Litvínov – Brno 5:1, The first minute was enough, Chemici celebrates a comfortable win

The Litvínovs experienced entering the match from the realm of dreams. After just 16 seconds, he put them in the lead after a backhand finish by Kudrn after Abdul put the puck behind the backs of the Brno defenders. Only another 38 seconds passed and the home team celebrated another goal when Stránský prepared the puck for the finishing Zdráhal with a pass from the back fence as if on a silver platter. This also ended the performance of guest goalkeeper Furch, he was replaced by Čiliak.

Zaťovič could have brought the guests back into the game in a power play, but goalkeeper Godla was against it. On the other side, Čiliak excelled at the chances of Kudrna and Estephan. At the end of the 14th minute, captain Zaťovič had a great opportunity to cut the ball again, but his finish from an ideal position was again neutralized by Godl. Litvínov could have increased in the power play before the break, but the score did not change.

Wesley made another change at the end of the 24th minute. From a negative angle, he threw the disc almost from the corner in front of Čiliak, where it bounced off a pair of players stuck in front of the goal area, then jumped two or three times on the top post and traveled over the back of the Slovakian goalkeeper all the way to the goal line. Zile and the very active Kudrna didn’t use other chances, but it was crucial for the home team that they kept the guests at zero.

In the third part, the home team was already enjoying the remaining minutes of their very successful performance. All the more so when Estephan gave them peace with a goal to make it 4:0 in the 44th minute. At the end of the 47th minute, Kučerík committed a foul against the rules, and the Vervy hockey players were uncompromisingly punished. After only 21 seconds from the power play, Estephan, the most productive player of the team in the current season, leaned on the circle again and the North Bohemians cheered for the fifth time.

Nine minutes before the end, Strömberg could have taken away Godl’s clean sheet, but he narrowly missed the goal from a good position. In the pursuit of at least an honorable success, even Šalé did not succeed a moment later, whose chance he eliminated by promptly taking out the goalkeeper of the home goal. In the end, however, Godl could not keep his first clean sheet of the season, Süss overcame him in the 56th minute. Zygmunt could have finished the win for the home team in a weakened position, but he did not convert his solo.