Extraliga types: HK Poprad – MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš 4: 1

HK Poprad – MHK 32 Liptovsky Mikulas 4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)

Goals: 7. Rymsha (Ully, Vandas), 20. Arniel (Ully, Drgoň), 33. Novajovský (Ulrych, Arniel), 60. Bondra (Mlynarovič) – 48. Elo (Obdržálek, Salija).

Judges: Korba, Goga – Crman, Bogdaň, disqualification: 4: 3 for 2 min, power-ups: 1: 1, weakening: 1: 0, 737 spectators.

Poprad: Todykov – Drgoň, Brejčák, Rymsha, Tam, Novajovský, Ulrych, Hudec – Ully, Arniel, Vandas – Bondra, Mlynarovič, Svitana – Livingston, Bjalončík, Mešár – Petráš, Matej Paločko, Kundrík.

Liptovsky Mikulas: Ivannikov – Ventelä, Varttinen, Salija, Kurali, Krempaský, Mezovský, Nemec, Feherpataky – Kriška, Walega, Handlovský – Obdržálek, Elo, Jurík – Matúš Paločko, Uhrík, Haluška – Ďurina, Babka, Dunčko.

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In Poprad, the first goal was waited until the end of the 7th minute. The guests could not throw out the puck from their own defensive zone, which sent back towards the goal of Rymsha and Ivannikov to the shot, which he did not see, did not react – 1: 0. On the other hand, Matúš Paločko got into a clear chance after a happy rebound, but he did not reach his bluff in front of Todykov. The direction of the game was in the hands of the home team and the defense of the Liptovs was really undercut. Bondra was close to raising Poprad’s poor lead, but the visiting goalkeeper pulled out a prompt. The “chamois” took the two-goal lead at the end of the first period. The Liptovs sent themselves into the trio with unnecessary interventions, after one of the punished interventions in the match, the home forward Bjalončík ended up. After a few seconds, he used a two-player power play with an elusive shot under Arniel’s upper goalpost.

The second third of the casino lagged behind the first. The home combinations did not reach the goal end, despite the fact that most of the time they played before Ivannikov. Matúš Paločko found himself in a unique chance on the other side. In the 33rd minute, the defender Novajovský increased the lead, who from the blue shot over the tangle of players in front of the goal of Liptovský Mikuláš. The players of the guests sent only 11 shots to the Poprad goal for two thirds.

In the third period, a completely different Liptovský Mikuláš came up, who almost left the home team useless. In the final act, the game was played in front of the goal of Poprad and the guests forced the goalkeeper Todykov to perform several excellent interventions. Liptáci returned to the match in the 48th minute in a power play of 5 to 3. The scorer of the goal was the legionnaire Elo. The guests then performed a long castle in the home third, but the people of Poprad resisted the pressure. At the end of the regular playing period, the guests reached after a break and withdrew the goalkeeper Ivannikov from the game. The numerical advantage was improved by the exclusion of the home defender Drgoň. In the weakening, however, Bondra hit an empty goal and set the final result 4: 1.

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