HC Sparta Prague » SPA – OLO 2:5 – Defeat with Olomouc
16, Sunday 30 October 2022
HC Sparta Prague – HC Olomouc
SPA – OLO
HC Sparta Prague: Kovář – Krejčík, Moravčík, Kempný, Mikliš, Němeček, Jandus, Polášek – Konečný, Sobotka, Řepík – Buchtele, Horák, Simon – E. Thorell, D. Vitouch, Tomášek – M. Vitouch, G. Thorell, Hauser.
HC Olomouc: Lukáš – Ondrušek, Černý, Rašner, Škůrek, Řezníček, Dujsík, Mareš, Rutar – Káňa, Nahodil, Orsava – Klimek, Kusko, Navrátil – Kunc, Menšík, Bambula – Olesz, Anděl.
Goals and saves: 15. Simon (Němeček), 33. Řepík (Kempný, Sobotka) – 35. Bambula (Kunc, Mareš), 36. Orsava (Olesz, Anděl), 41. Nahodil (Orsava, Káňa), 46. Káňa (Nahodil, Orsava ), 59. Buzzard (Dujsík).
Referee: Crane, Willow – Zíka, Ondráček.
Exclusion: 4:3.
Use: 1:2. In weakening: 0:0.
Spectators: 7627.
Shots on goal: 30:22.
Course of the match: 2:0, 2:5.
Best players of the match: Michal Řepík – Jakub Orsava
This time we welcomed guests from Olomouc in the home O2 arena. We went into the game well and after the game we were already leading by two and a half goals. However, the guests were able to equalize very quickly and even turn the match in their favor in the third period, thanks to the used power-ups. We will be able to make up for the defeat on Wednesday in Pilsen.
From the first minutes of the game, fast hockey was played up and down. There were a few promising renumberings on both sides, but we didn’t get a big chance until more than seven minutes later. Michal Řepík caught Olomouc’s play perfectly and rushed at Lukáš himself, but unfortunately he missed the goal with his quick wrist shot. The Spartan captain tried to get a chance a few moments later, but this time he did not get to the end after a nice penetration.
On the other side, Mora’s third line locked us in the defensive zone and Menšík was only a few centimeters away from directing Kunc’s offer into the open goal. Matouš Menšík did not succeed even then with a shot from the edge of the goal area, when Kovář caught him. Just a moment later, David Němeček drove the puck into the offensive zone, presented it to the left circle To Dominic Simon and he brilliantly swept the top corner of the goal.
Olomouc could react quickly and tie the game. Lukáš Mareš stretched from the blue line and burned through everything in his path, but was stopped by the left post of Kovář’s goal. By the end of the first part, we didn’t see much of anything interesting, so we went to the cabinet with a one-goal lead.
The Spartans flew into the second period at a great pace, and Roman Horák was not far from scoring a goal. In the end, Mikliš was expelled and Olomouc got the opportunity to play on the power play. Kuba Kovář was definitely not bored in the goal and had to deal with several unpleasant jams in the goal area, but he kept all the pucks in front of him.
Already in a state of balance, Erik Thorell and David Tomášek ran into a renumbering, the latter received a great pass in front of the half-open cage, unfortunately he only hit the connecting rod. And the chances were increasing. First, after Moravčík’s shot, Kempný got into an excellent position and just missed the goal, then Honzo Buchtele from the right wing hit the left post of the Olomouc sanctuary.
The visiting Mareš was sent off for illegal defending, and the Spartans also played the first overtime in the match. Kuba Krejčík stretched from the blue and his cannon again ended up only on the top post of the Olomouc goal. However, the captain finally broke the bad luck Michal Repíkwhen he received a pass to his favorite spot on the left circle and he didn’t give the Mory goalkeeper a chance with a cannonball.
But the visitors managed to reduce it out of the blue. They ran into renumbering Jan Bambula with Michal Kunec, and the first-named ended the whole event skilfully with a backhand shot under the crossbar. It didn’t even take a minute and it was even equalized. Rostislav Olesz found a completely free one from behind the goal Jakub Orsava and he burned the Blacksmith with a shot from the first. And it could have been worse, but Kuba Kovář fantastically neutralized Bambul’s independent escape and subsequent backhand. In the last seconds, with his own weakness, Buchtel still had a great chance, but he failed with a clever backhand and went into the locker room with a balanced state.
The entry into the third period did not work out for us at all. Even in the closing stages of the numerical advantage, he managed to push through with a shot from the goal area Lukáš Nahodil and the match status event. Hanáky was kicked by the goal and continued to not play very actively. Another dangerous penetration was extinguished at the cost of an illegal intervention by Jandus, and the visitors played another power play. Unfortunately, they managed to take advantage of this again, when the puck reached after a quick combination To Jan Káňwho was already finishing into an empty goal and drove Kuba Kovář out of it, who was replaced by Pepa Kořenář.
Kuba Krejčík was close to reducing the score, but Lukáš was able to neutralize his sharp shot from the left wing with a puncher. The Spartans wanted to do something more with the match and pushed to the end. The visiting goalkeeper continued to perform very confidently today, so we didn’t get any great chances.
After tripping the visiting Káni, we got the opportunity to have a numerical advantage in the end. But it did not succeed here, and on the contrary, in the subsequent game without a goalkeeper, Olomouc decided definitively. Jan Kana drove into an empty net and increased the difference to three goals with his second hit of the game. Nothing happened until the end of the match, and Olomouc took away all the bodies.