TRI 5:0 SPA | Oceláři Třinec - Sparta Prague (Tipsport extraliga (CZE))

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Tipsport extraliga (CZE)

Třinec – Sparta

5:0 (end)

final

Oceláři Třinec

5:0 (1:0, 2:0, 2:0)

Sparta Prague

Wednesday 20.03.2013, 17:00 • Werk Arena, Třinec • Tipsport extraliga (CZE)

		A great all-round effort by Ocelari Trinec, as they beat Sparta Prague 5-0 to win game 7 and advance to the Extraliga semifinals, where they'll face either Zlin or Slavia Prague, depending on the outcome of the Plzen-Litvinov game that is currently in progress. The game wasn't quite as one sided as the score indicates--the last two goals were into the empty net, but Trinec was certainly the better team this game. Peter Hamerlik gets the shutout--he didn't have a particularly difficult game, but was solid when he needed to be. Shots on goal in the 3rd period (and game): Ocelari Trinec: 10 (35), Sparta Prague 14 (33). (19:34:39)
	60:00	Game over.
	58:57	The whistle goes as David Koci was parked in the Trinec goal crease, faceoff outside. There's really only one thing still to be settled here.
	58:44	Hamerlik makes a save off Daniel Pribyl and then freezes the puck, and we get some pushing and shoving after the whistle. Sparta frustration showing.
	58:08	Goal for Trinec! The Sparta net was empty again and VACLAV VARADA hits it for an empty-net, shorthanded goal. Assist: Radek Bonk.
	57:07	Tomas Kloucek called for tripping, though it was more like a hook. Nonetheless, Sparta to the powerplay late in the 3rd.
	56:58	Another Trinec icing. They count well into the double digits today. Crowd continues to celebrate.
	56:33	Offside Sparta.
	56:08	Icing Trinec.
	55:34	Goal for Trinec! With the Sparta goalie pulled for a 6th attacker, MARTIN ADAMSKY backhanded the puck from the neutral zone and into the empty net to put the final nail into the Sparta coffin. This series is done. Assists: Josef Hrabal, Daniel Rakos.
	55:24	Timeout Sparta, praying for a miracle now. The Trinec crowd, announced at 4722, seems to think victory is in hand and is celebrating--they've got the wave going right now.
	55:24	Rachunek with a shot from the boards through traffic, I'm not sure if it got through to Hamerlik or was blocked in front, but then Trinec iced it.
	53:50	At the other end, Marek Pinc stones Erik Hrna on two attempts from point blank, attempting to really put this game away.
	52:50	Big slap shot from Ivan Rachunek, nice pad save by Peter Hamerlik, one of his more difficult ones tonight, though there haven't been many.
	51:28	Another Trinec icing. They're more than content to let the game proceed this way.
	50:03	Icing Trinec.
	49:50	Miroslav Forman takes the puck to the net but Hamerlik gives him nothing to shoot at, and covers the puck.
	49:29	Sicak's centering attempt hits a Trinec skate and slides harmlessly to Hamerlik, who covers.
	48:40	Svoboda cuts in from the wing, pad save Hamerlik.
	48:05	Back the other way, Hamerlik makes the save and covers.
	47:30	Zagrapan passes across for Osrava, who re-directs the shot off the goalpost.
	47:05	Icing Sparta.
	46:58	Daniel Rakos fires high and over the glass, faceoff will come outside the Sparta blueline.
	45:24	Zdenek Bahensky takes a slapper from the point, hits Hamerlik and he holds on.
	44:40	Icing Trinec.
	44:14	Offside Sparta.
	43:58	Finally a long shot and a glove save by Pinc.
	43:30	Trinec applying pressure in the Sparta zone, they seem content to pass around the perimeter though and work the clock.
	42:20	The penalty ended without any Sparta shots on goal, and they regroup in their own zone.
	41:50	Sicak's shot is blocked and the puck is cleared.
	41:05	Karel Pilar blasts a slapper from the point wide. He's been dynamite in this series on the powerplay.
	40:18	Sparta goes to the powerplay right away as Josef Hrabal takes out the skate of Jaroslav Svoboda reaching for the puck, and the Sparta forward collides heavily into the boards. Down 3-0, I'd say scoring on this advantage is a must if Sparta entertains any thoughts of this period not being their last of the season.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		A bit of a delay to the start of the period due to some excess water on the ice left by the zamboni.
		Teams have returned to the ice and the 3rd period will start shortly.
		Trinec with a pair of goals in the second period and the second one, coming in the last minute of the period on a breakaway by Jakub Osrava, really puts Sparta in a tight spot. It's now 3-0 Trinec on home ice with 20 minutes to play in game 7. Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Ocelari Trinec 17 (25), Sparta Prague 9 (19). 3rd period begins at 18:52 CET, 13:52 EDT.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:28	Goal for Trinec! After Sparta got a chance at one end, JAKUB OSRAVA goes end-to-end on a breakaway and beats Pinc on a forehand deke to give Trinec a commanding 3-0 lead. Assist: Marek Zagrapan.
	38:40	Icing Trinec. They seem content to do that right now whenever they get into trouble in their own zone.
	38:00	Lukas Zib takes a long, high slapper from the neutral zone, turned aside by Pinc.
	37:01	Sparta dumps the puck in, Hamerlik stops the carom off the end boards and smothers it.
	36:26	Shot from the boards by Zagrapan, stopped and held by Pinc.
	35:43	Hlinka attempts a wraparound just as the penalty end, kicked away by Hamerlik and Ton tries to stuff in the rebound, but there's no opening.
	35:04	Now a long shot on an entry into the zone, easily handled by Hamerlik with :35 left in the penalty.
	34:50	Trinec has iced twice, Sparta yet to get a shot on this advantage.
	33:39	Radek Bonk called for interference in his own zone. Sparta getting to the stage where they desperately need to cash in on a powerplay.
	33:10	Shot by Forman kicked out by Hamerlik.
	32:22	Another icing call against Trinec.
	32:10	A bit of a delay as a rut in the ice is repaired.
	32:10	Icing Trinec.
	30:16	Offside Sparta.
	30:05	Trinec 2-on-1, but the pass across is broken up by Vladimir Sicak with the skate.
	29:17	Icing Trinec.
	28:38	Goal for Trinec! DAVID KVETON slips in behind the Sparta D, takes a pass that sends him in alone and goes five-hole on Pinc to make it a 2-0 game. Assist: Jan Peterek.
	27:57	Sparta is back at full strength and carry it back into the Trinec zone, Hamerlik freezes for a faceoff.
	27:35	Worked around for a shot from Bonk, but it's kicked out by Pinc and then cleared.
	26:48	Varada with the wrister on the rush, gloved and held again by Pinc. 1:02 left in the penalty.
	26:01	Tomas Kloucek with a high shot that's gloved and held by Pinc.
	25:50	Another penalty to Sparta, as Michal Bros is called for a slash to the hands of Ruzicka, who was trying to get free for a shot.
	24:56	Milam with a shot late in the advantage, save Hamerlik, then Ton took a shot that was blocked and got caught in the equipment of the Trinec defender. We're now back at 5-on-5.
	24:04	Offside Sparta, they're now on the powerplay for the next :46.
	23:20	We're now 4-on-4 for the next :30, then Sparta goes to the powerplay.
	22:50	Well it's only a one-man advantage now as Zib is called for tripping Ivan Rachunek, who was trying to generate a shorthanded chance. It'll be 4-on-3 for :27 and then 4-on-4 for a while.
	22:41	Lukas Zib unloads a one-timer and Marek Pinc robs him with the glove. Big save. :36 left in Trinec's 2-man adantage.
	22:26	The puck is deflected out of play with :54 left in the 2-man advantage, faceoff in the Sparta zone.
	21:53	It's now going to be a two-man advantage for 1:24 as Zdenek Bahensky is getting called for putting a hold on Radek Bonk, though Bahensky is arguing that Bonk slipped and fell on his own.
	21:17	Marek Zagrapan gets a couple of shots, Pinc stops them both, but Angel Krstev is going off for roughing in the scrum in front of the net.
	20:59	The penalty ends without Sparta getting a shot, but after it's over Petr Tenkrat unloads a blast that Hamerlik snares and holds.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Teams have returned to the ice and the 2nd period will start shortly. There's still :44 left in Josef Hrabal's minor penalty for playing with two sticks, so Sparta starts the period on the powerplay.
		After getting outshot in most of the previous games in this series, Trinec came out and got off to a strong start in front of their home fans and scored the period's only goal on the powerplay, strange as it might have been. Sparta got a couple of late powerplays of their own and started to push back, with one carrying over into the start of the second period. Shots on goal: Ocelari Trinec 8, Sparta Prague 10 As an aside, Extraliga scoring leader Martin Ruzicka has 7 points in 3 1/3 games in Trinec, but 0 points in the 3 played in Prague. 2nd period begins at 17:56 CET, 12:56 EDT.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	18:44	Just after Trinec gets back to full strength, they're going back on the kill as Josef Hrabal played the puck while retrieving goalie Hamerlik's stick, which is a no-no. A player can return a stick to a goalie but he can't play the puck while he's doing it.
	18:26	A shot by Treille and a blocker save by Hamerlik.
	17:36	Puck gets deflected into the Trinec bench, the faceoff will be inside with 1:01 left in the penalty.
	16:54	Sparta gets called for icing on the powerplay, but it's been ruled erroneous and the faceoff is at centre ice. It must've been tipped but I didn't see it.
	16:37	We've got a high-sticking call against Vaclav Varada right off the draw, who gets his stick up on Treille, whom he was lined up against. Sparta gets their first poweplay of the game.
	16:31	Offside Sparta on the pass, faceoff at centre ice.
	15:31	Icing Trinec.
	13:49	The puck goes into the Sparta bench. We'll have a faceoff outside the line.
	12:30	Both teams are back at full strength and Trinec starts up ice.
	11:49	Troy Milam with the shot from the tight angle hits Hamerlik in the chest and he hangs on.
	11:08	Pilar the shot and Hamerlik the save. 1:19 left of 4-on-4.
	10:22	The referee dishing out coincidental penalties right off the faceoff, Trinec defenceman Lukas Zib for interference and Sparta winger David Hovorka for high-sticking. We'll have 4-on-4 hockey.
	10:24	Sparta goes quickly up the ice and Hovorka gets a shot, Hamerlik catches and holds on.
	10:12	Puck out of play in the Sparta zone, faceoff inside.
	09:28	Goal for Trinec! After Adamsky fanned on a shot, the puck slid to Pinc but he mishandlied it and MARTIN RUZICKA swooped in to tap the puck into the open net on the powerplay. Assist: Martin Adamsky
	08:33	Sparta's Sacha Treille is getting this game's first penalty for high sticking.
	07:39	Offside Trinec.
	07:19	Offside Sparta.
	07:07	Play goes down to the Sparta zone and Pinc freezes the puck for a stoppage.
	06:42	A collision at the Trinec blueline and Trinec captain Radek Bonk is down. From the replay, the stick of Peter Jansky clipped him in the face, but it doesn't look like any of the officials saw it and there's no penalty. Bonk is now on the bench getting tended to. Faceoff outside the Trinec blueline.
	04:23	Rachunek feeds Sacha Treille, the Frenchman takes a couple of whacks at the puck but Hamerlik keeps it out and the whistle goes.
	04:40	Peter Hamerlik forced to make his first save of the game, off Michal Bros in close.
	04:25	Jiri Polansky winds and fires from the left wing, blocker save Pinc.
	03:45	Pinc catches a shot from the boards and holds on for a faceoff.
	03:25	Ivan Rachunek with a hit on Radek Bonk into the boards in the neutral zone.
	03:04	Puck hits the netting above the glass in the Sparta zone, faceoff inside.
	02:30	Jan Peterek attempts a wraparound but it gets knocked off his stick by a defenceman before he can complete it.
	02:04	Puck out of play in the Sparta zone, faceoff inside.
	01:20	Adamsky attempted a shot from a sharp angle for Trinec, sails just wide.
	00:01	Game started.
		The Czech anthem has been played and the game will start momentarily. Ocelari Trinec is dressed in home red trimmed in white and silver. Sparta Prague is wearing road white trimmed in burgundy and silver.
		The goaltending for both teams has been an adventure, with three different goalies going down due to injuries. Šimon Hrubec and Peter Hamerlík have both been hurt for Třinec and both returned to play. After one game on the sidelines, Hamerlík returns to the Třinec net--he won game 1 in relief and games 3 and 5 complete. Both Třinec goalies have been solid so far, as Sparta has outshot them in 5 of the first 6 games (262-191 overall), yet the series is tied. For Sparta, Marek Pinc starts his second-straight game after going down partway through game 2 and then missing the next three games.
		Starting Lineups: HC Ocelari Trinec: Hamerlík (Hrubec) - Hrabal, Zíb, Galvas, Ovčačík, Lojek, Klouček, Kania - Růžička M., Bonk, Varaďa - Adamský, Rákos, Klimenta - Ostřížek, Peterek, Květoň - Hrňa, Zagrapan, Orsava HC Sparta Prague: Pinc (Melicherčík) - Krstev, Sičák, Milam, Gřegořek, Philipp, Jan Hanzlík, Pilař - P. Ton, J. Hlinka, Tenkrát – Pacovský, Broš, Jar. Svoboda – S. Treille, Přibyl, I. Rachůnek – Jánský, Bahenský, Forman - Hovorka, Kočí. Referees: Šindler, Jeřábek - Gebauer, Lederer.
		Welcome. Game 7 of this quarterfinal series starts at 17:00 CET, 16:00 GMT, 12:00 EDT.

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 10. Ruzicka (Adamsky), 29. Kveton (Peterek), 40. Osrava (Zagrapan), 56. Adamsky (Hrabal, Rakos), 59. Varada (Bonk)

Oceláři Třinec: Hamerlík (Hrubec) - Hrabal, Zíb, Galvas, Ovčačík, Lojek, Klouček, Kania - Růžička M., Bonk, Varaďa - Adamský, Rákos, Klimenta - Ostřížek, Peterek, Květoň - Hrňa, Zagrapan, Orsava

Sparta Prague: Pinc (Melicherčík) - Krstev, Sičák, Milam, Gřegořek, Philipp, Jan Hanzlík, Pilař - P. Ton, J. Hlinka, Tenkrát – Pacovský, Broš, Jar. Svoboda – S. Treille, Přibyl, I. Rachůnek – Jánský, Bahenský, Forman - Hovorka, Kočí.

Referees: Šindler, Jeřábek - Gebauer, Lederer

1st period
	08:33
	09:28
	10:22
	16:37
	18:44
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:17
	21:53
	22:50
	25:50
	28:38
	33:39
	39:28
2nd intermission
3rd period
	40:18
	55:34
	57:07
	58:08
Final