CRA 2:7 SPA | Comarch Cracovia - Sparta Prague (Champions League)

Champions League

Cracovia – Sparta

2:7 (end)

final

Comarch Cracovia Poland

2:7 (0:1, 2:3, 0:3)

Sparta Prague

Wednesday 17.08.2016, 19:30 • Tauron Arena Krakow • Champions League • Group O

7.124 fans watched as @HCSpartaPraha won in Tauron Arena against @Cracovia_EN. Tomas Netik with a hat-trick. #CHL pic.twitter.com/gpswaJnMlN — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) August 17, 2016
		Next game at Tauron Arena Krakow is on Friday's night versus Farjestad B.K. (21:45:39)
		End of the game! Sparta Prague beats Comarch Cracovia 7-2 in the first ever game of Champions Hockey League in Poland!
		Game over.
	59:00	Last minute of play in today's game!
	58:04	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Kalina – 2 min., interference).
	57:34	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is TOMAS NETIK. TOMAS NETIK for another time finds Cracovia's net and records a hat-trick in today's game.
	56:05	The guests are playing in the full strength.
	55:01	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is TOMAS NETIK. Another goal for Sparta Prague and that one is a shorty! TOMAS NETIK with hard shot beats Radziszewski and Sparta is leading 6-2.
	54:05	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Pech – 2 min., tripping).
	54:05	Good shot from Noworyta from the blue line. One of Sparta's players blocks the puck.
	52:15	Last power break of today's game is in progress.
	51:30	Popperle for few minutes doesn't have any work. Sparta is controlling the game.
	50:32	Great block by Kisielewski. Puck in the neutral zone.
	49:32	Offside during Sparta's attack. Face-off in the neutral zone.
	48:47	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is MICHAL CAJKOVSKY. Sparta spend a lot of time in the offensive zone and that did pay off. MICHAL CAJKOVSKY sends the puck to the Cracovia's net and we have 5-2 for Sparta Prague.
	48:14	Another good intervention by Radziszewski and another break in the game.
	47:09	Another stoppage of play. Face-off in the neutral zone.
	46:52	First power break of the third period!
	45:45	Sparta is controlling the game but Cracovia tries to find the net for the third time.
	44:36	Radziszewski freezes the puck and ends another Sparta's attack.
	43:34	Sparta has the puck in the offensive zone but is not able to make a good shot.
	42:07	Sparta sends the puck to the icing. We have a break in the game.
	41:14	Sparta is playing in the full strength.
	40:01	The first face-off of the third period for Cracovia!
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Historic period for Polish hockey. First two goals of Cracovia in Champions Hockey League history. Sparta leads after 40 minutes of the play 4-2.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:14	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Mikus – 2 min., cross-checking).
	39:00	Last minute of the play in the second period.
	37:37	Goal for Cracovia! Scorer is RICHARD JENCIK. The second goal for Polish team! Slabon passes the puck to RICHARD JENCIK who beat Popperle with hard shot!
	36:33	Cracovia is playing in the full strength.
	35:23	Great powerplay from Sparta team but Cracovia's defence is playing strong right now.
	34:33	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Kolarz – 2 min., hooking).
	33:32	A little of quiet game on the ice from both teams.
	31:23	Dziubinski makesa shot from the middle of the offensive zone but Popperle saves the puck.
	30:34	Sparta has the puck in their defensive zone.
	29:37	One of Sparta's players played the puck with high stick. We have a face-off in the neutral zone.
	28:41	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is TOMAS NETIK. Another goal for Czech team! TOMAS NETIK finds the net in front of the offensive zone. Great period for Sparta team!
	28:33	Hosts are playing in the full strength.
	27:03	Cracovia has now four players on the ice.
	26:33	Penalty for Comarch Cracovia (Dziubinski – 2 min., tripping).
	26:11	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is PETR KALINA. Sparta again has a two goal lead! PETR KALINA receives a beautiful pass from Uher and scores the third goal for Prague!
	25:30	Iberer from the blue line – Popperle makes the save.
	25:03	Penalty for Comarch Cracovia (Noworyta – 2 min., slashing).
	24:48	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Gernat – 2 min., cross-checking).
23:59 DRZEWIECKI - 1:2
	23:59	Goal for Cracovia! Scorer is FILIP DRZEWIECKI. What an answer from Cracovia's players! We have the first goal for the home team! Jencik passes the puck to FILIP DRZEWIECKI who beat Popperle from the middle of the offensive zone..
23:01 GERNAT - 0:2
	23:01	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is MARTIN GERNAT. The second goal for Sparta Prague! MARTIN GERNAT makes a beautiful shot from the left side and Radziszewski must take out the puck from his net.
	22:52	Nice save by Radziszewski after Cingel's shot. We have a face-off in Cracovia's defensive zone.
	21:41	The first icing in the second period on Sparta's side.
	21:12	Cracovia has the puck. Hosts are playing in the neutral zone.
	20:01	The first face-off of the second period for Sparta!
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		And that's it for the first period. Cracovia proves that it isn't easy opponent for Sparta team. Second period will start at 20:20.
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:05	Svitana misses the net from the closest distance!
	19:00	Last minute of the first period.
	18:02	Another great chance for Cracovia! This time by Urbanowicz! Polish team is playing really great in the second half of the first period.
	17:36	Radziszewski freezes the puck after Sparta's attack.
	15:46	Cracovia is playing in the full strength.
	15:45	What a chance for Dziubinski! Wonderful save by Popperle after the shot of Polish forward!
	14:24	Another icing for Sparta. We have a face-off in front of Popperle's net.
	13:46	Penalty for Comarch Cracovia (Dutka – 2 min., slashing).
	13:29	Second power break of the first period.
	13:09	Sparta is playing in the full strength.
	12:47	Slabon tips the puck in front of Popperle's net. Puck misses the net.
	11:40	Sparta players send the puck to the other end of the ice.
	11:09	Penalty for Sparta Prague (Pech – 2 min., tripping).
	10:16	Nice save by Popperle after Chovan's shot from the middle of offensive zone..
9:37 KLIMEK - 0:1
	9:37	Goal for Sparta! Scorer is LUKAS KLIMEK. And we have the first goal of today's game! Sparta was playing on the power play. Pech passed to LUKAS KLIMEK and he easily finds the net. 1-0 for Sparta.
	9:17	Penalty for Comarch Cracovia (Dutka – 2 min., tripping).
	8:14	Cracovia in offensive zone but still with no shots.
	8:06	We have the first power break of today's game.
	7:12	We have reached first half of first period and Popperle still needn't make any save.
	6:19	Kudrna misses the net but Sparta still is on attack.
	5:35	A lot of action in front of Radziszewski's net. Polish goalkeeper makes a save.
	4:59	Sparta icing. Face-off in attack zone of hosts.
	3:17	The guest still has the puck. Cracovia defence send the puck to the neutral zone.
	2:24	Radziszewski blocked Kudrna shot from middle of the ice.
	1:20	First action of Sparta in today's game. Radziszewski makes easy save.
	0:01	First face-off of today's game for Sparta!
	00:01	Game started.
		Warm-ups in progress! We will start the game soon!
		Starting lineups: Comarch Cracovia: Radziszewski (R. Kowalowka) – Noworyta, Novajovsky, Svitana, Dziubinski, Sinagl – Rompkowski, Iberer, Urbanowicz, Slabon, Kapica – Wajda, Kolarz, Drzewiecki, Chovan, Jencik – Dutka, Dabrowski, Kisielewski, Kutsevich, Domagala. Coach: Rohacek. Sparta Prague: Popperle (Skarek) – Cajkovsky, Piskacek, Ihnacak, Vrana, Klimek – Kalina, Svrcek, Netik, Hlinka, Uher – Hrbas, Mikus, Kudrna, Pech, Kumstat – Eminger, Gernat, Cernoch, Cingel, Prochazka. Coach: Kalous. Referees: Toppel (DEN), Meszynski – Smura, Hylinski (All POL).
Our #fanambassadors Anna and Jan from @Cracovia_EN , ready to have a #GreatDayatCHL tonight! pic.twitter.com/AsT3dHqUp1 — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) August 17, 2016
		Tauron Arena Krakow Today's game will be played in the biggest sport arena in Poland – Tauron Arena Krakow with more than 15000 seats for hockey fans. Tauron Arena Krakow already held such big hockey events as IIHF World Championships Division 1 Group A in 2015 and final four tournaments of the Polish Cup. During the final four tournaments of the Polish Cup in 2014 the spectators record at a single ice hockey game in Poland was beaten.
		Sparta Prague This is the third season in the Champions Hockey League for Czech elite team Sparta Prague. Sparta is also one of funding clubs of CHL. Last season the team from Prague finished the competition at 1/8 finals after being defeated by Karpat Oulu. Sparta played five games in pre-season and lost only one of them. Czech team beat Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia, ERC Inglostadt from Germany, Lausanne HC and Geneve-Servette HC from Switzerland. Only HC Fribourg-Gottéron managed to beat last season finalist of Czech extraliga.
		Comarch Cracovia A new 13th country joining the Champions Hockey League is Poland, represented by 2016 champions Comarch Cracovia. In march Cracovia beat GKS Tychy in the final of the Polish Hockey League in the best-of-seven series 4-3. Cracovia played four games in pre-season. Krakow beat their local opponent Unia Oswiecim and Czech team LHK Jestrabi Prostejov and lost games with Slovak runner-up HC Banska Bystrica and HC Zubr Prerov.
		It's time for the second day of the Champions Hockey League competition. Today we will have only one but historic game – Comarch Cracovia will play against Sparta Prague in the first ever CHL game in Poland.
Last practice in #Prague before the journey to @MKSCracoviaSSA @championshockey. Looking forward to the first game! pic.twitter.com/qDa0pbSXuq — HC Sparta Praha (@HCSpartaPraha) August 16, 2016
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:30.

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Dawid Szewczyk

@szewczykdawid

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 24. Drzewiecki (Jencik, Slabon), 38. Jencik (Slabon, Kapica) – 10. Klimek (Pech, Ihnacak), 24. Gernat (Klimek), 27. Kalina (Uher), 29. Netik (Mikus), 49. Cajkovsky (Klimek, Vrana), 56. Netik (Uher), 58. Netik (Pech, Uher)

Comarch Cracovia: Radziszewski (R. Kowalowka) – Noworyta, Novajovsky, Svitana, Dziubinski, Sinagl – Rompkowski, Iberer, Urbanowicz, Slabon, Kapica – Wajda, Kolarz, Drzewiecki, Chovan, Jencik – Dutka, Dabrowski, Kisielewski, Kutsevich, Domagala

Sparta Prague: Popperle (Novotny) – Cajkovsky, Piskacek, Ihnacak, Vrana, Klimek – Kalina, Svrcek, Netik, Hlinka, Uher – Hrbas, Mikus, Kudrna, Pech, Kumstat – Eminger, Gernat, Cernoch, Cingel, Prochazka

Referees: Toppel (DEN), Meszynski – Smura, Hylinski (All POL)

Attendance: 7 124

1st period
	9:17	CRA	2	Dutka, tripping
	9:37	SPA	0:1	Klimek (Pech, Ihnacak)
	11:09	SPA	2	Pech, tripping
	13:46	CRA	2	Dutka, slashing
1st intermission
2nd period
	23:01	SPA	0:2	Gernat (Klimek)
	23:59	CRA	1:2	Drzewiecki (Jencik, Slabon)
	24:48	SPA	2	Gernat, cross-checking
	25:03	CRA	2	Noworyta, slashing
	26:11	SPA	1:3	Kalina (Uher)
	26:33	CRA	2	Dziubinski, tripping
	28:41	SPA	1:4	Netik (Mikus)
	34:33	SPA	2	Kolarz, hooking
	37:37	CRA	2:4	Jencik (Slabon, Kapica)
	39:14	SPA	2	Mikus, cross-checking
2nd intermission
3rd period
	48:47	SPA	2:5	Cajkovsky (Klimek, Vrana)
	54:05	SPA	2	Pech, tripping
	55:01	SPA	2:6	Netik (Uher)
	57:34	SPA	2:7	Netik (Pech, Uher)
	58:04	SPA	2	Kalina, interference
Final