In the game of the week Ferencváros defeated Dunaújváros, Gyergyo picked up their first win in league play.
FTC-Telekom-Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák 3-2 (2-0, 1-0, 0-2)
Ferencváros hosted Dunaújváros in the game of the day. FTC jumped out to a 2-0 lead during the first ten minutes of the game. Anssi Rantanen scored the opening goal on the power play. Later in the period Richárd Tóth set up Renátó Tóth for the second goal. Dunaújváros had trouble finding the pace of the game and were unable to score on their power plays.
The second period started off better for Fradi as well. Leo Fitzgerald made it 3-0 when he threw a shot on net, after lucky bounce it got past former FTC goalie Peter Sevela. Both teams were peppering the goals with shots but the score remained unchanged as the teams went into the third period. Zsolt Azari snipped a goal from the right faceoff dot to end the shutout that Arany had been pitching. Fradi had hit the post, in the closing minutes it looks as if Gergő Nagy had scored, but the goal was disallowed. In the final minute DAB pulled Sevela for the extra skater, the move paid off as Jabornik ripped an absolute scorcher that ended up behind Arany to make it 3-2. DAB was unable to complete the comeback as Ferencváros picked up their first win regulation.
Szabolcs Fodor, head coach, FTC: We skated a lot and battled hard, we were lucky that we scored early on our chances and from then on we control the game. If we would have been able to score on the easy chances the score would not have been as close. I am happy about the three points and congrats to the guys for the way the battled.
Antti Karhula, head coach, DAB: We did not play well, we were a step behind the opponents for most of the game. Ferencváros is a good team and they deserved to win. We were lucky in the end that we were able to make it a one goal game. I hope that we will play better at home.
Corona Brasov-DEAC 1-6 (0-0, 0-4, 1-2)
In the first period the home team was a lot more active however neither team was able to score. In the second period Brasov felt that they were missing two players as Garrett Clarke and Cody Carlson were both suspended. In the 21st minute DEAC scored a shorthanded goal when Attila Németh found the net. Starting with the goal by Németh the DEAC started to flow. Arnold Silló doubled the DEAC lead and Bronson Kovács scored on the two man advantage, in the closing minutes of the period Kulesov made it 4-0. DEAC did not take their foot off the gas in the third period as Silló and Németh both scored. In the closing minutes Jereme Tendler scored to spoil the shutout bid that Zoltán Hetényi had going.
Greg Lindqvist, head coach, Brasov: It is hard to win games if you don’t score any goals. We had created enough chances to play a tight game but we let in some easy goals. We made some big mistakes. We were slow with the puck, we were unable to score and we couldn’t win.
David Musial, head coach DEAC: I am happy that we were able to pick up the three points since we were able to defeat a good Brasov team. In the first period our goalie kept us in the game. Then we started to play the way we should have been playing from the start. In the third period we were able to protect the lead.
SC Csíkszereda-Schiller-Vasas 4-1 (1-0, 2-1, 1-0)
The some team slowly started to get strong and stronger as the first period went on and in the tenth minute they score the first goal of the game. Szilárd Rokaly split the defenders and put the puck past Balázs Tóth for the first goal of the game. The home team controlled the pace of the game throughout the period. Vasas started the first period with a power play. They did not score during the two minutes however just as the penalty ended Martin Turbucz tied the game up at 1-1. With the game tied Csíkszereda elevated their level and answered with a goal by Tihamér Becze with Taratukhin scoring in the final minutes to make it 3-1. In the final twenty minutes only one goal was scored, and that was by Sulakov as Csíkszereda picked up the 4-1 win.
Leo Gudas, head coach, Csíkszereda: We were able to give players ice time who have not really had a chance to play or played very little. Overall this was a good game where we were able to keep the opponents to only one goal. I was satisfied with our defending and up front we created a number of scoring chances.
Balázs Ladányi, head coach, Vasas: Our goal was to keep the Csíkszereda goal scoring to a minimum, we know that they have a very strong team. We kept them at one goal for a long time. Wee did have one or two mistakes which prevented us from keeping up with Csíkszereda. I am satisfied with the way the team battled.
Vienna Capitals-Gyergyói HK 2-3 (0-1, 1-1, 1-1)
It was a tight game but in the end Gyergyói HK picked up their first win of the season, on the road in Vienna. Pestunov finished the game with one goal and one assist.
