HC Slovan – Lev | 5:2 (end) |
Derek OBrien
Goals and assists:
5. Vondrka (Olvecky, Miklik), 19. Netik (J.Mikus, Kutlak), 37. Olvecky (Vondrka, Miklik), 59. Netik, 60. Miklik – 47. Ridderwall (Sekac), 59. Birner (Repik)
Referees: Wiegand, Sergeyev – Golovlyov, Shelyanin
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Penalty missed:
HC Slovan Bratislava:
Janus (Kopřiva) – Škoula, Kutlák, Mojžíš, Sersen, Štajnoch, Sigalet, Mihálik – Netík, J. Mikúš, Bartovič – Miklík, Vondrka, Ölvecký – Kukumberg, Bližňák, Hudáček – Daňo, Matoušek, T. Mikúš – Mráz.
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Lev Praha: Vehanen (Lukáš) – Jaakola, O'Byrne, Gragnani, Ševc, Němec, Nakládal, Humphries – Klepiš, Zackrisson, Thörnberg – Ridderwall, Azevedo, Sekáč – Novotný, Christensen, Danielsson – Birner, Vrána, Řepík – Cingel.
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Lev Praha: Vehanen (Lukáš) – Jaakola, O'Byrne, Gragnani, Ševc, Němec, Nakládal, Humphries – Klepiš, Zackrisson, Thörnberg – Ridderwall, Azevedo, Sekáč – Novotný, Christensen, Danielsson – Birner, Vrána, Řepík – Cingel.
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Referees: Wiegand, Sergeyev – Golovlyov, Shelyanin
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The Lev net was empty again, and MICHEL MIKLIK jumped on a turnover right at the side of the net for the easy goal. Unassisted.
MICHAL BIRNER was stationed at the top of the slot and he one-timed the pass when it came to him and it beat Janus through traffic to bring Lev back within 2. Still an uphill climb, though. Assist: Michal Repik.
TOMAS NETIK puts this game away as he scores his second of the game, winning a race to the puck in the neutral zone and shooting from just outside the Lev blueline. Unassisted.
CALLE RIDDERWALL fanned on his first shot attempt, but Jiri Sekac recovered the puck and got it back to him, and the Swede made no mistake on his second offering, beating Janus with a wrister to the glove side. Assist: Jiri Sekac.
Shots on goal in the 2nd period (and game): Slovan 6 (15), Lev 6 (13).
Faceoffs: Slovan 16/36 (Bliznak 6/12), Lev 20/36 (Zackrisson & Christensen 5/7).
Icetime leaders: Slovan – Mojzis 14:01, Lev – Sevc 16:32.
3rd period begins at 20:38 CEST, 14:38 EDT.
Just after that great chance by Lev, Slovan comes back to take a commanding 3-0 lead. From the boards, Vondrka passed into the slot where PETER OLVECKY one-timed it past Vehanen. This line has been Slovan's best today. Assists: Michal Vondrka Mikel Miklik.
Shots on goal in the 1st period: Slovan 9, Lev 7.
Faceoffs: Slovan 9/18 (Bliznak 4/7), Lev 9/18 (Christensen 3/4).
Icetime leaders: Slovan – Sersen 7:14, Lev – Sevc 8:39.
2nd period begins at 19:49 CEST, 13:49 EDT.
This power play was a lot different than the first, as Slovan was attacking hard. A nice passing play finishes with a pass from Mikus across the front to TOMAS NETIK, who quickly fires high to the glove side. Power-play goal. Assists: Juraj Mikus, Zdenek Kutlak
That puck hit the skate of a Lev defenceman, a Slovan stick in front, then the glove of Vehanen and fell down just wide of the post. Close.
On their first scoring chance they score. It's a 2 on 1, and Olvecky passes to MICHAL VONDRKA, who waits for Vehanen to commit and then beats him on a backhand deke. Assists: Peter Olvecky, Michel Miklik.
Slovan Bratislava is wearing their alternate powder blue uniforms with navy blue and white trim, white numerals, navy blue pants and helmets. Lev Praha is wearing road white with blue and red trim, red numerals, red NY Rangers-style pants and white helmets.
HC Slovan Bratislava: Kopřiva (Janus) – Škoula, Kutlák, Mojžíš, Sersen, Štajnoch, Sigalet, Mihálik – Netík, J. Mikúš, Bartovič – Miklík, Vondrka, Ölvecký – Kukumberg, Bližňák, Hudáček – Daňo, Matoušek, T. Mikúš – Mráz.
Lev Praha: Vehanen (Lukáš) – Jaakola, O'Byrne, Gragnani, Ševc, Němec, Nakládal, Humphries – Klepiš, Zackrisson, Thörnberg – Ridderwall, Azevedo, Sekáč – Novotný, Christensen, Danielsson – Birner, Vrána, Řepík – Cingel.
Referees: Wiegand, Sergeyev – Golovlyov, Shelyanin.
Although the two teams were evenly-matched last season, that hasn´t been the case so far this year. While Lev is in 6th place in the Western Conference with 27 points, Slovan is tied for last with 17. They have come on a bit lately, though. They´ve won their last three games, most recently a 6-5 decision over Traktor Chelyabinsk on Sunday.
After the stellar season Jaroslav Janus had last season, he´s struggled to start this season and Miroslav Kopřiva has played more minutes, leaving it up in the air who will start on Tuesday. Their top four defencemen include three ex-Lions and a Canadian: Michal Sersen with 7 points, followed by Tomáš Mojžíš and Jonathan Sigalet tied with 4, and Martin Škoula with 3. Another former Lev player, Juraj Mikúš, is up front, part of a group led by Milan Bartovič, Michel Miklík, Michal Vondrka and Tomáš Netík. Possibly the best internationally-known name on the roster is Columbus Blue Jackets´ first-round pick Marko Daňo.
After a reasonably-successful home stand where they took 7 of 12 points -- but all the players believe they should have had more -- the Lions make a short excursion to Bratislava before heading back home for two more games. Jakub Klepiš and Martin Ševc continue to lead the team with 9 points, while Martin Thörnberg added his team-leading 7th goal of the season on Sunday afternoon to move up to 8 points. Niko Kapanen, Petr Vrána and Jiří Sekáč all have 7.