HC Sparta Praha » SPA – KOM 2:3 – Hit for Kometa
13, Friday 21 October 2022
HC Sparta Prague – HC Kometa Brno
SPA – COM
HC Sparta Prague: Kovář – Krejčík, Krutil, Jandus, Němeček, Polášek (A), Mikliš, Jurčina – Simon, Sobotka (A), Řepík (C) – E. Thorell, Horák, Tomášek – Forman, G. Thorell, Přibyl – Konečný, D Vitouch, M. Vitouch.
HC Kometa Brno: Furch – Ďaloga, Ščotka, Kučerík, Holland, Hrbas, Kundrátek (A), Gulaši (A) – Flek, Holík, Horký – Koblížek, Strömberg, Zaťovič (C) – Šalé, Sallinen, Kollár – Zboril, Dufek, Kratochvíl.
Goals and saves: 15. Konečný (M. Vitouch), 49. Jandus (D. Vitouch) – 8. Horký (Flek, Holík), 30. Zbořil (Kratochvíl), 36. Koblížek.
Referee: Šír, Obadal – Frodl, Svoboda.
Exclusion: 1:5.
Use: 0:0. In weakening: 0:0.
Spectators: 13111.
Shots on goal: 37:19.
Course of the match: 0:1, 1:1, 1:3, 2:3.
Best players of the match: Jakub Konečný – Dominik Furch.
After a long time, the Spartans returned to their home O2 arena, where Kometa from Brno was waiting for them in a match. The guests took a two-goal lead in the second half of the bottom half, and despite the huge pressure from Sparta in the final third, they did not manage to keep the slim and dare to take three points. Furch, a great catcher in the Brno goal, had the greatest credit for the final result, who immediately supported his team significantly.
Right from the start of the match, the game was played at a high pace, and the Spartans got a promising chance after just a few dozen seconds. Konečný caught the pass perfectly, but could not beat Furch without being close. On the other side, Horký got an interesting finish on the right wing, but Kovář surely hit the concrete.
In the fourth minute, Martin Jandus perfectly found Michal Řepík on the blue line, who was rushing alone to the visiting goalkeeper, but he could not shoot at the nearer post and did not make it through the subsequent finish. The Komety hockey players then pushed us in the defensive zone and the first goal of the match came from that. Jakub Flek brilliantly found a free kick on the right circle Luboš Horký and he had no problem burning through the helpless Jakub Kovář.
Attractive hockey was played up and down, and the Spartans managed to use one of the breaks before the end of the third period. Jakub Konečný he ran briskly down the left wing and with a wrist shot he managed to fire past Furch at the near post. At the end of the first part, we still had an opportunity for a power play, but unfortunately we could not change it, so we went to the cabin with a balanced state.
In the second period, we could watch more of a fight for the middle zone without any major opportunities. The guests concentrated mainly on defense and the Spartans did not manage to make a breakthrough in the offensive zone. The first big chance came only after about ten minutes, when Brno’s Tomi Sallinen made a breakaway, but Kuba Kovář caught him fantastically. Soon after, however, the Komety hockey players could rejoice, when he reached for an inconspicuous throw from the goalpost in the goal area Adam Zboril and didn’t give our masked man a chance.
Moments later, we played the third overtime of the match and David Tomášek was not far from equalizing. But he only hit Furch’s mask with the first blow. The numerical plus played for the first time in Brno, but paradoxically we were more dangerous. However, Jakub Konečný broke his teeth on the excellent catching Furch in both huge chances and punished the opponent on the counterattack. Radek Koblízek took the puck in his own zone, drove across the entire field and beat Kovář with a quick finish.
In the end, the visiting player was again sent off, we did not manage to use the incomplete number of points, Dominik Simon’s shot was again covered by a certain Furch. At the start of the third period, half of Brno’s penalty was still waiting for Sparta. However, the guests left the cabin more satisfied, holding a two-goal difference.
The Spartans continued to conquer the Comets’ goal, but they did not manage to use the next two power plays either. The visiting hockey players played very selflessly and Dominik Furch continued to perform fantastically. Sparta’s lone captain Michal Řepík appeared in front of him again, but for the second time he broke his teeth on the opponent’s goalkeeper. And even the duo Tomášek – Simon failed to score, Furch spread out on the goal line and with the help of the defenders blocked all the places in his goal.
In the end, however, it was possible to shoot the desired reduction of the state. David Vitouch circled the offensive zone for a long time with the puck, then charged at the blue line Martin Jandus and he burned through everything that stood in his way. As the end of the period approached, Sparta kept increasing the pressure and often did not let the Comets players out of the defensive zone for long seconds. David Vitouch was close to equalizing, but Dominika Furcha’s catcher stood in his way.
Later, David Němeček also had a huge chance, but he did not hit the device from the ring. Just a moment later, it looked like we would finally match the score, but even after a big blunder, we couldn’t push the puck into the net. And since we didn’t manage to hide even in the final game without a goalkeeper, the guests from Brno could enjoy three points.