The 31th league´s round offered very important game between Pilsen and Benzina Litvinov. The visiting team held the 10th place with 10-point lead before Pilsen. The Pilsen squad had an opportunity to decrease Litvinov´s lead, but Pilsen succumbed to Litvinov 3:4 on penalty shots and Pilsen still loses 10 points for play-off.
The Indians crashed Benzina in the first season´s game 6:1 and won in Hlinka´s stadium too. On Sunday, Pilseners got Litvinov team under the pressure, but without goal effect. After the goalless first period Litvinov broke the deadlock, namely Cerny. Pilseners beat goaltender Hübl as late as in the 31th minute and the league-leading scorer Tomas Vlasak (16+30) tied the game. However, after five minutes the visiting team was leading. Lukes passed Jansky and he placed his shot to a nicety by post. The middle period ended in a tie because Radek Duda scored on a rebound.
The last period was not very attractive. The Indians was leading for the first time in the game after 53 minutes when captain Straka scored on the powerplay. However, the home team did not maintain the lead. Lukes made the second final pass of the night and the defender Kubat fired a shot past Mazanec. The game ended up in penalty shots. In the third round Halmosi replaced young Mazanec in the home net, but Jenacek chalked up go-ahead goal. On the other side, Franek replaced Hübl in Litvinov cage to stop Vlasak´s shot.
Tipsport extraliga takes a break for the Channel One Cup in Moscow, afterwards the Indians will challenge Vitkovice, top dog Pardubice, Slavia Praha and Kladno.
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