Hr. Králové – Sparta 3:4 PP, Sobotka decided the victory of Sparta hockey players in Hradec Králové 4:3 in overtime

In Hořav’s absence, his assistant Hans Wallson led the team. The match was fast-paced and action-packed right from the start. By the fifth minute, both teams had established themselves: Forman sent Sparta into the lead from overnumbering, but Lev soon equalized. Thus, he ended Sparta’s goalkeepers’ immunity after 130 minutes. Thanks to the assists, Marcel and Novák scored the first points in the Hradek jersey.

In addition, Jakub Kovář had to substitute shortly after, he was injured during a difficult save against Radovan Pavlík’s shot. His successor Kořenář then watched as Safin scored four seconds after the end of the power play into an empty goal and restored the lead to Prague. A bar separated Eberle from another equalizer. The packed arena was cheered at the end of the first period by the fair play gesture of home captain Filip Pavlík, who called off the penalty for Sobotka.

The second part was short on hockey excitement before the young Vitouch appeared in front of Růžička. But he pulled his backhand loop. The goalkeeper saved the home team against Kousal and Horák, while Mountfield’s activity, on the other hand, ended in a lot of small inaccuracies in combination and shooting. Like when Štohanzl missed the goal in the outnumbering by a piece. Six seconds before going to the cabins, however, he leveled Lalancette, who was charged by Perret after an excellent attack.

Sparta’s substitutes got a hard time in the 44th minute, when Eberle swept away Kořenář after a great chance. However, he soon recovered and caught Jergl in the next opportunity. After the whistle, the battle between Perret and Jandus stirred up emotions, but the simultaneous penalty for Blaine, with the end of which, for the third time, returned the lead to the visitors by Thorell.

However, Hradec recovered from that as well: During the game without a goalkeeper, Jergl sent the game into extra time at 58:25 with a great shot. Mountfield went into stoppage time for the seventh time in their last eight games, risking a goalless game for the third time. However, it did not work out for him in the first place, after the loss of defender Filip Pavlík, he completed the siege of the abandoned Sobotka goal.