The EBEL side went with Mac Carruth in net for the Super Cup, missing because of injuries were Andrew Sarauer, Eric Meland and Timotej Sille. On the other side Bence Bálizs was between the pipes for MAC.
The game started off with a fast pace as the opening minutes already brought scoring chances for both teams. MAC had the first power play of the game, however seconds into the man advantage they also had player sent to the penalty box. MAC come out better during the 4 on 4 hockey as Chris Bodó found himself in front of the net and lifted the pcuk over the should of Carruth for the opening goal of the game. Bálizs was also kept busy during the opening period as he made multiple saves to keep his team up by one goal. Brance Orbán slipped a puck past Carruth in the tenth minute of play as MAC went up 2-0. As the period went on the game started to get more physical, in the closing minutes of the period with Fehérvár on the power play, János Hári was left alone in front of the net, took a cross ice pass and put into the empty net to make it 2-1.
In the second period MAC looked like more of the active team. Orbán had a scoring chance but hit the side of the net. This was followed up by the second Fehérvár power play of the game, but this time they were unable to score. Carruth made a save on a Chris Langkow shot, on the other side Bálizs stopped an excellent Jonathan Harty chance.
The fast pace of the game continued on the third period as both teams kept on crashing the opposing goal. In the 50th minute of the game Jesse Dudás made a nice pass from the blueline, down low to Bodó, who on his second shot put the puck past Carruth to make it 3-1. Less than two minutes later Csanád Erdély had a nice breakaway as he held off the defender and flipped the puck over the goalies pads to make it 3-2. Late in the game Fehérvár called timeout and pulled their goalie for the extra attacker but were unable to take advantage of this as MAC held on for the Super Cup trophy.
Gergely Majoross, head coach, MAC: The pace of the game was important to us, this is something that we will need during the season. Fehérvár forced us to play at this high level throughout the game. From this point this was good game for us. We could also see that or energy started to wain as the third period went on. We will be playing three games a week during the first part of the week. We will be using four lines regularly throughout the season.
Hannu Jarvenpaa, head coach Fehérvár: We lost the game tonight infront of both net, we created good scoring chances, but their goalie was able to see the puck. In front of Carruth we made a number of mistakes and we paid the price. We will need to practice good habits as we start to get ready for our game on Friday.
