Pardubice hockey players defeated Vítkovice 6:2 in the 18th round of the Tipsport extra league and consolidated their lead in the table. Dynamo has five points ahead of second-placed Litvínov, who lost 0:2 in Karlovy Vary today, but have played one more game. Liberec fell to the bottom of the table, losing 0:1 in Pilsen in a direct fight for the penultimate place.
Pardubice scored their seventh win in a row at home. Defender Michal Houdek scored two goals, substitute captain Roman Červenka had four assists. Vítkovice lost for the third time in a row and are ninth.
The hero of the Podkrušnohora derby was Slovakian striker Dávid Gríger, who celebrated his 400th start in the Czech top flight with a goal and an assist. Dominik Frodl contributed to Karlovy Vary’s win with the first clean sheet of the season. Energy continues to be seventh.
Sparta, who outclassed České Budějovice 8:1 at home, came within a point of the second Litvínov. Prague won at home for the fifth time in a row, striker Michal Řepík scored four points for the goal and three assists. Sparta decided the match with four goals in the first period.
In front of their own fans, Olomouc is also doing well, beating Brno 3:2 after separate raids. Striker Petr Fridrich decided the seventh home win in a row. Hanáci are eighth, Kometa sixth.
Mladá Boleslav stayed in fourth place, winning 3:2 in Třinec. The skaters turned the tide of the game in the third period in a five-minute power play, when Tomáš Fořt and Petr Čajka came through and won for the third time in a row. The reigning champions have suffered their fourth defeat in their last five matches and are down to twelfth.
The most successful individual match today was played by the Slovak striker Alex Tamáši, who helped Hradec Králové to a 5:4 win with a hat trick and a decisive raid after raids on the ice of Kladno. The East Bohemians succeeded for the eighth time in a row. The Knights were able to erase a 1:4 deficit in the third period, but did not avert their sixth loss in a row.
The match between the currently worst teams in the competition – Pilsen and Liberec – was decided by Jakub Klepiš’s goal in the 53rd minute. Pilsen relegated Liberec to last place in the table. The North Bohemians have one less point, but they have one match to spare. Nick Malík scored the first zero in his extra-league career.
18th round of the Tipsport extraleague hockey:
HC Dynamo Pardubice – HC Vítkovice Ridera 6:2 (1:0, 1:0, 4:2)
Goals and assists: 14. Houdek (Červenka), 34. M. Kaut (Červenka, J. Zbořil), 43. Kondelík (Herčík, Červenka), 48. Vondráček (J. Zbořil, Poulíček), 51. Mandát (R. Kousal, Červenka), 54. Houdek (Lichtag, Herčík) – 43. Yetman (Hašek), 50. Dočekal (Hladonic). Referees: Kvétoň, Ondráček – Hynek, Kajínek. Exclusion: 2:4, in addition Houdek – Kalus both 5 min. Usage: 2:0. Viewers: 9487.
HC Energie Karlovy Vary – HC Verva Litvínov 2:0 (0:0, 1:0, 1:0)
Goals and assists: 30. Jaks (Gríger, O. Procházka), 58. Gríger (O. Procházka, Sapoušek). Referee: Barek, Šindel – J. Svoboda, Štěpánek. Exclusion: 5:7. Usage: 1:0. Viewers: 5283.
HC Sparta Prague – Banes Motor Ceske Budejovice 8:1 (4:0, 2:1, 2:0)
Goals and assists: 3. Salomäki (K. Hrabík, Mikliš), 4. Horák (P. Kousal, Chlapík), 15. Chlapík (Kemiläinen, Řepík), 19. O. Najman (O. Hrabík, Forman), 25. Lajunen (Chlapík, Řepík), 32. O. Hrabík (Sobotka, Řepík), 41. Řepík (Forman, Sobotka), 48. K. Hrabík – 36. T. Zohorna (Reilly, Harris). Referee: Vrba, Mejzlík – Brejcha, Thuma. Exclusion: 4:4. Usage: 2:1. Spectators: 10,137.
HC Olomouc – HC Kometa Brno 3:2 after sam. rent (0:1, 1:1, 1:0 – 0:0)
Goals and assists: 26. Orsava (Ondrušek, Nahodil), 50. Doktor (Kohout), decisive attack by Fridrich – 8. A. Zboril from a penalty. shooting, 27. Cingel (Flek, Ďaloga). Referee: Šír, Pilný – Lhotský, Dědek. Exclusion: 2:2. No use. Audience: 5,500 (sold out).
HC Ocelári Třinec – BK Mladá Boleslav 2:3 (1:1, 0:0, 1:2)
Goals and assists: 4. Daňo, 44. Kurovský (Daňo, Cienciala) – 11. Gewiese (Pyrochta), 46. Fořt (Lintuniemi, Čajka), 49. Čajka (Fort, Junttila). Referee: Hribik, Cabák – Hlavatý, Lederer. Exclusion: 2:3, in addition Sikora (Třinec) 5 min. and until the end of the match. Usage: 2:2. Viewers: 4987.
Rytíri Kladno – Mountfield Hradec Králové 4:5 after sam. raids (1:1, 0:1, 3:2 – 0:0)
Goals and assists: 14. O. Bláha (J. Strnad, Vimmer), 56. Tralmaks, 58. Ticháček, 59. Melka (Ticháček, Pietroniro) – 4. Tamáši (Jergl), 28. Tamáši (T. Pavelka), 43. Tamáši (Šťastný, Jergl), 53. P. Moravec (T. Pavelka, A. Novotný), decisive alone. raid by Tamáš. Referee: Kika, Jaroš – Špůr, Šimánek. Exclusion: 3:3, plus Perret (Hradec Králové) 5 min. and until the end of the match. Usage: 1:1. Viewers: 2914.
HC Škoda Plzeň – White Tigers Liberec 1:0 (0:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Goal and assist: 53. Klepiš (Holešinský). Referee: Jeřábek, Pražák – Ondráček, Zíka. Exclusion: 3:1. No use. Viewers: 4424.
1. Pardubice 19 11 2 3 3 55:40 40
2. Litvínov 18 11 0 2 5 53:38 35
3.
Sparta
18
9
3
1
5
57:34
34
4. Mladá Boleslav 18 9 3 1 5 49:41 34
5. Hradec Králové 18 9 2 1 6 59:47 32
6.
Brno
18
7
3
2
6
45:46
29
7. Karlovy Vary 18 6 4 1 7 50:49 27
8. Olomouc 17 8 1 0 8 43:43 26
9. Vítkovice 16 6 1 2 7 59:54 22
10. Kladno 18 5 2 2 9 52:61 21
11. Ceske Budejovice 17 6 1 1 9 32:45 21
12. Třinec 18 4 2 4 8 42:48 20
13. Pilsen 18 3 2 3 10 26:56 16
14. Liberec 17 3 1 4 9 35:55 15
