Mladá Boleslav opened the scoring midway through the opening half thanks to Dominik Beneš. Aapo Kilpelainen answered immediately, Jan Zoufalý restored the home team’s lead and Mikko Laakso answered in the 19th minute. At the beginning of the second half, the Central Bohemians first defended themselves when Hemerk was sent off, and immediately Michal Sládek put them in the lead again.
Joona Rantala took care of the third equalizer, but in the 33rd to 35th minute, Mladá Boleslav got a two-goal advantage thanks to Finnish Iiro Lankinen and Patrik Suchánek. In the third period, they increased the score with Hemerka and two Delong hits. The team from Nokia went for a long game without a goalkeeper and the result was corrected by Laakso and Juuso Ahola.
“It was a hugely difficult match, as we expected. The Finns have great quality, especially in possession. We prepared for them to play attacking floorball. We defended excellently, goalkeeper Lukáš Bauer caught us. The pace of the match was excellent, it could be compared to the national team matches,” defender Hemerka told the club’s website.
“The whole team worked hard, we didn’t leave anything for free on the field and we got the first point in the series. We know that we can play with Nokian, it was an even match and we have to carry that into the return game, we have to play with confidence. I believe that we will win or at least draw and advance to the finals,” added Hemerka.
The champion from Střešovice lost on the Vítkovice pitch
The floorball players of the championship Tatran Střešovice lost in the 8th round of the super league in Ostrava against Vítkovice 3:8 and after the second defeat of the season they remain second by three points behind the Bohemians, who also have a game to play. Vítkovice moved to third position by a score ahead of Liberec, they are one point behind Tatran and have also played one game less.
Matěj Čelakovský opened the scoring for Ostrava after exactly 23 minutes, but the home side turned the score to 3:1 and already brought the match to a winning end. Opponents only allowed a reduction to 2:3 and 3:5. Štěpán Kaleta and Adam Zubek contributed to the success with three points for two goals and one assist, Marek Bräuer also scored twice. After the first two losses, Vítkovice won for the fifth time in a row and ended the champion’s six-game winning streak.
After three defeats, Sparta took over, beating newcomer Kladno 11:4 at home. Mikuláš Krbec contributed with a hat trick. Jiří Curney, Jan Krejča and Lukáš Pešat scored a goal and two assists for Prague. Tadeáš Chroust scored twice for the Gunners.
Česká Lípa beat Karlovy Vary 5:4 in overtime. Although she lost a four-goal advantage, Radim Křenek decided at 62:15. With the winning goal, he decorated his 422nd start in the regular season of the top competition, equaling the record of former Střešovice goalkeeper Tomáš Kafka.
