Sapa Fehérvár AV 19: Satosaari – Tokaji, Alen, Palkovics, Martz, Mihály Á., Ackeström, Jobb, Vas J., Fekete, Kovács Cs., Andersson, Bornhammar, Sofron, Vas M., Ladányi, Horváth A., Vaszjunyin, Nagy G., Benk, Kóger. Head coach: Jarmo Tolvanen.

Olimpija: Pintaric – Mitchell, Klavzar, Pance, Golicic, Rezek, Henry, Groznik, Muric, Ropret, Vukurevic, Cvetek, Scap, Pance, Hocevar, Sefic. Head coach: Hannu Järvenpää.
 

The first big shot of the game comes in the second minute from Olimpija’s Mitchell who takes the puck on the wing into the offensive zone, then he takes the shot but Satosaari makes the save with his glove.

Two minutes later after a face-off Ladányi takes the shot. The puck is bouncing but the arriving Sofron is still able to take the shot with it and it barely misses the net.

In the 5th minute Olimpija builds an attack two on two, Matej Hocevar receives a great pass and takes the one-timer. Satosaari makes another big save.

In the 6th minute the home team takes the lead from a counterattack. Mihály makes the diagonal pass to Palkovics who takes it into the offensive zone, then stops and passes to Bornhammar who arrives in the second wave. The Swedish defenseman sc ores a big goal between the legs of goalie Pintaric.

In the 8th minute Márton Vas makes a pass across the entire length of the ice surface to Sofron, the young winger cannot handle the puck well so his shot isn’t very good. Shortly afterwards Olimpija isn’t able to clear its defensive zone, Nagy takes possession of the puck, keeps it safely, then makes the diagonal pass to Kóger who scores into the empty net giving the home team a two-goal advantage.

In the 11th minute Golicic receives a good pass from the corner of the offensive zone, takes the shot but Satosaari makes the save confidently. One minute later Hocevar takes it into the offensive zone, leaves it behind for Mitchell who takes the one-timer but the Finnish goalie makes another good save.

In the 14th minute Sapa Fehérvár AV19 is in powerplay. Tokaji takes a big shot from the blue line, Ackeström puts his stick into the shot but Pintaric reaches out and makes a great save. Later in the minute the home team manages to increase its lead to three goals. In the powerplay the puck is moved around well in Olimpija’s defensive zone, Márton Vas keeps it well behind Pintaric’s net, then makes the pass to Martz. Vas inches closer to the net, receives the puck back from Martz and scores from a short distance.

In the 17th minute Sapa Fehérvár AV19 builds an attack two on one, Jankó Vas makes a promising diagonal pass to Fekete but the winger cannot reach it. One minute later the home team loses the puck behind Satosaari’s net and Henry takes the shot immediately but the Finnish goalie makes another big save and keeps his team’s three-goal advantage for the first intermission.

 

The second period starts with a Sapa Fehérvár AV19 attack, the puck lands in front of Kovács who takes the shot but Pintaric makes a big save. In the third minute Ladányi skates around the Slovenian team’s net, makes a diagonal pass to Nagy but Pintaric has another confident save.

In the 5th minute Fekete takes the puck into the offensive zone, makes the diagonal pass to Kovács between two defensemen. Kovács takes a promising shot but Pintaric moves quickly from one side of his net to the other and makes the save.

Two minutes later Márton Vas shoots the puck sharply in front of Pintaric’s net, Sofron is arriving quickly and somewhat unbelievably fails to place the puck into the net.

In the 8th minute in a powerplay the visiting team manages to score its first goal of the game. The puck is passed around for a long time, Fekete is close to clearing the home team’s defensive zone but shoots by the puck. Mitchell is first to react to the bouncing puck, takes the backhand shot from a short distance and Satosaar i is helpless.

In the 11th minute Sapa Fehérvár AV19 is in powerplay. First Bornhammar takes a shot from the blue line, then Martz takes another shot with the rebounding puck. Then Alén threatens with a shot from the blue line but the home team cannot increase its advantage to three goals again.

In the 15th minute Sapa Fehérvár AV19 steals a puck in the offensive zone. Newly signed Swedish defenseman Niklas Andersson takes the shot but it misses the net. Two minutes later Satosaari starts Márton Vas with a great pass but the puck bounces over the centerman’s stick.

The last promising scoring chance of the second period comes in the 20th minute when Palkovics takes possession of the puck behind the Slovenian net, then skates all the way to face Pintaric before he takes the shot. The young Slovenian goalie makes another huge save as the closing momentum of the second twenty minutes.

 

In the third minute of the closing period Palkovics breaks away with the puck but his shot flies by the Slovenian net. Two minutes later Ropret steals a puck in the defensive zone, takes it all the way to the home team’s net but Satosaari pushes the puck out with his shoulder. Shortly afterwards Mihály tricks himself clear in front of Pintaric’s net but his shot is blocked.

In the fifth minute for thirty seconds the home team plays five on three, Mihály and Tokaji both take big one-timers. Then the biggest scoring chance comes when after much passing the puck lands on Palkovics’s stick but he doesn’t lift the puck well and Pintaric reaches the other side of the net and makes the save.

Then in the single-man advantage the home team manages to score its fourth goal of the game. Ladányi has the puck in the corner of the offensive zone, passes to Mihály who takes a very punctual one-timer and Pintaric cannot make the save.

In the seventh minute during a Ljubljana powerplay, Ziga Pance takes a big shot but Satosaari makes the save. Then Mitchell threatens with a distant shot, Satosaari’s view is blocked but the puck misses the net. In the 10th minute Sofron receives the puck when he returns from the penalty bench but a defenseman catches up with him and blocks his shooting attempt.

In the 11th minute Olimpija Ljubljana manages to come within two goals again as the result of a good counterattack. Ropret takes it into the offensive zone, his shot is saved by Satosaari but it lands exactly in front of Ziga Pance and following his shot the puck finds it way into the net under the goalie’s arm.

In the 12th minute Kovács breaks away with the puck, then takes the shot from short range but Pintaric manages to catch the puck with his glove. Two minutes later Palkovics tricks himself into the offensive zone between three Olimpija players but his shot is saved by Pintaric.

In the 17th minute Anderssen lifts the puck towards the Slovenian net, Kovács puts his stick into the shot and it just barely misses the net.

With one and a half minutes left in the game Sapa Fehérvár AV19 takes a three-goal advantage again, Anderssen passes to Mihály who takes the puck into the offensive zone, then makes the diagonal pass to Palkovics whose one-timer finds its way into the net above Pintaric’s head.

Then with just seven seconds left in the game Henry finalizes the result at 5-3. The puck is held behind Satosaari’s net by Ropret, who then passes to Henry and the defenseman scores with a well-placed one-timer.

 

Jarmo Tolvanen, Sapa Fehérvár AV19 head coach: Today for a long time we didn’t play on the level that we are capable of. We reached our goal because for the first time in the club’s history we made the EBEL play-offs. We are not thinking about a possible quarterfinal opponent yet since there are still six games in the regular season and those games must be played. Today we can be happy for a little bit, then we must proceed further step by step.

 

Hannu Järvenpää, HDD Tilia Olimpija Ljubljana head coach: We had many young players in our line-up, this is why we had to play with three lines. Still I cannot say anything because the boys did everything possible, this is what we were capable of today. We haven’t given up our play-off hopes yet, we will work hard on the games that we have left. KAC is the team that we might have a chance against, we will try to beat them.