Holiday duel with the champion. Comet hockey players will visit the Třinec line
Traditionally, on the second Christmas holiday, the hockey extra league will be played again. The leader Třinec will welcome Brno, which has made it into the top six thanks to recent improved performances. The situation on the tail of the table has become significantly more dramatic. If Zlín surprises the second Hradec Králové and succeeds in the basic playing time, Kladno will need at least one point from the duel with Litvínov so that it does not sink to the bottom. The points series, which has already grown to 11 matches, will be defended by Vítkovice hockey players on the ice of Pardubice.
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Hockey match between Kometa in Brno and Třinec.
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On Thursday, Třinec delivered a pre-Christmas gift to Sparta, on whose ice he won after an 8: 5 shootout. Comet will now check on him. “I’m glad we scored eight goals, but overall there were a lot of mistakes,” said coach Vaclav Varada.
The defending champions have a nine-point difference at the head, but there were similar fights with the people of Brno when, after a home defeat of 2: 3 in overtime, they succeeded on the opponent’s ice 3: 2. The comet has won six of the last seven matches.
Kladno needs to fight against Litvínov in a duel between two men who have not been able to do so in recent weeks. The impact on the extra-league bottom would be another blow to the Knights after a period of poor results. After a series of six defeats, they can build on at least the last third, which they won 2: 3 in a 2: 3 defeat in Liberec. “At the moment, we have a lot of worries, especially with ourselves, so we do not turn to Zlín and do not concentrate,” said defender Martin Kehar. Litvínov has won only two matches out of the last seven. In mutual competitions, both teams have one win each.
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Zlín has not scored only once in the last four performances and has celebrated a win twice. He thus has an even better balance than the second Hradec Králové, which succeeded only once in the same period – the last time in Chomutov against the home Kladno high 9: 2. Interesting matches in this, however, sound better for Mountfield, who left the Rams with only six points. “We have to win again, for example, three or five matches in a row to calm down. Not that we will alternate wins and losses, it could take over after the New Year,” said guest captain Radek Smoleňák.
In Pardubice, the teams will run into a very good form, they did not confirm that they were equally up-to-date in the last match. After a series of seven victories, Dynamo lost to the home Comet 3: 4 in Brno on Wednesday, Vítkovice even failed in front of its spectators, leaving two points of Zín after a 1: 2 defeat in overtime. “We have to go back to an honest game that brought a body, and I believe that if we said something after the match against Zlín, the players will take it for granted,” said Ostrava coach Miloš Holaň. At home, the Pardubice team won overwhelmingly 6: 0, but lost to the opponent on the ice 1: 4.
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The breath derby increases the prestige of the fights between Mladá Boleslav and Liberec, teams that have only 50 kilometers to each other. The Central Bohemians have only the upper hand so far, but both duels have brought tough battles. The skating club celebrated in overtime after the results of 2: 1 and 3: 2. But there are better recent results behind the White Tigers. Even thanks to four wins from the last five matches, they have only a six-point loss in the fifth Mladá Boleslav. “We want to confirm our improving performance and score,” said striker Adam Najman.
Both previous matches between the hockey players of Olomouc and Karlovy Vary have brought the same result 3: 2 in overtime for the home team. This time, they will have spectator support in the back of Olomouc, who managed to win twice in the last three starts. The West Bohemians have succeeded only once in the past seven matches.
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