Titánok Give Fradi a scare

2018.11.16. 23:09 |
Ferencváros won their 19th ERSTE Liga game in a row, UTE won in Brasov, Dunaújváros won again in overtime. Csíkszereda and Gyergyó alos picked up three points.

Fehérvári Titánok-FTC-Telekom 2-4 (0-0, 1-3, 1-1)
Both teams started off active in the offensive end. Fehérvár wanted to get back on the right track after their loss to Vienna. Fradi wanted to extend their winning streak. The pace of the game led to a lot of shots on net but both goalies played well to keep the game scoreless. Fehérvár had a power play late in the game but Gergely Arany made a number of saves to keep the game scoreless.

For the second period Ferencváros came out hot and they scored the first goal of the game as Gergő Nagy scored a power play goal. Just at the midway point of the game Myles Fitzgerald picked up a loose puck in their own end and went coast to coast for the goal. Gergő Nagy scored his second goal in the period off of a pass from Ádám Hegyi. In the closing minute of the period Fehérvár got on the scoreboard by goal by Benedek Madácsi.

In the third period Fehérvár had a 5 on 3 advantage but FTC defended well and Arany kept the puck out of the net. In the last five minutes of the game Tamás Láday scored to make it one goal game. In the final minute of play Attila Pavuk scored an empty net goal. With the win Fradi has won 19 games in a row and have qualified to the Hungarian Cup Final 4.

Dávid Kiss, head coach, Fehérvár: I am happier than  after our last game, we should have played like this against Vienna as well. We made two mistakes and we paid the price for it today.

Szabolcs Fodor, head coach Ferencváros: We got what we expected today, Fehérvár has a good team with a lot of young players who are great skaters. This was an open game until the final minutes of the game.

Gyergyói HK-HK Budapest 6-4 (1-0, 3-2, 2-2)
Despite controlling the pace of the game for most of the opening period Gyergyó only had one goal which was scored by Maxim Vesutkin. Hoki Klub tied the game up just after the intermission break. Gyergyó answered back with two goals to make it 3-1. HK Budapest scored a power play goal by Patrik Szécsi to get the visitors back within one goal. The third period started off better for the home team as they scored two goals by the midway point of the period. HK Budapest scored late goals by Attila Orbán and Dávid Szappanos. Zsolt Péter finished the game with two goals with Pavel Vorobiev finishing with 1+3.

Corona Brasov-UTE 0-3 (0-0, 0-2, 0-1)
After a balanced but goalless first period UTE took it up a notch as they started to take more shots on net. At the midway point of the game Phil Kiss scored the opening goal of the game. In the closing minutes of the period Andrej Hebar also scored as the visitors had a 2-0 lead after 40 minutes. In the third period both teams missed out on scoring a goal on the power play, in the closing minutes Brasov pulled their goalie for the extra attacker in an effort tie the game up but in the ent Anze Ropret scored an empty net goal.

Kiegyenlített, de gól nélküli első harmad után az újpestiek megnyomták a második felvonást: többször lőttek kapura, és a meccs derekán a vezetést is megszerezték Kiss Philip révén. A harmad hajrában Andrej Hebar emberelőnyből duplázta meg az előnyt. Az utolsó játékrészben mindkét gárda kihagyott egy-egy emberelőnyt, aztán az utolsó három percre a Brassó kapusát lehozva támadott, de ez nem sült el jól, Anze Ropret az üres kapura lőtt. UTE has won four games in a row, this was the second shutout in the series.

Zoltán Szilassy, head coach, UTE: I am happy for the win, this was one of our best games against Brasov. I congratulate the boys and especially our goalie. We had good pace today and we scored goals at the right time when we needed them. We did not have an easy game against Brasov.

Greg Lindqvist, head coach Brasov: This was a good game, at times, such as in the first first period the first 10 minutes in the second period we were the better team. We had scoring chances but we just did not score on them. If we don’t score goals then we can’t win.

DEAC-Dunaújváros 3-4 (2-1, 1-1, 0-1, 0-1) OT
Ten minutes into the game Turcotte and Kulesov found the back of the net to give the home team a two goal lead. The rest of the period was about penalties, at one point DEAC had a 5 on 3 but were unable to score. Dunaújváros scored with one second left in the first period. The second period started off with the two teams exchanging goals as Bronson Kovács gave DEAC a two goal lead with former Debrecen forward Martin Saluga answering back for Dunaújváros.  The third period was a bit more disciplined compared to the first two. Dunaújváros was on the power play for about four minutes straight which ended with Franssila tying the game up for Dunaújváros with five minutes left in the game. In overtime it only took DAB 34 seconds to score the game winner as Joonas Huovinen beat Hetényi for the goal.

David Musial, head coach, DEAC: For the fans this was an exciting game, the game was up and down, we had a two goal lead, Dunaújváros came back. We did not play as a team, some of the players were not awake and because of this we did not play well enough.

Gergely Borbás, head coach, Dunaújváros: This points are very important for us in our current situation, we have been hungry for some success especially against a top team like DEAC.

Vienna Capitals-SC Csíkszereda 2-5 (1-2, 0-1, 1-2)
Csíkszereda needed less than half a minute to take the lead in the game as Andrei Taratukhin scored the opening goal of the game, with Konstantin Panov doubling the visitors lead in the ninth minute. Vienna did not give up and Alexander Maxa scored a power play goal to get the home team back within one score. The second period was filled with penalties and at one point the game was being played with three players on each side. This happened to work out better for Csíkszereda as Szabolcs Papp gave Sport Clb back the two goal lead. In the third period Maxa scored again to pull the Capitals back with one goal but in the end Tihamér Becze and Tamás Részegh both scored to set the final at 5-2.