Šumperk – Poruba 1:6, Poruba overtook Třebíč at the top of the first league after winning in Šumperk

Poruba scored only the second win in the last five matches. She took the lead at 5:56 when Canadian Aaron Berisha took advantage of the power play. In the 17th minute, Michal Vachovec increased the score and in 56 seconds, he made it 3:0 by the defender Lukáš Douder.

In the middle of the match, Jakub Šlahař added another Ostravan goal. In the 38th minute, Jiří Průžek reduced the numerical advantage, but 93 seconds before the end of the second period, Šlahař prevailed for the second time in the match. In the 48th minute, Tomáš Greš completed the result. Šumperk did not score for the sixth time in a row.

After a streak of five wins, Třebíč lost the second of the last three duels. Fourth Litoměřice went for their fifth victory from the last six games in the 6th minute, when Přemysl Svoboda scored. In the second period, Martin Dočekal first equalized with a numerical advantage, but at 33:07 Ondřej Procházka restored the lead to the Stadium and decided.

Vsetín came out empty-handed for the fourth time in a row, on the other hand, Slavia celebrated its fifth win in a row. The home Valaš started the match better, Pavel Jenyš opened the scoring after just 14 seconds. Slavia responded in the 24th minute, when Lukáš Žejdl used a five-on-three power play.

At 35:27, defender Dušan Žovinec turned the tide in Prague’s favor and in the 43rd minute Žejdl scored for the second time in the match. In 31 seconds, Vsetín was contacted by fullback Jiří Říha. However, in the 48th minute, visiting Maxim Havrda came through in a weakened position, and in the end, defender Karel Klikorka sealed the win with a power play into an empty net.

Zlín achieved only its third win in the last eleven matches. The Rams, who are in crisis after last year’s relegation from the extra league, took the lead after 153 seconds after a goal by Darko Hejcman. Pavel Matěj equalized in the 8th minute, but the home team returned to the lead before half-time thanks to Pavel Sedláček.

In the 47th minute, defender Daniel Gazda secured the lead in a five-on-three power play. Five minutes before the end, Štěpán Macháček gave Frýdka-Místka hope, but Zlín kept the lead.

In the derby of the team from Hané, in a direct fight for the fifth place, home team Prostějov won over Přerov 3:2. Petr Hašek put Jestřáby in the lead after 114 seconds, and in the 34th minute Tomáš Jiránek gave them a two-goal advantage. Tomáš Doležal corrected the situation in 147 seconds. In the 43rd minute, fullback Robin Staněk made it 3:1, and Matouš Kratochvil only reduced it in 106 seconds.

Last year’s winner of the first league, Jihlava, lost in its asylum in Pelhřimov against the last Pardubice B 1:4 and dropped to 10th position. She went scoreless for the fourth straight time and lost the seventh of her last eight games. Striker Jan Mandát joined Dynamo after serving a two-year sentence for doping, during which he worked in the lower ECHL in the Indy Fuel team.

Daniel Rákos contributed three points for a goal and two assists to the third victory of the Pardubice reserve team from the past four duels. The East Bohemians came within two points of the penultimate Šumperk.

Sokolov celebrated its third win in a row, beating Kolín 3:2 in overtime at home. It was decided by Martin Osmík at 63:50. The Kozlovs lost for the first time after a streak of five victories.