Pardubice secured the lead, Sparta is also celebrating a hard-earned win. Kladno did not complete the turnaround
Pardubice did not enter the match in Ostrava in an ideal way and after the first period they played for two goals. However, with the same ratio of goals, the leader of the table was able to catch up in the second half, and after a goalless third period, it was time for overtime. In it, the visitors Hyka completed the turnover and Dynamo thus dominated the third match between them in the previous one. Pardubice’s lead over Vítkovice at the top of the extra league increased to two points.
From the duel of teams from the bottom of the table between Karlovy Vary and Mlada Boleslaví, the hockey players from the west of Bohemia emerged as unequivocal winners. After losing 1:4, Boleslav suffered its fifth defeat in a row and dropped from 11th to 12th place in the table, the home team, on the other hand, managed to win for the second time in a row and rose from the penultimate place to 10th position.
Brno players, on the other hand, managed to stop the streak of four defeats. After a 45-minute wait for a goal on the Comets’ ice, Litvínov was the first to rejoice, but the home team soon responded with two goals within one minute, and Pospíšil added the three-point insurance at the end of the third period with the second goal of the match. A four-game losing streak now hangs over Litvínov, who left the top ten.
After the main participation in the Christmas Spengler Cup, Sparta also scored points in the first New Year extra league duel, but the duel with České Budějovice offered drama literally until the last minute. The visiting South Bohemians were able to reverse the unfavorable development of the game twice, and the Prague team scored two goals in the 60th minute to set the final score at 5:3. Thanks to this, they moved to the fifth place in the table, Motor, on the other hand, fell to the penultimate place.
Kladno remains last overall in the extra league, which did not complete the turnaround in the home match against Pilsen. The guests built a three-goal difference in the first half, which was scored by Jaromír Jágr even before the break. In the third period, the Knights even managed to equalize, but in the 56th minute, Schleiss scored three points in the numerical advantage for West Bohemia.
The Třinec hockey players performed a successful turn on the ice of Hradec Králové in an attractive fight. After the first period they were losing 0:2, but they evened the score and their 3:2 win was decided by Daniel Voženílek in overtime. Goalkeeper Marek Mazanec performed excellently, the Steelers recorded their sixth success in the last seven matches.
Liberec beat Olomouc at home 6:1. The White Tigers thus made up for the defeat from Třinec and won for the fourth time in a row on their own ice. On the contrary, the Hanáci did not score for the third game in a row, and in addition, they won only one of the last seven games on the opponent’s pitch. The lion’s share of Liberec’s victory was played by forward Jaroslav Vlach, who shone with a goal and three assists.
34th round of the hockey extra league |
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Vítkovice – Pardubice 2:3 in extra time. |
Goals: 6. Půček, 15. Krenželok – 24. Musil, 36. Sedlák, 64. Hyka. |
Karlovy Vary – Mladá Boleslav 4:1 |
Goals: 24. Beránek, 26. Koblasa, 38. Koffer, 54. Hladonik – 27. Kantner. |
Brno – Litvinov 3:1 |
Goals: 49. Kundrátek, 50. Pospíšil, 59. Pospíšil – 55. Reluctant. |
Liberec – Olomouc 6:1 |
Goals: 3. Jelínek, 7. and 54. Ordoš, 28. Flynn, 38. Rychlovský, 39. Vlach – 4. Knotek. |
Kladno – Pilsen 3:4 |
Goals: 20. Jagr, 57. Kubík, 53. Pytlík – 2. Hrabík, 13. Dvořák, 20. Mertl, 56. Schleiss. |
Hradec Králové – Třinec 2:3 in extra time. |
Goals: 3. Lalancette, 18. McCormack – 30. Daňo, 53. Růžička, 65. Voženílek. |
Sparta – Ceske Budejovice 5:3 |
Goals: 6. Buchtele, 11. Thorell, 26. Sobotka, 59. Thorell, 60. Repík – 11. Čachotský, 19. Strnad, 47. Percy. |