Machine-translated from Hungarian.
On Friday evening, in our seventh Andersen League match, we visited Kárpáti Farkasok at the Érdi Jégcsarnok. We arrived on a run of three straight league wins, most recently a 6–1 victory away at HKB. We first met the newcomers from Érd in October, in our home opener, and won 11–1. Martin Szeles started in goal.
We spent much of the first period short-handed. We killed Ákos Tompos’s penalty in the 7th minute, but in the 11th minute Balázs Takács and, 41 seconds later, István Süveg were each given two minutes, and the home side made the two-man advantage count: in the 13th minute Fekecs put them ahead from passes by Vas and Bialiayeu (1–0). The answer was not long in coming: in the 17th minute Balló’s penalty gave us a power play, and 23 seconds later Benedek Horváth equalised from a pass by Sebestyén Csata (1–1). The hosts outshot us 18–7 in the period, and Martin Szeles made 17 saves.
Early in the second period the home side went ahead again: in the 23rd minute Vas scored from passes by Vizi and Fekecs (2–1). Just over two and a half minutes later we levelled once more, as Bence Makovics found the net in the 25th minute from a pass by István Süveg (2–2). In the 27th minute we killed Botond Horváth’s penalty, and in the 29th the home side took two minutes for too many men on the ice, but that power play did not produce a goal. We outshot the hosts 14–5 in the period.
Early in the final period, in the 42nd minute, Botond Horváth went to the box again, yet it was we who took the lead: 22 seconds later Miklós Wenner scored short-handed from passes by Sebestyén Csata and Bence Makovics (2–3). Under this season’s rules a short-handed goal ends the minor penalty, so Botond Horváth could return to the ice straight away. In the 50th minute we killed Keve Bendegúz Sárkány’s penalty, and in the 53rd minute Keve Bendegúz Sárkány and Botond Fekete, along with Bialiayeu and Somhegyi for the hosts, were each given two minutes.
Late on, chasing the equaliser, the home side called a time-out in the 57th minute and pulled their goaltender several times. In the 59th minute Keve Bendegúz Sárkány took another two-minute penalty, so for just over the final minute we defended with four skaters against six. With 17 seconds left we called a time-out of our own, and we held on to our lead. We outshot the hosts 12–8 in the period.
That makes four league wins in a row, but we had to work for it all the way in Érd: we outshot the hosts 33–31; Martin Szeles made 29 saves, and Németh stopped 30 shots at the other end. We did not concede on six of our seven penalty kills, and the home side scored only on the two-man advantage. The win takes us to 18 points, level with Western Group leaders MAC Budapest AHC, who have played one game fewer. We are back on home ice next: on Saturday 21 November at 5:30 pm we host Egerszegi Titánok at the Győr University Ice Sports Center.
Hajrá UNI GYŐR ETO!
Kárpáti Farkasok vs UNI GYŐR ETO HC: 2 – 3 (AL67)
Goalscorers: #2 Benedek Horváth, #8 Bence Makovics, #53 Miklós Wenner (UNI GYŐR ETO), #47 Fekecs, #20 Vas (KÁRPÁTI FARKASOK)
Photos from the Érdi Jégcsarnok in the gallery.
Fotó: UNI GYŐR ETO HC