We have made it through the first stage of the Andersen League play-offs, so we arrived in Jászberény knowing that if we win, we will be in the top 4 and ready for the next challenges.
The home team came into the first period “hungry” and with a lot of energy, but we managed to break the give-and-go game with a goal, Karpov Petr scored in the 11th minute. but the reply came soon after, with Egorenkov scoring just over 1 minute later. No more goals were scored in the period, the teams could go into the break with a clean sheet.
The second period was similarly evenly matched, we couldn’t find our technical game, which was relentlessly exploiting the opponent’s mistakes, so the first two periods were more exciting than they should have been. In the decisive part of the period, instead of goals, the game was dominated by exhibitions, with the 37th minute. We could convert our man advantage in the second minute through Martin Sipák, but copying the previous period, we got the answer within 1 minute through Fedorin, the decision was left for the last period.
In the final period we managed to renew ourselves and play our own game, which soon paid off, Márk Nagy scored in the 44th minute. minute into the game. Shortly afterwards, Ádám Hetler, the home team’s head coach, called for a time-out, but the game could not be turned around, and the 50th minute was the last time the game would be won. In the 54th minute Sipák scored his second goal and in the 54th Nagy scored his second goal, thus deciding the question of the qualification.
Although we made the game more exciting than it needed to be, the question of progression was not in danger. In the quarter-finals, two pairs (DAB-FTC, Szeged-Worm Angels) will play a deciding third match, so we don’t know our semi-final opponent yet.
Lehel HC vs UNI GYŐR ETO HC: 2 – 5 (AL79)
Goal scorers:
#14 Karpov Petr, #7 Sipák Martin (2), #18 Nagy Márk (2) (UNI GYŐR ETO)
#61 Egorenkov, #32 Fedorin (Lehel)
