Shot from blue line was blocked, this looks really good for home team! Puck is in neutral zone.

Icing from Kosice, we will see maybe the last face-off of the match in the offense zone of Liberec!

Skoula passed to Jonak, who was in front of net on right side, but didn´t manage to shot from difficult position. Meanwhile, Kosice in full strenght!

Hylak saved the puck under his trapper. There is going to be face-off in defense zone of Kosice. Liberec still with 6 players.

Liberec won the face-off and stayed into the offense zone. Skoula shot from left side, the direction of puck was changed, but puck missed the net of Kosice. One minute left to the end of match.

Shot from left circle, Liberec is making really big pressure to equalise, but Hylak saved that shot by pads. Kosice is taking the time-out.

Bartek is at blue line and starts combination of Liberec, now made a wrist shot from that place, but missed the net.

Shot from blue line was blocked, Kosice now playing with four players. Liberec stays with six players in this power-play without goalie.

Czech team immediately moved into the offense zone and locked Kosice there, we saw a nice combination, but Bulik didn´t score to the open net!

Kosice´s goaltender Hylak is managing the difficult situation well, he now made two great saves and helped his team to stay in lead. There is a one minute of power-play left for Liberec.

Kosice survived the power-play of Liberec, playing in full strenght" This was a good chance for Czech team...

Mistake from Kosice defender, he tried to shot the puck outside defense zone, but Valsky got it and shot from left circle and missed the net!

Liberec survived this situation and is playing in full strenght! There are almost 9 minutes left for Czech team to equalise!

Power-play of home team isn´t so dangerous yet. We registered just one shot from blue line by Philipp, Lasak saved with right pad.

Liberec survived difficult moments in Kosice´s power-play, it´s now playing in full strenght.

Last chance in power-play, Janosik in a huge effort in front of the goal, he tried to pass the puck inside, but Lasak was against and blocked it! Meanwhile, Hylak is back in the net, it was a problem with skate.

Shot by Kosice from the place between circles, Lasak in really nice save with his trapper. There is one minute left in power-play for Kosice.

Be careful on the other side! Liberec performed one of its fast attacks, Valsky took the puck in front of Hylak and tried to shot to the left bottom corner, where directed all three Liberec goals today. Hylak saved it now by left pad.

Again save by Lasak, Sojcik skated into the offense zone and sent a wrist shot from left circle, goaltender of Liberec saved easily to the trapper.

Home team is still more active. Kolena had a puck into the offense zone, made nice trick and passed through one defender, but then was stopped by Skoula.

Kosice stays in activity! Cesik skated into the left circle and sent a huge snap-shot, but directed right into the middle of the net, where was Lasak, who blocked it!

No other danger for Lasak in net of Liberec, Czech team survived the power-play and playing full strenght.

Home team immediately tried to pass to the offense zone, Lapsansky made it, but then lost the puck after bad handle.

Kosice are still in pressure, Bartos made a great snapshot from left circle, but missed a net! Then, Jencik had another opportunity, had a puck in front of Lasak, but was blocked by defenders!

Beautiful game, Kosice is trying to succeed again. Bartanus skated with puck into the offense zone and looked for Lapsansky in slot, but the pass was blocked by defender.

Home team moved into the offense zone, Jencik got a nice pass at left circle, tried to shot immediately, but it was blocked by defender.

Power-play of Kosice starts, home team is playing in full strenght.

Short power-play of Liberec starts, Czech team is playing in full strenght. We see a really interesting second period, three goals were scored yet.

Game is going to be hard, we saw a big bodycheck to the player of Kosice in the offense zone. Liberec shot the puck through all lines afterwards.

Kosice moved into the offense zone immediately, but Macejko´s shot from blue line was blocked. Home team will stay in attacking zone.

Czech team is trying to get control of the game again. It will be difficult, but Filippi showed, how to do it – skated into the offense zone and shoted from right circle, missed the right upper corner.

No other chance for home team, Liberec is now playing in full strenght.

Hylak in a save after several minutes, Vlach took the puck on the right circle and tried to score shorthanded goal by fast wrist-shot, Hylak saved by pads.

Nice power-play combination by Kosice, Marek Bartanus gets a nice pass to the right circle, had a many time for shot and sent a heavy snap-shot, Lasak saved!

Huge things are happening in east of Slovakia! Home team changed the history of the game is winning now! Fans are going to be crazy!

The power-play doesn´t start well for home team, it made an icing. It will be a face-off in front of Hylak.

And Liberec in an attack after several minutes! Filippi sent a wrist-shot from left circle, scorer of first goal Michal Bulir changed the direction of puck and he missed a left upper corner just by few centimetres!

Czech team survived the power-play of Kosice, playing now in full strenght.

Innacurate pass in offense zone is stopping the activity of home team for now. It needs to set up an action from its own defense zone.

Home team is going for the second goal, is motivated after the equaliser! Kolena got the great pass from left side and was alone in front of Lasak, tried to shot to the right part of net, Lasak saved by pad.

Not a good power-play for home team yet. It resulted just in a one shot, but Philipp missed the net from blue line.

And home team is trying to score its first goal immediately! There was a rush situation in front of Lasak, more players tried to hit the puck, it finished in trapper of Liberec goalie.

Kosice survived this power-play of Liberec, playing in full strenght.

Shot by Bartek, he had space on left circle and tried it with wrist-shot, Bulik complicated the view for Hylak, but Kosice´s goaltender found the puck and blocked it.

Second period starts with power-play of Liberec. Tigers moved to their offense zone, but produced just innacurate shot by Skoula. Kosice are defending well for now.

Today's attendance is 4144 visitors.

Not looks like that. Game is taking place in neutral zone, home team tried to set up a last attack, but Tigers are playing great in neutral zone and block all passes.

Icing by Liberec, last minute of first period will start by face-off in defending zone of Czech team. Will Kosice equalise in this one minute?

Liberec survived difficult moments, it is now playing full strenght. But home team finally showed its qualities, we saw great hockey moments!

Almost a surprise for Lasak, Hrnka tried to pass from left side and nobody hitted the puck, it targeted to the net, but Lasak stopped it on goal-line but left pad!

Defending players of Liberec has now much to do. Many shots are coming against Lasak, but he saves it all. Now, he saved Lapsansky´s shot from blue line.

Kosice moved to their offense zone and tried to combinate and shot, there was a shot by Lapsansky from left circle, Lasak saved by pads.

Nice action from Liberec! There was a great pass from defense zone to the Bartek, who enters the offense zone and shot from right circle, Hylak saved by right pad.

Kosice shot the puck to the boards behind the Lasak and tried to get it in several personal duels, Lasak saw free puck in the right side and saved it under the trapper. It will be a face-off in defense zone of Liberec.

Finally nice game from home team! Cesik skated to the attacking zone and shot from right circle, targeted to the right upper corner, but missed the net by few centimetres.

Liberec is playing in great performance in these minutes, having the control of game. Shot from Derner from blue line was blocked, but Vampola took the puck on left circle and made a great wrist-shot, Hylak saved by pads.

Innacurate passes from home team, it can not pass through neutral zone. Now, Liberec made icing, but Kosice lost the face-off , so it needs start again from Hylak.

Game is now taking place mostly in defense zone of Kosice. We saw just four shots on goal yet – in this statistics is also better Liberec, winning 3-1 on shots.

Away team is motivated after the opening goal and is holding a puck into the offense zone, Jonak tried to force the puck to the net , Hylak saved with right pad.

That was quite a shock moment for home team. It played in good performance yet, but loosing in the start of the game again. Let´s go to see, if Kosice can come back and score equaliser.

Start of power-play looked better for Kosice, it tried to made a short-handed breakaway, but pass from Bartos wasn´t accurate.

Kosice in attack, Hrnka had a space in attacking zone and sent a first shot to Lasak, he made first successful save.

Home team survived the power-play without any big effort, playing now full strenght!

Not a good power-play for Liberec at all. Kosice shot the puck through all lines, it is defending well. 30 seconds of power-play stays for Liberec.

Guests are having the puck into the offense zone and tried to combinate there, Skoula shot from left circle, but missed the net.

Good shift from Liberec, it won the face-off in attacking zone and Jonak took the puck, skated behind the net and tried to shot in front of it, Hylak saved by left pad.

Both teams are very careful in the start of the game. Kosice shot the puck trough whole lines, it´s an icing. Following face-off in defense zone of the home team won Kosice, so there won´t be any shot to Hylak for now.

First save from Kosice´s goalie Hylak, he easily stopped the shot from blue line by Vitasek. Kosice takes the puck, tries to enter to the attacking zone.

Home team is more active during the start of the game. Activity of Kosice resulted into the icing from Liberec. Game will stay in front of Lasak.

Innacurate pass in Liberec defense zone from one defender of guests, Lapsansky took the puck and tried to shot from slot, defender blocked his attempt.

Kosice will play in blue-red jerseys, guests from Liberec in white-red colour combination. Game is ready to start!

Guests from Liberec are also entering to the ice. Now, we will listen to the official anthem of Champions Hockey League.

Kosice´s players are now entering to the ice. The atmosphere isn´t so great, fans are not welcoming their team much. Maybe 4000 people are now in Steel Arena.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome from Steel Arena in Kosice, Slovakia! Czechoslovakian derby between HC Kosice and Bili Tygri Liberec is coming in 10 minutes! Arena is slowly fulfilling by fans, there were still free tickets, so the attendance will be lower than in first home match. Have a nice sport´s experience, we are starting at 17:30!

Starting lineups:

HC Košice: Hylak (Melichercik) – Janosik, Cebak, Bartanus, Hrnka, Lapsansky – Strbak (C), Cernak, Jencik, Bartos, Spilar (A) – Philipp, Drgon, Bicek (A), Kolena, Cesik – Macejko, Stupka, Chovan, Hindos, Sojcik

Bílí Tygři Liberec: Lasak (Schwarz) – Voracek, Skoula, Bartek (A), Krenzelok, Bulik – Vytisk (C), Vitasek, Valsky, Filippi, Bulir – Derner, Gregorek (A), Vampola, Vlach, Urban – Plutnar, Jonak, Kica, Jass, Jelinek

Referees: P. Gebei (AUT), J. Kubus (SVK) – M. Korba, T. Rovensky (SVK).

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the continuing of Champions Hockey League in Kosice, Slovakia! Steelers from Hockeytown in east of Slovakia played quite balanced games in CHL, but lost all by one goal. Now, the time of Czechoslovakian derby with Liberec has come. We can expect rush game in great atmosphere, both teams need important points in balanced group. Tomáš Schügerl is looking forward to you on Saturday from 17:30, live from Kosice in Slovakia!

Situation in group

The leader of a group is Karpat Oulu with eight points. It won on shotouts 3-2 with Kolner Haie on Friday. Also Liberec is in really good situation – with six points on second place. Kosice didn´t earn any points and is on last place. Today´s match is important for both teams – Kosice wants to revive the chance for qualification into the next phase, Liberec wants to secure the second position.

Standings :
1. Karpat Oulu 8 points
2. Bili Tygri Liberec 6 points
3. Kolner Haie 4 points
4. HC Kosice 0 points

Cramo Top Scorers

The most productive player of HC Kosice (Cramo Top Scorer) is Richard Jencik with 2 points.

The most productive player of Liberec (Cramo Top Scorer) is Michal Bulir with 5 points. Bulir is at sixth position in productivity standings of CHL.

Bili Tygri (White Tigers) Liberec

Czech team from Liberec didn´t start the CHL well, it lose in first home game against Oulu. This tight lose was a kind of motivation for Tigers, they improved their performance and won matches in Kolner and with Kosice! The ninth team of last year Czech Championship is in quite good mood and looking for position in first two places in group. There are well known players in roster – the goaltender Jan Lasak won three medals with Slovak national team, defender Martin Skoula won Stanley cup in NHL with Colorado and forward Petr Vampola won two medals with Czech national team. Liberec offers a good mix of talent and experiences.

HC Košice

The only one Slovak represents has a difficult time in Champions league yet. It played three very good, balanced games with strong opponents, but lost all three with one goal. 1-2 with Kolner and Oulu, 2-3 at Liberec. The management of club isn´t satisfied, what resulted into the changes in roster. Marek Zagrapan, Dusan Pasek and Tomas Kloucek left the club after the match in Liberec. After the half of matches in group, there is a still chance for ,,Steelers” – but it urgently needs to win Saturday´s match against Czech opponent from Liberec. Liberec should be afraid of second formation of Kosice – Bartos, Jencik and Spilar played quite good in previous matches. Fans in Hockeytown are looking forward to this match and we expect nice attendance, like it was in first home match with Oulu.

Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.