The hockey players of HC Košice won Friday’s match of the 16th round of the Tipos extraliga over Poprad 3:2, when they turned around from 0:2 in the second half of the meeting. They thus secured the second place in the table, the visitors remained in seventh place.
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HC Košice – HK Poprad 3:2 (0:1, 1:1, 2:0) Goals: 36. Lamper (Gildon, Chovan), 45. Martel (Mikúš, Deyl), 47. Mikúš (Pollock, Gildon) – 18. Calof (Cracknell, Turan), 26. Cracknell (Giľák). Judges: Štefik, Kocúr – Bogdaň, Stanzel, expulsions: 6:3, power plays: 2:0, weaknesses: 0:0, 3692 spectators.
Košice: Riečický – Parlett, Gildon, Teves, Deyl, Ferenc, Šedivý – Mikúš, Chovan, Martel – Jääskeläinen, Pollock, Petráš – Bartánus, Krivošík, Repčík – Lamper, Havrila, Rogoň
Poprad: Vay – Thomas, Kotvan, Romančík, Bourque, Turan, Fereta, Ligas – Calof, Cracknell, Nauš – Murphy, Suchý, Centazzo – Giľák, Šiška, Murin – Mlynarovič, Török, Paločko
Popradčany played two power plays in the first period, but they were not dangerous during them. However, they scored the first goal when, in the 18th minute, Cracknell found Calof in front of the goal. In the 26th minute, Cracknell also made a breakthrough and immediately they could have taken a three-goal lead, but they didn’t even use the third power play and then, punishingly, not even the 5-on-3 game.
Subsequently, the home team showed them how it’s done, when Lamper reduced the numerical advantage by two players. The people of Košice caught up, Martel equalized in the 45th minute and Mikúš took advantage of another power play shortly after. In the end, Poprad recalled the goalkeeper, but he was unable to equalize.
