Machine-translated from Hungarian.
Following two away wins without conceding a goal – 9–0 in Zalaegerszeg in the Andersen League, and 4–0 at the Tüskecsarnok in Budapest in the Hungarian Cup – we made our home debut on Saturday at the Győr University Ice Sports Center. In our second league match of the season, we hosted the league newcomers, the Kárpáti Farkasok, in front of 420 spectators. Nándor Róth was given the chance to start in goal; for him, this was his first competitive match of the season.
We had 28 shots on the visitors’ goal in the first period and took the lead in the 14th minute: Benedek Madácsi scored from passes by Sebestyén Csata and Botond Fekete (1–0). In the 18th minute, Szeredi equalised (1–1) – this was the first goal we had conceded in a competitive match this season. We had to wait 46 seconds for the reply: Madácsi found the net again, this time following set-ups from Miklós Wenner and István Süveg (2–1), so we went into the break with a one-goal lead.
In the 67th second of the second period, Madácsi celebrated a hat-trick following passes from Ádám Balogh and Wenner (3–1), and 24 seconds later, Gellért Béres found the net with the help of Bence Makovics and Géza Kocsis (4–1). In the 23rd minute, we played with a two-man disadvantage for 1 minute and 43 seconds following penalties for Balázs Takács and István Süveg, but we did not concede a goal. In the 26th minute, during a delayed penalty, Nándor Róth was pulled for an extra attacker, and with six against five Madácsi scored his fourth goal, following passes from Csata and István Szűcs (5–1). In the 29th minute, Géza Kocsis found the net following set-ups from Botond Fekete and Keve Bendegúz Sárkány (6–1), and in the 32nd minute, András Balogh rounded off the scoring for the period from passes by Kocsis and Bence Szitás (7–1).
In the final period, we had 25 shots to the visitors’ three. Bajzák’s penalty in the 47th minute did not yet produce a goal, but during Antalfy’s penalty in the 50th minute we scored twice. First, Benedek Madácsi scored his fifth goal from passes by István Szűcs and Ádám Balogh (8–1). Under this year’s rule change, a goal conceded while short-handed no longer ends the penalty, so the power play continued, and 64 seconds later Bence Makovics also found the net following set-ups from Sebestyén Csata and Ádám Balogh (9–1). A further 18 seconds later, András Balogh scored his second from passes by Keve Bendegúz Sárkány and Balázs Takács (10–1), and the final score was set 58 seconds before the final whistle by István Szűcs, set up by Géza Kocsis and Makovics (11–1). The visitors’ goalkeeper, Németh, made 62 saves, whilst Nándor Róth finished his first competitive match of the season with 15 saves.
A flawless start to the home campaign: after two league matches, we have two wins and a goal difference of 20–1, and we currently top the Western Group table. With his five goals, Benedek Madácsi has now scored seven goals this season across all competitions. Thank you to the 420 supporters for the fantastic atmosphere! Next Saturday, 10 October, at 5:30 pm, we’ll be back on home ice: MAC Budapest AHC will be our guests at the Győr University Ice Sports Center.
Hajrá UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs Kárpáti Farkasok: 11 – 1 (AL46)
Goalscorers: #18 Benedek Madácsi (5), #19 Gellért Béres, #9 Géza Kocsis, #44 András Balogh (2), #8 Bence Makovics, #97 István Szűcs (UNI GYŐR ETO), #41 Szeredi (KÁRPÁTI FARKASOK)
Photos from the home opener are in the gallery.
Fotó: @csigai_sportphotography (Dr. Németh-Csigai Krisztina)