions. However, they met teams with a completely different form.
While Liberec is rolling and has already succeeded nine times in a row, Pilsen has a dismal form before the peak of the season… On the contrary, it has lost nine times in a row.
“We have to pick ourselves up and start all over again. I don’t think it matters who you have in the playoffs. If you want to advance, you have to beat your opponent. I don’t care who it is, but I’m looking forward to it,” says the captain for the website hcplzen.cz
Jan Schleiss
attacker, 28 years old
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Mora scored only two goals from the game in the last five games… On the one hand, she was dealing with a big crowd and 11 to 13 players were out.
Assistant coach Boris Žabka spoke before the end of the regular season about the fact that most of the players, except for Michal Kunek, could jump into the preliminary round.
If that were to happen, the advantage could be on Olomouc’s side. However, an even battle can be expected.
“We didn’t even take players who weren’t completely 100 percent to Litvínov. If it were all, some would get on board. The boys will hopefully return on Wednesday, because we lacked them especially in the attack in the last matches,” commented head coach Jan Tomajko.
19:00 HC Kometa Brno (7th) vs. BK Mladá Boleslav (10.) O2 TV Sport ONLINE here
The Comet has the advantage of starting in front of its fans. However, this year Mladá Boleslav nad Brno won in all four matches!
In addition, the last time Kometa succeeded on Bruslarů ice was almost six years ago.
“Boleslav beat us four times in the regular season, and they’ve been playing great in the playoffs for the last few years, they were in the semi-finals twice. From the point of view of statistics, we are an outsider, but otherwise, of course, we want the cup,” Kometa coach Patrik Martinec said at the press conference.
This could be the most even series of the entire preliminary round.
“We have a strong team – from the goalkeeper, defenders and forwards. If we play the way we want, we definitely have a chance to succeed with Brno,” says the striker from Boleslav
Ondrej Roman
attacker, 34 years old
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Thursday 9 March – 2nd matches:
17:00 HC Steelers Třinec – HC VERVA Litvínov
18:00 HC Kometa Brno – BK Mladá Boleslav CT sport
18:00 HC Olomouc – HC Energie Karlovy Vary
19:00 White Tigers Liberec – HC Škoda Plzeň O2 TV Sport
Saturday 11th March – 3rd Matches:
15:30 HC Energie Karlovy Vary – HC Olomouc
16:00 BK Mladá Boleslav – HC Kometa Brno
16:30 HC Škoda Plzeň – White Tigers Liberec
17:45 HC Verva Litvínov – HC Steelers Třinec O2 TV Sport
Sunday, March 12 – possible 4th matches:
HC Energie Karlovy Vary – HC Olomouc
BK Mladá Boleslav – HC Kometa Brno
HC Škoda Plzeň – White Tigers Liberec
HC Verva Litvínov – HC Ocelarí Třinec
Tuesday 14th March – Possible 5th Matches:
HC Steelers Třinec – HC VERVA Litvínov
HC Kometa Brno – BK Mladá Boleslav
HC Olomouc – HC Energie Karlovy Vary
White Tigers Liberec – HC Škoda Plzeň
