UTE-DEAC 6-2 (0-1, 4-1, 2-0)
In the game of the day UTE already gave DEAC goalie Zoltán Hetényi a good workout. In the 17th minute DEAC took the first lead of the game when Izacky found the back of the net. UTE tied the game up at 1-1 on a goal by Ladislav SIkorcin. Soon after DEAC went up by one goal when last week’s Player of the Week Bronson Kovács scored a power play goal. The DEAC lead only lasted about a minute as Zsolt Szalma tied the game up at 2-2. At the midway point of the game UTE had a great chance to put the game away as they had a two man advantage. Attila Németh was called for a 2+2 with Kovács and Salló also getting minor penalties. UTE opened up a two goal lead as Andrej Hebar and Arnold Varga scored 37 seconds apart. In the third period DEAC pretty much had a power play for 4 straight minutes. They were not able to score but UTE capitalized on their upcoming power play with Sikorcin finding the back of the net. In the closing minutes DEAC had a power play and pulled the goalie for the 6 on 4, but it was Nilan Nagy scoring for UTE:
Fehérvár-Vienna 4-5 (1-1, 2-3, 1-1)
Fehérvár had the lead for five minutes during the game but Vienna controlled the pace despite having 15 less shots on net the Austrian team took the win. Capitals put the game awaz with a power play in the final minutes of the game.Filip Hedberg finished the game with two goals.
Dávid Kiss, head coach, Fehérvár: It looks like we have trouble playing against the teams that are behind us in the standings. We did not block enough and we were lacking in concentration. We need to change our attitude in the future.
Santeri Heiskanen, head coach Vienna: We were more active in front of the goals and we were able to convert on our chances. I did not like today was our penalty kill, we need to work on this for our next game.
Schiller-Vasas-Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 4-5 (1-3, 1-1, 2-0, 0-1) OT
After the coaching change, the first period for Dunaújváros went well as they scored three power play goals to open up a 3-1 lead. At the midway point of the game Huovinen scored to make it 4-1 for the visitors. Szlama got one back in the second period to make it a two goal game. In the closing minutes of the game Vasas scored on a two man advantage as Pápa was left open for the shot, Fliszár scored a power play goal as well to send the game into overtime. The winning goal in overtime also game on the power play as Zsolt Azari scored the game winner for DAB.
Zoltán Revák, assistant coach, Vasas: I want to congratulate the team on today’s performance, we are happy that we were able to pick up a point today. We had some problems with our penalty kill early in the game. We were able to get ourselves together in the third period and our power play has improved recently. The guys played for 60 minutes, we want to thank the fans for the added boost.
Gergely Borbás, head coach, Dunaújváros: We are disappointed and it is our own fault that we were unable to win the game in regulation. We were not able to find out rhythm early in the game and we took early penalties as well. It looked as if we had settled down and that everything will be fine but we got too comfortable in the second period. We started to take longer shifts and that messed with the tempo of the game. At the start of the third period we did not give them any real scoring chances. We were undisciplined at the end of the game which almost cost us.
HK Budapest-FTC-Telekom 2-6 (0-2, 2-2, 0-2)
Ferencváros was led by a hat trick from Gergő Nagy as the Green Eagles picked up a win in the Tüskecsarnok against HK Budapest. Fradi started off well with two goals in the first period. In the second period the home team woke up and Lévai made it a one goal game. Braden Walls put Fradi back up by two goals but Patrik Szécsi answered back with a goal. In the third period Fradi pulled away with two goals, Boros scored his first of the season. Fradi has won 18 in a row.