“Paradoxically, it happened to us last season. I think that maybe Hronov arrived and it didn’t end either, because they had about nine players left,” recalled Lukáš Bednařík, manager of the Mostecký Lvů.
According to his words, from the beginning, there was more excitement from the Mostec side. “I must say first that we completely slept through the beginning of the match and were losing by two goals after five minutes. Then there was a skirmish between home Procházka and our Dominik Kučera. Nothing big, Kůča actually wanted to start us off,” Švagrovský admitted.
“We had a very good start, then things got complicated for us. Unfortunately, I think the referees didn’t manage it,” said Bednařík.
Děčín got up, turned the game around with three goals and went into the second period with a 3:2 lead. At the same time, he brought six two-minute penalties in the first twenty minutes. “Still, I think the opening third was as good as possible,” he added.
The match started to break down in the middle part. Penalties started to increase, the referee had a lot of work. Most equalized from a free kick, but in the 31st minute, Zedek, who took advantage of the double numerical advantage, returned the lead to the guests. Home players Kýhos and Havlůj received penalties until the end of the match, Most was bad.
“For me, the referee handled it well, he tried to control his emotions. But the home team didn’t make it easy for him. At the end of the second period, he told us that Most did not have enough players. Allegedly, three of them were injured and suddenly there were eight on the shift. So he had to end it prematurely,” Švagrovský shrugged.
Hockey Ústí rejected an offer to buy a license for the second highest competition
“In the first period, Berčík was injured there. Then Řehoř was injured, who was shot in the ankle. After one innocent fight, another player cut his hand there. In addition, there were two penalties before the end of the match, then one of the juniors had to resign. Unfortunately, we only had a torso left on the bench, so we had to end it prematurely,” apologized the Mostek official.
He did not understand the behavior of the Mostek selection. There was nothing for the home side in the table, they will finish the superstructure in seventh place. “I absolutely deny that it was any kind of retaliation. But we played with Most this season, including preparation, several times already. I have to admit, that’s just their style. They play a lot on the edge, hard. Now things have gone wrong, of course we are sorry,” he added in conclusion.
While Děčín advanced directly to the round of 16 play-offs and has a longer break waiting for him, Most starts on Tuesday for the first duel of the preliminary round of the play-offs. “I don’t want to comment on the referees, but I feel that they managed the game one-sidedly. We will now have big problems putting together a lineup. We’ll probably have to bring in more juniors,” concluded Bednařík.
HC Mostečtí Lvi – HC Děčín ended early at 3:4
Goals and assists: 1. Kýhos, 5. Havlík (V. Král), 25. Řehoř (TS) – 6. Zedek (D. Tůma, T. Nezbeda), 10. Smola (Chovanec, Parshakov), 15. D. Černý (Smola, J. Tůma), 31. Zedek.
Referee: Trnka – Janíček, Pěkný. Exclusion: 9:5. In addition, Kýhos (MO) 2+ OK, attacking referees, Havlůj (MO) 5 + OK unsportsmanlike conduct. Usage: 0:3. Underweight: 0:0.
Bridge: Hosnedl (Kovařík) – Rykl, Havlůj, Hocelík, Böhm, Vojíř, Havlík – Berčík, Písařík, J. Procházka – Jindra, Kýhos, Řehoř – Buberl, V. Král, Pačan.
Děčín: A. Horák (Lavinger) – Bartoň, Tomšík, Zedek, D. Kučera, D. Petrásek – Jursa, T. Nezbeda, D. Tůma – Macek, J. Tůma, Smola – Chovanec, Parshakov, D. Černý – Nowák , P. Hruška.
