Black scenarios not fulfilled. Comet returned home and knocked down Pilsen
The long match break due to the Karjala Cup was at first noticeable mainly on the visitors. The home side had more of the game, but they didn’t take any of their chances. On the contrary, Pilsen converted its opportunity. In the eighteenth minute, Filip Suchý took advantage of Sebastian Malát’s pass and scored into the open cage.
In the second half, Plzeň increased their lead, but they did not enjoy it for long. After consulting the video, the referee initially recognized Kryštof Hrabík’s goal, but then Kometa challenged the coach and the head referee subsequently disallowed Hrabík’s goal. The goal was preceded by a clash between the visiting player and Kometa goalkeeper Dominik Furch. “For me it was clear, I was elbowed quite hard. It was clear to me that he must not accept it,” said the experienced goalkeeper, who made a save in the Brno goal for the seventh game in a row. On Friday, the recovered Marek Čiliak already covered his back.
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Moments later, the home team converted Horký, Brno’s best scorer, for a power play in the 24th minute, who jumped into the first extra-league duel after a three-match absence. The turnover was ensured in the 48th minute by a hard shot by the Kundrátek defender. “It was decided that we converted two power plays,” Pešout pointed out to the excellent discipline of the Comets.
The victory was secured in the 57th minute by Koblížek, who wanted to find Martin Zaťovič during the renumbering, but the puck bounced off the stick of the returning visiting player to Koblížek and he scored from the backhand. “I commend the boys for a good performance. We decided on special formations, we scored two goals in a weakened state and then chased it,” said Pilsen coach Petr Kořínek.
The thanksgiving could be enjoyed by the home fans who had not seen their favorites for a long time. The unusual break was also due to a malfunction of the cooling equipment in the Winning Group Arena, which forced the Brno team to postpone the duel with Liberec originally scheduled for November 1. The Comet managed to at least provisionally put an end to the troubles and thus prevented further postponements of the matches. “Of course it wasn’t pleasant. Cooling is undergoing a change, we are glad that the black scenarios did not come true. We are not complaining about the quality of the ice at all, and I believe it will improve,” said Kometa coach Martin Pešout.
The postponed duel with Liberec is scheduled to take place in Brno already on Tuesday, before the fourth Komet’s long trip to Litvínov, where it will be presented on Sunday from mid-afternoon.
Kometa Brno – Pilsen 3:1
Thirds: 0:1, 1:0, 2:0.
Goals and saves: 24. Horký (Holík, Zboril), 48. Kundrátek (Zboril, Holík), 57. Koblížek (Ščotka) – 18. Suchý (Malát).
Referee: Stano, Vrba – Hlavatý, Lederer.
Exclusion: 2:5.
Use: 2:0.
In weakening: 0:0.
Shots on goal: 22:23.
Spectators: 7079.
Comet Brno: Furch – Ščotka, Ďaloga, Hrbas, Kundrátek (A), Gulaši (A), Kučerík, R. Černý – Flek, Holík, Horký – Zaťovič (C), Strömberg, Koblížek – Vincour, Sallinen, Dufek – Kratochvíl, Zboril, Šalé .
Pilsen: Pavlát– Baránek, Zámorský, Kvasnička, Vitaloš, Houdek, Kremláček – Schleiss (C), Kodýtek (A), Holešinský – A. Dvořák, Mertl (A), Rekonen – Suchý, Malát, Hrabík – Lang, Bitten, Adamec – Sedlák .