Kladno – Kometa Brno 2:4 (end)
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Rytíři Kladno
2:4 (0:2, 1:2, 1:0)
HC Kometa Brno
Tuesday 23.10.2012, 18:15 • O2 Arena, Prague • Tipsport extraliga (CZE)
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 18:15.
     
    00:55
    Goal for Kometa Brno
    Tomáš Divíšek finds an open JAKUB SVOBODA, whose shot beats Chábera.
     
    07:35
    It's currently 1-0 Kladno on a goal by Jakub Svoboda. I'll update the particulars when I get a chance.
     
    07:56
    Kometa appeared to go up 2-0, but the play was called offside.
     
    07:56
    Kladno's Cernosek has been given a double minor for high sticking, but that's not pleasing the Kometa fans in the arena any.
     
    09:20
    Kladno doing a good job of killing the penalty so far . . .
     
    10:00
    The puck iced again, and the first half of the double minor is killed, Kometa starting back up the ice . . .
     
    10:30
    Tomas Plekanec led a shorthanded 2-on-1, but the pass was in the skates and no shot.
     
    11:31
    Puck deflected into the Kladno bench, :25 left in the penalty.
     
    12:00
    Kladno is back to full strength, play in Brno zone . . .
     
    12:40
    Jagr on the ice now . . . he's playing to everybody's surprise.
     
    13:19
    Offside at the Brno blueline.
     
    13:50
    Giveaway in the Kladno zone, Zohorna with the low shot stopped.
     
    15:00
    Pavel Petera, member of the 1998 Czech Olympic team, with the long dump in for Kladno . . .
     
    15:30
    More sloppy play in the Kladno defensive zone . . . doesn't cost them though.
     
    15:40
    Roughing is called against Tomas Plekanec, Kometa Brno to the power play once again and this crowd gets revved up.
     
    While technically a Kladno home game, the crowd is largely pro-Brno.
     
    15:47
    Goal for Kometa!
    Off the faceoff, RADIM BICANEK lets a big slapper go and it beats Chabera, who may have been screened.
     
    16:19
    Kometa right back to the attack again, this time Chabera makes the save and smothers for a faceoff.
     
    16:30
    Kladno really running around in their own end. Chabera with a glove save and another faceoff.
     
    16:50
    Valsky with a quick shot on a chance for Kladno, Trvaj with the toe save . . .
     
    17:50
    Referees letting a lot of crosschecks and holds go along the boards in the Kometa zone, play continues . . .
     
    18:08
    Icing against Kladno.
     
    18:40
    Svoboda set up with a chance for Brno but couldn't get a good shot away . .
     
    19:06
    Kladno will get its 1st chance on the PP as Jakub Svoboda is sent off for hooking.
     
    19:50
    Kaberle with a shot from the point tipped in front by Tlusty, Trvaj kicks it out . . .
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:56
    Offsetting penalties called. Tlusty (KLA) and Bicanek (BRN) 2 each for roughing.
     
    2nd period will start at 19:10 CET, 13:10 ET.
     
    01:41
    Penalty shot coming for Melka of Kladno.
     
    01:41
    Melka tries to beat Trvaj between the legs, but it's a no go.
     
    02:33
    Jaromir Jagr, playing to the surprise of many, is penalised for hooking.
     
    Teams are back on the ice. Kladno begins the 2nd with another 1:06 of PP time.
     
    20:01
    2nd period began.
     
    20:45
    Jagr fights off a check and gets a backhander on goal from in close, PP continues . . .
     
    21:10
    Brno is back at full strength . . .
     
    22:00
    Brno 2 on 1 broken up without a shot . . .
     
    22:40
    Big giveaway in Kladno zone. Zohorna with the quick shot and Chabera the save.
     
    23:18
    Kladno's Melka gets called for crosschecking, Brno to the PP.
     
    24:09
    Play whistled because of a Kometa player stationed in the crease, which is not allowed under IIHF rules. Faceoff outside, 1:02 left in PP.
     
    24:42
    Brno PP gets called for icing. :32 left in penalty.
     
    24:51
    Kladno PK gets another faceoff in the attacking zone. :23 left in the penalty.
     
    25:15
    Kladno back at full strength. Aside from some early Brno pressure, they did a good job on the kill.
     
    25:40
    Goal for Kometa!
    Right after failing on the PP, they score. Miroslav Holec made two attempts to set up a goal from down low and his second found ROBERT PETROVICKY, who beat Chabera with a beautiful wrist shot.
     
    26:20
    Now Kladno goes on the attack, puck is covered in the Brno crease and we have some pushing and shoving after the whistle.
     
    Judging by the players' reactions, Kometa's coming out of this shorthanded.
     
    26:20
    Leos Cermak is given the only penalty out of that scrum for roughing. so Kladno goes on the PP. Faceoff comes outside because the Kladno defence came in low.
     
    26:59
    Kometa Brno is going to be two men short now for 1:21 because Jan Surcek has been called for slashing. Angry Kometa fans have thrown toilet paper on the ice.
     
    27:09
    Jozef Kovacik gets hammered into the boards and is slow to get up. There's no penalty on the play and the fans are furious. 1:10 left in the Kladno 5-on-3.
     
    27:28
    The puck gets worked around to Jagr on the PP, but Trvaj makes a glove save. :52 left in the 5 on 3.
     
    28:04
    Trvaj coming up big for Kometta, makes 3 saves including a glove save on a slapshot from Zidlicky.
     
    28:18
    Goal for Kladno!
    A shot is teed up for TOMAS KABERLE from Plekanec and he scores on the one-time slapper. Jagr started the play from the corner but he's not getting an assist. PP goal.
     
    29:43
    Kladno has been coming on since the goal. Shot by Piskáček and another save by Trvaj.
     
    29:48
    Right off the draw, another quick shot from Piskacek and another save.
     
    30:38
    More Kladno pressure, that finished with a wraparound attempt by Jan Hlavac, but Trvaj continues to keep the puck out.
     
    30:38
    Offsetting penalties after teh whistle. Pavel Patera for slashing at Trvaj and Jakub Koreis for roughing. Faceoff outside.
     
    31:10
    Icing against Kladno, just after Brno got a chance when the puck took a weird hop around the goal.
     
    31:50
    Kometa back to the attack 4 on 4. Big shot from Svercek, Chabera the save, play continues . . .
     
    32:09
    Goal for Kometa!
    Tomas Malec, cut out of the corner, got a shot himself, and then fed JAKUB SVOBODA for his 2nd of the game.
     
    34:20
    Good pressure from the last shift of Jagr, Plekanec and Tlusty, but no really good chances, play continues . . .
     
    35:51
    Play is stopped because the goal is knocked off its moorings. There was some discussion about the faceoff location, but it will stay inside.
     
    36:38
    Great toe save by Jiri Trvaj off of Tlusty, play continues . .
     
    37:17
    Now a Brno 2 on 1 and a save by Chabera off Radek Dlouhy, and back the other way . . .
     
    37:50
    Play finally stopped when the puck is deflected out of play, but what back and forth action on that last sequence. Faceoff will be in the Kladno zone.
     
    38:16
    Kladno's Jakub Valsky is called for tripping the Brno defenceman in front of the net.
     
    38:57
    Jakub Svoboda looking for the hat trick on the PP, but Chabera stops and holds it.
     
    39:16
    A high shot from Cermak goes off Chabera and out of play . . .
     
    39:53
    A dangerous centering pass from Plekanec almost hit Trvaj and went in . . .
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    3rd period will start at 20:08 CET, 14:08 ET.
     
    16,317 were here a couple weeks ago to see Lev Praha-Dynamo Moscow and it looks like a bit more of the club seats are filled here. I'm going to guess 16,700.
     
    Teams are back on the ice. Brno starts the period with a brief :16 power play.
     
    40:01
    3rd period began.
     
    40:40
    Jagr tries to cut in on goal, attempts an inside-out move on the dman but doesn't get much of a shot away . .
     
    41:07
    Offsie at the Brno blueline.
     
    41:29
    Faceoff in Brno zone to the left of Trvaj.
     
    42:18
    Following a long delay, Kladno penalty coming. Jan Eberle for high sticking.
     
    42:45
    Dlouhy with a good shot from the slot on the PP but Chabera knocks it away with the glove hand . . .
     
    43:23
    Divisek with the shot on the rush, Chabera the save and holds it. :55 left in the PP.
     
    44:09
    Drtina with the shot off the rush on his off wing, Trvaj the save and holds it.
     
    44:24
    Offside against Kladno.
     
    45:13
    Brno pressure, but Chabera again stops and holds it for a faceoff.
     
    46:30
    Kometa Brno doing an effective job of running time off the clock . . .
     
    46:47
    Finally a Kladno chance and Trvaj holds it for a faceoff.
     
    47:07
    Pressure from the Jagr line again, but no goal.
     
    Attendance is 17 182, which is a new Extraliga record, larger than the outdoor game two years ago in Pardubice.
     
    48:00
    This record-breaking crowd at O2 Arena is now doing the wave as play continues . . .
     
    48:31
    Chabera makes another nice save on a Kometa chance out from the corner.
     
    49:17
    Antonin Melka showed his speed and tried to burst threw the entire Brno team with a daring rush, but couldn't make it all the way through . . .
     
    49:53
    Kladno pressure continues and Trvaj makes the save and covers it.
     
    49:14
    Jagr line buzzing again . . .
     
    51:03
    Jan Hlavac with a great chance for Kladno, but his backhander hit the outside of the post with Trvaj down and outstretched.
     
    51:18
    Icing against Kladno.
     
    52:11
    Cermak gets called for tipping. Kladno is running out of time and will have to cash in on this PP.
     
    52:47
    Goal for Kladno!
    JAROMIR JAGR deflects a shot from the point from Marek Zidlicky on the PP and Kladno still has a sniff.
     
    53:20
    Icing against Brno. Pressure from Kladno mouting . .
     
    54:20
    And another Kladno PP chance. Divisek for hooking.
     
    55:30
    Play stopped with Kladno putting on pressure and coincidental penalties called. Cermak and Plekanec each for slashing. :49 left in the PP.
     
    56:20
    Brno clears the zone and they're back at full strength . . .
     
    57:54
    Jagr controlls the puck forever in the corner and finally draws a penalty for tripping by Jan Surcek.
     
    Timeout Kladno. Once again, they must score on this power play.
     
    58:13
    Kaberle tries to sneak a quick shot between Trvaj and the post but the goalie squeezes it and keeps it out.
     
    58:30
    Kladno net empty, 6 on 4 on the ice . . .
     
    59:24
    Finally puck is iced and Jaromir Jagr called for slashing. Faceoff deep in Kladno zone. That'll do it . . .
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    Great atmosphere inside O2 Arena as the teams shake hands. Fans from both teams in this league-record crowd give all players a nice ovation. Chant of "Hoši děkujeme" (thank you boys) rings out, and could apply to both teams as well.
     
    Thank you for following this text broadcast of Czech Extraliga hockey. (20:53:02)

    Derek OBrien

    Goals and assists: 1. Svoboda (Divíšek), 29. Kaberle (Plekanec), 53. Jágr (Židlický, Plekanec) - 16. Bičánek (Švrček, Divíšek), 26. Petrovický (Holec), 33. Svoboda (Malec)


    Rytíři Kladno: Chábera (cikánek) - Drtina, Mocek, Macholda, Kaberle, Židlický, Černošek, Piskáček - Jágr, Plekanec, Tlustý . Bicek, Patera, Hlaváč - Kuchler, Valský, Eberle - Lukáč, Melka, Kuchejda
    HC Kometa Brno: Trvaj (Falter) - Kováčik, Malec, Dlouhý, Erat, Ja. Svoboda, Špaček, Valach, Žižka,H. Zohorna, Čermák, Korejs, Hruška, Valábik, Divíšek, Doležal, Holec, Hořava, Hruška, Bičánek, Petrovický.