SLA 3:1 LEV | HC Slavia Praha - Lev Praha (Friendly matches)

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Slavia – Lev

3:1 (end)

final

HC Slavia Praha

3:1 (1:0, 1:1, 1:0)

Lev Praha

Wednesday 04.09.2013, 18:00 • Eden Arena, Prague • Friendly matches

		Lev came back with a stronger third period but their inconsistent play in the first two periods cost them. Goaltender Petr Vehanen was probably their best player, as he faced several odd-man rushes against the flow of play that final period and made some big stops to keep his team close. A strong effort from Slavia, who were obviously pumped up to face a KHL club and a local Prague rival. Dominik Furch also had an outstanding game in goal. (20:16:36)
	60:00	Game over.
	59:31	Play is stopped in the Slavia zone as the puck hit the ceiling. The faceoff is at centre ice. The Lev goal remains empty.
	58:29	Goal for Slavia! With no fear of being called for icing while shorthanded, JAROSLAV BEDNAR shoots the puck from his own zone and it finds the empty net. 2 goals for Bednar today. Unassisted, empty-net goal.
	58:08	Vehanen has been removed for a 6th Lev attacker, giving them a 6-on-4 numerical advantage. Faceoff upcoming in the Slavia zone.
	58:08	Timeout Lev.
	58:08	Jakub Klepis on the doorstep puts a shot into Furch who covers. This is Klepis's first game back with Lev after signing just yesterday. He didn't get much ice time in the first two periods but he's been on a lot lately.
	57:42	Martin Sevc whistles a low one-timer wide, then Slavia ices.
	56:32	It's Slavia's Petr Jelinek getting the only penalty and he's getting a major penalty and a game misconduct but I didn't catch the announcement--I presume either charging, elbowing, or cross-checking to the head. Lev is on the power play for the rest of regulation time unless they take a penalty themselves.
	56:32	We had a collision in the corner between Furch the Slavia goaltender and Michal Repik of Lev who was racing for the puck, and it has the predictable results. We're going to have some penalties on the play but I'm not sure what yet. Somebody gave Repik a real good shot in the face.
	56:20	Now a long slapper from the point by Slavia captain Petr Kadlec that hits Vehanen in the chest, and he hangs on.
	55:40	Pavel Kolarik with a shot through traffic that hits Vehanen down low, not sure he saw it.
	54:48	Kadlec finds Jelinek with a lead pass and with a burst of speed he gets in behind the defence but is denied by Vehanen point blank. Some huge saves by Vehanen this period to keep his team within striking distance.
	54:29	Play whistled in the Slavia zone and it looks like we're getting coincidental penalties. Klepis of Lev and Valach of Slavia. The former Slavia player, Klepis, accidentally stepped into the home penalty box, which drew some laughter from the crowd.
	52:48	Icing Slavia. They're back on their heels a bit now after dominating earlier.
	52:22	Offside Lev.
	51:57	Klepis with a high wrister, caught and held by Furch.
	51:42	Lev putting on pressure but the play is stopped as Michal Repik was in the goal crease. Faceoff outside.
	50:40	A Lev player falls in the neutral zone, sending Jaroslav Bednar in alone. Petri Vehanen kicks out the first shot, then Bednar gets his own rebound and tries to stuff it inside the post but cant. Play continues . . .
	50:03	Krejcik with a wrister from the point, blocker save Furch.
	49:00	David Skokon is called for cross-checking in his own zone and Lev goes to the power play, but that's been a momentum killer for them so far tonight.
	48:40	Erik Christensen was alone in front and appeared to have Dominik Furch down and out but the Slavia goalie gets a shoulder on his shot to deflect it high.
	48:11	Icing Slavia.
	47:55	Ruzicka and Sklenar go in 2 on 1 for Slavia but Ruzicka was a bit ahead and is called offside.
	47:36	Kadlec with the slapper from the point, pad save Vehanen and he covers the rebound.
	46:58	Klhůfek with a beautiful move to get in front and almost finishes it with a deke of Petri Vehanen, but the Finnish goalie comes up with his biggest stop of the game to keep his team within a goal.
	45:00	Repik gets a shot away in the dying seconds of the power play, I'm not sure if it got through to Furch or was blocked in front, but the puck was iced afterward in any event.
	44:31	There's a collision in the neutral zone and Lukáš Krenželok of Slavia is down. He's finally geting up and there doesn't appear to be any penalty on the play. The faceoff is at the Lev blueline with :36 left in their PP--once again having trouble getting it going.
	43:07	Lev to the power play as Pavel Klhůfek goes off for interference.
	42:50	Offside Slavia.
	42:32	Christensen tries to chip a pass into the Slavia zone but puts it over the glass. Faceoff outside the Slavia line.
	42:00	Lev is back at full strength and they start a rush.
	41:19	Slavia is called for intentional offside, so the faceoff comes all the way back down in their own end. One Lev penalty is over and :33 remains in the second.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		The teams are returning to the ice and the 3rd period will begin shortly. Slavia begins the period with a 2-man advantage, with :33 left in Danielsson's penalty and 1:53 left in Sevc's.
		The teams are returning to the ice and the 3rd period will begin shortly. Slavia begins the period with a 2-man advantage, with :33 left in Danielsson's penalty and 1:53 left in Sevc's.
		Slavia started the second period where they left off in the first and increased their lead to 2-0. After that Lev woke up and played their most inspired hockey of the game so far, but it wasn't until the last minute when they finally beat Dominik Furch, and it was shorthanded. Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Slavia 12 (21), Lev 10 (17). 3rd period begins at 19:36 CEST.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:53	Another Slavia 2-man advantage, as Sevc goes off for slashing.
	39:34	Goal for Lev! Against the flow of play, CALLE RIDDERWALL sends a long, high shot on goal that seems to handcuff Furch and finds the top corner to get Lev on the board shorthanded.
	38:33	Momentum starting to swing back to Slavia and they get another late-period power play as Nicklas Danielsson goes off.
	36:40	Power play is over but Lev pressure continues. Krejcik's point shot is caught by Furch, who has been the story the past 6 minutes or so. Fans chant "Do-mi-nik! Do-mi-nik!" again.
	35:55	Jakub Klepis the shot from the point, hits Furch in the chest, then there's a scramble in front before it's finally cleared.
	34:16	Jaroslav Bednar is going off for roughing and Lev, who have carried the play of late, are going to the power play, where they haven't got much going yet today.
	33:53	Hand pass by Slavia out of their own zone, so the faceoff will come back inside.
	33:31	Offside Lev.
	32:40	Ridderwall attempts a wraparound, denied by Furch who then stops Christensen again, and finally he gloves a long shot from the point to stop play. What pressure by Lev all of a sudden.
	31:45	Christensen tries to go high on Furch but hits him in the shoulder.
	31:38	Lev rush, Birner tries to find the trailer Sevc but a Slavia backchecker gets his stick on the pass and deflects it out of play. Faceoff in the Slavia zone.
	30:01	We're now at the midway point of this game. We've had some issues with the internet connection but in the last couple of minutes Lev has shown their best offensive pressure of the game.
	25:39	Goal for Slavia! The Slavia power play is clicking. Juraj Valach with the shot from the point off the draw, KYLE WHARTON put the rebound off the crossbar, then got it back and swept it into the net. Assist: Juraj Valach.
	25:28	Slavia kills off the penalty and now they're going to the power play as Michal Birner takes a chop at a Slavia player trying to get in the clear. He's called for tripping.
	23:03	Lev goes to the power play as Ronald Knot ties up Erik Christensen who was trying to reach a stretch pass. Some might remember Knot from the Czech World Junior team.
	22:12	Offside Lev.
	21:25	Sevc with a shot from the point, Furch makes the save with traffic in front and nobody can get to the rebound, finally it's cleared.
	20:49	Lev back at full strength but Slavia comes back up the ice. Pavel Kolarik takes a shot from the point that Vehanen catches and holds.
	20:15	Bednar, the goal scorer, with a shot from the boards, pad save Vehanen and it's iced.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		The teams are returning to the ice and the 2nd period will begin shortly. Nicklas Danielsson is still in the box for another :21, so Slavia begins the period with a brief power play.
		It took a while to get any flow that period, but late in the period Slavia really started to put on the pressure, culminating in two late Lev penalties and a goal on the two-man advantage. They will remain on the power play for another :21 to start the second period. Shots on goal in the 1st period: Slavia 9, Lev 7. 2nd period begins at 18:47 CEST.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:54	Slavia continues to threaten with the man advantage and the momentum, Vehanen covers.
	19:29	Goal for Slavia! JAROSLAV BEDNAR takes two more one-time slappers on the power play, the first one hits Vehanen in the blocker but he gets it back and this one finds the back of the net. As the first penalty wasn't over yet, Slavia remains on the power play. Assists: Petr Kadlec, Petr Jelínek.
	18:53	One-time slapper from Bednar hits a leg and goes wide.
	18:30	Lev wins the draw and ices.
	18:21	Timeout Slavia. They obviously want to get something from this 2-man advantage.
	18:21	Slavia threatening and Nicklas Danielsson takes a tripping penalty in the slot. Lev is now two men short and Slavia will have a 5-on-3 for 1:20.
	17:55	Slavia with control off the draw, a slapper from the point by Wharton goes wide.
	17:41	Slavia going to the power play now as Marc-Andre Gragnani is called for slashing in his own zone.
	16:41	Slavia 2-on-2, Zejdl tried a pass that hit a Lev skate and slid harmlessly to Vehanen, who covers.
	16:10	Danielsson of Lev tries to sneak out of the corner and tries a weak-angle shot that hits Furch in the pad.
	15:33	Offside Slavia--they had a 3-on-2 a moment ago but tried to make one too many passes and never got a shot off.
	14:55	Krejcik pinches in from the point for Lev and gets a quick shot, I think it hit a body in front.
	13:44	Now a wrister from Daniel Vrdlovec that Vehanen catches and holds onto.
	12:50	Jelinek with a long slapper that hits a Lev stick and sails wide.
	11:55	Icing Slavia.
	11:10	Poletin fires a quick shot wide. Some pressure from Slavia of late but they're not getting many of their shots on net.
	10:50	Puck out of play in the Lev zone, faceoff inside.
	10:40	Kyle Wharton, Slavia's Canadian defenceman, fires a long wrister from the point that sails wide.
	09:57	A collision at the Slavia net dislodges the goal and play is stopped. Faceoff outside.
	09:20	Jakub Sklenar with a shot from the point, deflected and a pad save Vehanen followed by a wild scramble in the crease. Finally Vehanen gets a glove on it to stop play. Best chance for Slavia so far and the crowd is into it.
	08:49	Icing Slavia.
	08:32	Puck out of play in the neutral zone, faceoff outside the Lev blueline. Slavia back at full strength.
	08:14	Christensen weaves his way to the top of the slot and fires a wrister that goes wide, Furch might have got a glove on that again.
	07:43	Offside Slavia on a promising-looking shorthanded rush. :43 left in the penalty.
	07:08	Slapshot Birner, Furch gets a glove on it to knock it away, then the puck goes out of play. Faceoff outside with 1:18 left in the penalty.
	06:50	Another Lev offside, this on on the rush.
	06:30	Offside Lev, couldn't hold it in at the point.
	06:26	Marek Tomica called for tripping on the play. Lev goes to the power play for the second time.
	06:05	2 on 1 Slavia, Bednar's pass attempt to Jelinek is broken up, no shot.
	05:43	The puck is deflected out of play, faceoff at centre ice.
	05:10	Both teams now at full strength, both 0/1 on the power play.
	04:16	Stransky with a nice inside-out move for Slavia to get a shot on goal, stick save Vehanen, Lev back at full strength and they go to a brief power play.
	03:17	Danielsson with a hard shot from the boards that Furch gets a piece of and then it dribbles just wide of the post.
	02:50	The power play is over as Bednar gets a shot on goal but then ties up a Lev player trying to get to the rebound and he goes off for interference. We'll have 4 on 4 for 1:25.
	02:14	Stransky makes a nice move for Slavia and gets a shot on goal, Vehanen stops it but Lukas Krejcik of Lev is getting called for hooking on the play. Slavia to the power play.
	01:15	Icing Lev.
	01:05	Repik with a shot from a weak angle for Lev, Furch the save, Vrana couldn't get to the rebound before it was cleared.
	00:10	Tomica of Slavia gets the game's first shot from outside the blueline that Vehanen easily handles and puts back into play.
	00:01	Game started.
		Both teams come onto the ice with cheers from the crowds, cheering for Slavia a bit louder but not much. Slavia, the home team, is wearing primarily red uniforms with a large white panel on one side, red pants and helmets. Lev, the visiting team, is wearing their road whites with blue and red trim, red pants and white helmets.
		The pre-game warmups are over, the ice has been resurfaced and the teams should be coming onto the ice soon for this pre-season contest between the Czech Extraliga's Slavia Praha and the KHL's Lev Praha.
		Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.

Commentary by

Derek OBrien

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 20. Bednar (Kadlec, Jelínek), 26. Wharton (Valach), 59. Bednar – 40. Ridderwall

HC Slavia Praha: Furch (Svoboda) – Kadlec, Wharton, Knot, Holub, Valach, Štich, Kolařík, Chalupa – Skokan, Tomica, Žejdl, Bednář, Klhůfek, Jelínek, Krenželok, Poletín, Micka, Sklenář, Růžička, Stránský

Lev Praha: Vehanen (Engren) – Danielsson, Cingel, Klepiš, Jaakola, Nakládal, Birner, Vrána, Řepík, Ševc, Němec, Novotný, Christensen, Ridderwall, Gragnani, O´Byrne, Sekáč, Zackrinsson, Thörberg, Mikuš, Krejčík, Kubalík

1st period
	02:14
	02:50
	06:26
	17:41
	18:21
	19:29
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:03
	25:28
	25:39
	34:16
	38:33
	39:34
	39:53
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:07
	49:00
	54:29
	56:32
	58:29
Final