Prague – The hockey players of Třince and Brno won the second game of the preliminary round of the extra league play off and are one step away from advancing to the quarterfinals. Mistrovský Třinec beat Litvínov 5:4 in overtime, Brno beat Mlada Boleslav 2:1. Both teams can secure promotion as early as Saturday.
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Photo gallery: Play off hockey extra league 2023
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Defender Jakub Jeřábek decided the win for the Steelers at 66:46 with his second goal of the day. Třinec was closer to winning already in regular time, but in the final six minutes they did not hold the lead 3:2 and 4:3. The guests used three power plays in which Nicolas Hlava scored twice.
Kometa scored both goals in the very beginning of the match, when Tomáš Kundrátek and Aleš Zbořil made their mark. The visitors reduced the lead in the 33rd minute thanks to Maris Bičevskis. However, they failed to equalize despite numerous chances in the end.
On the other hand, Plzeň managed to level the series today. The West Bohemians outclassed the home team Liberec 6:0 and took over after a streak of ten defeats. Slovakian forward Adrián Holešinský contributed two goals and Jakub Pour three assists. Goalkeeper Dominik Pavlát kept a clean sheet in the playoffs for the first time in his career.
Olomouc and Karlovy Vary finished the first match of the series today. On Wednesday, their duel ended at 2:0 after the first period due to an unsuitable playing surface. Today, Hanáci added two more goals and finally won 4:1. Attackers Pavel Musil and Jakub Orsava signed their win with a goal and an assist.
Preliminary round of the hockey extraleague play off – 2nd match:
HC Oceláři Třinec – HC Verva Litvínov 5 :4 in ext. (1:1, 2:1, 1:2 – 1:0)
Goals and assists: 8. Nestrašil (L. Hudáček, D. Voženílek), 27. Kaňák (J. Jeřábek, Nestrašil), 37. M. Růžička (Nestrašil), 57. J. Jeřábek (M. Růžička), 67. J. Jeřábek (M. Roman) – 2. Š. Stránský (Jaks), 35. Hlava (M. Sukeľ, Š. Stránský), 55. Hlava (Š. Stránský, Jaks), 59. M. Sukeľ (Hlava, Zile). Referee: Hribik, Obadal – Axman, Lederer. Exclusion: 8:5. Usage: 2:3. Spectators: 4465. Series status: 2:0.
HC Kometa Brno – BK Mladá Boleslav 2:1 (2:0, 0:1, 0:0)
Goals and assists: 3. Kundrátek (Ščotka, Holík), 4. A. Zbořil (Ďaloga, Strömberg). – 33. Bičevkis (O. Roman, Lunter). Referee: Sýkora, Šír – Gerát, Hynek. Exclusion: 7:4. Usage: 1:0. Spectators: 6734. Series status: 2:0.
White Tigers Liberec – HC Škoda Plzeň 0:6 (0:1, 0:1, 0:4)
Goals and assists: 11. Piskáček (Pour, Schleiss), 30. Holešinský (Schleiss, Rekonen), 45. Bitten (Hrabík, Jaroměřský), 46. Holešinský (Mertl), 51. Jaroměřský (Schleiss, Suchý ), 52. Mertl (Pour). Referee: Mrkva, Stano (SR) – Šimánek, Hynek. Exclusion: 8:9, in addition J. Vlach (Liberec) 5 min. and until the end of the match. No use. Viewers: 4398. Series status: 1:1.
