Hr. Králové – Ml. Boleslav 0:2, Mountfield continues to struggle, Bruslar was held up by the great Novotný

The beginning of the match visibly mirrored the form of both teams from the last rounds. The activity belonged to Mladá Boleslav, encouraged by a six-goal turnaround against Litvínov. Her elite attack came up with two scoring opportunities in the first four substitutions, in which Lantoši and Najman failed. Mountfield rose gradually. Lev, in particular, pressed for chances, but in the biggest one during the power play, he shot wide.

Goalkeeper Novotný, who caught up last year in Hradec, then saved Bruslar when defender McCormack escaped. Thanks to their fast-footed attackers, the home team warned the opponent even in his power plays, although they themselves were the most fortunate that Kousal’s puck skipped over the hockey stick in front of an empty goal.

In Hradec, you could see how much he is currently fumbling in the finish line. Adding to this was the slow return of the latest acquisition Marcelo in the 32nd minute, and the escaping Aberg opened the scoring.

Goalkeeper Kiviaho was beaten for the second time at the start of the third period, but Blain hit the puck from the goal area. He started another strong Hradek passage. Mladá Boleslav concentrated on defending the narrow lead and played most of the time in front of Novotný, who, however, had few difficult tackles.

Three minutes before the siren, the East Bohemians called off the goalkeeper, but they were unable to score even on the power play, and Stránský punished them at the last second. Hradec extended the shooting silence to 134 minutes and 38 seconds.