The Indians succumbed to the outsider of the league

The inconvincible performances of the Pilsen hockey team have been continuing. The Indians dropped in Kladno after penalty shots. The Pilsen team buoyed up the first unit Sykora, Straka, Vlasak that chalked up three goals. The deadlock was broken by the young Kafka after five minutes of the game. Afterwards Martin Straka tied the game, but in the start of the middle period Kafka scored again. Then Tomas Vlasak got the equalizer and in the 34th minute Petr Sykora netted the third goal and the visiting team took the lead. Pilseners did not hold the victory because Martin Latal hit the bull´s eye in the 51th minute. Then the Indians were lucky after Treille´s shot to the post. The game came to the overtime but the score did not change. The winning goal netted Jaroslav Kalla in penalty shots, the home team won the first bout in the league season. In the next round Pilsen will face Mlada Boleslav in CEZ Arena.

Kladno – Pilsen 4:3 after penalty shots (1:1, 1:2, 1:0 – 0:0)
Goals and assistances: 6. Kafka (Toman), 23. Kafka (Toman), 51. Látal (Kuchler, Procházka), rozhodující nájezd Kalla – 9. Straka (Vlasák, Sýkora), 27. Vlasák (Straka, Slaney), 34. Sýkora (Vlasák, Benák). Referees: Turčan, Lacina – Bádal, Pouzar. Penalties: 9:10. Goals on the powerplay: 2:1. Spectators: 2051.

Kladno: Cikánek – Kameš, Drtina, Piskáček, Toman, Procházka, Šmach, Růžička – Treille, Patera, Kafka – Valský, Kalla, Bělohlav – Látal, Melka, Kuchler – Eberle, Stieler, Gengel – Luňák.

Plzeň: Přikryl – Slaney, Modrý, Jeřábek, Hanzlík, Dresler, Benák, St. Pierre – P. Sýkora, Straka, Vlasák – Lammers, Dvořák, Langfeld – Stránský, Kovář, J. Heřman – Vostřák, Lev, J. Heřman.