“Everyone was excited and hyped for the first match. I think what happened on the ice is part of that. In short, it was all about combativeness and we were happier,” said Roosters coach Jan Tomajko. At the same time, he denied that the actors of the match would settle scores from previous duels. “I don’t know if anyone wore it for eight months… Skirmishes in front of goalkeepers, that happens,” Kladno captain Otakar Vejvoda responded with a smile.
Dotchin was the first to make a rough tackle on Kunka in front of his own goal in the 13th minute, and the Hanák fans were already rejoicing after five seconds. But prematurely. The referees went to look at the video and did not recognize Knotek’s goal because he kicked the puck into the net.
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Less than two minutes before the end of the first period, the Olomouc fans were already jubilant. After a quick break and with the contribution of the great Brízgala at that time, Macuh gave Kohouta the lead with the first extra-league goal in his career. The unfortunate goalkeeper first covered Kucsera’s shot, but then he unluckily stuck the puck with his stick to the Slovenian striker of the home team, and he already had an easy task. “I got the puck on the blue, put it on Kucsera, he shot, then somehow it bounced to me and I hit it,” described the winner from Maribor.
Brízgala was sad, but did not blame the goal. “It was bad luck. Ticháček and I wanted to throw it out quickly, we collided with hockey sticks and it bounced to the opponent’s attacker. Unfortunately, that will happen. In such a situation, it is not possible to control who will go to the puck first,” he pointed out.
Shortly before going to the cabins, Plekanec and Kusko got into a fight and both had to go to the penalty bench for rudeness.
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Olomouc – Kladno, disallowed goal
In the second period, the game became even more intense. First, Bambulo went to pike twice for two minutes. For the first time in the 29th minute, for a reckless knocking down of Bláhy with a high stick, and then three minutes later, much to his displeasure, for hooking, which he probably did not commit. However, Kladno hardly threatened Konrád and continued to sparkle on the ice. Jarůšek got away with a hard attack on Musil, but Procházka did not escape punishment for irritation. However, even the Roosters were toothless with the numerical advantage.
The fierce fight continued in the third act. And Kladno was better. However, Plekanec and Klepiš did not succeed in big chances. Hanák was brought back into the game only by the expulsion of Strnad for hooking Bambula. However, even they were not successful in the end. And in the 52nd minute, another mela broke out in front of the Kladna goal. The referees solved it with two five-minute penalties on both sides and one two-minute penalty for Kladno’s Dotchin.
One of the main protagonists of the skirmish was the shooter Macuh. “It was all over, Klepiš drove up, gave me the trapeze, I returned it to him, and somehow things went wrong. It’s just hockey, I like it,” he said.
Even Brízgala did not make science out of nothing. “Playing hard, with emotion, that’s what makes hockey hockey. He’s prettier then. Sometimes it happens that someone gets away with it, but the vast majority of interventions were not intended. Sometimes we try to hurt the opponent, but we never intend to injure them,” he stated.
In the end, the Knights went for a power play, but the score did not change and the home team could celebrate the first three points, while Kladno came away empty-handed. “We could have scored, but we didn’t score a single goal and that’s why we lost,” coach Vejvoda added briefly.
2023-09-15 19:29:45
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