DEAC was able to win in Dunaújváros, Fehérvár flips teh score agains Gyergyó behind the scoring of Jack Lewis. Vasas and Brasov needed overtime to decide the game with UTE and Csíkszereda easily winning.
Dunaújváros-DEAC 3-4 (1-2, 1-0, 1-2)
Debrecen traveled to Dunaújváros for the game of the day as they were one point up on fourth place DAB heading into the game. The game did not start well for the home team, after a scrum in front of the net, former DAB player lifted the puck into the back of the net for the goal. Dunaújváros was able to kill a two man short handed situation, but just as the game got back to five on five Attila Németh scored the second DEAC goal of the game. Late in the period Dunaújváros scored their first power play of the game by the way Uski.
In the second period the pace of the game picked up as both teams had scoring chances, however both Máté Garbacz and Zoltán Hetényi held their ground. Towards the middle of the period Dunaújváros had a straight 5 on 3 power play but were unable to put the puck into the back of the net. In the closing minutes the home team tied the game up on a goal by Gergely Tóth.
In the third period the scoring chances were coming on both side but the puck did not cross the goal line for either team. DEAC took back the lead off of a counter attack when former DAB forward Hugo Turcotte put the puck past Garbacz. In the 47th minute of play DAB captain Zsolt Azari tied the game up on power play goal. Off the ensuing faceoff DEAC took the lead back off of a long shot from Turcotte. Dunaújváros was storming the DEAC net in the remaining time of the game but DEAC held on to the lead.
Antti Karhula, head coach, DAB: We started the game off flat, DEAC was better than us. They had a two man advantage that they scored off of. We had to stand up after being down 2-0, which we were able to do that. What killed us today was us taking too many penalties, which from they scored three goals. I am proud of the way the guys battled but this was not even close to our best game. We should have been able to hold on to the puck more often. We need to keep on working hard since we have a tough road trip ahead of us.
David Musial, head coach DEAC: The game started off well but there were a number of calls that I did not agree with for example the 5 on 3 shorthanded situation that we had. Aside from this I am very happy for the three points.
Gyergyó-Fehérvár 3-6 (2-0, 1-4, 0-2)
The home team already had the lead in the second minute of play off of a goal by Tomanek, Csergő doubled the lead off of a shorthanded goal. In the second period Vesutkin made it 3-0 and it looked as if Gyergyó would pull away with the game. Fehérvár switched goalies as Dávid Gyenes came in for Martin Szeles, the switch paid off as Lewis quickly scored to make it 3-1. Lewis had a big game as he had scored twice more as the game was tied up at 3-3 off of the hat trick by Jack Lewis. Bennett scored to give Fehérvár their first lead of the game. In the third period the young Fehérvár team scored two more goals by the way of Bennett and Lewis.
Csíkszereda-HK Budapest 8-3 (3-2, 1-1, 4-0)
Csíkszereda kept their perfect home record as they defeated HK Budapest however they only had a one goal lead until the 43rd minute of the game. Sport Club pulled away in the third period by two goals from Tamás Részegh. Radim Valchar finished the game with one goal and three assists. Attila Orbán finished with two goals for HK Budapest. Tamás Ilyés and Zsolt Szabó made their Csíkszereda debuts.
Leo Gudas, head coach, Csíkszereda: We gifted them a couple of chances from which they were able to score off of. We were also able to rest some of our key players for our upcoming games.
Dusan Kapust, head coach, HK Budapest: After our previous game, this one was a one goal game deep into the third period. We had the chance to tie the game up but we were unable to take advantage of it. In the third period once they scored their fifth goal they pulled away, Csíkszereda is a good game.
Schiller-Vasas-Brasov 3-4 (0-0, 2-1, 1-2, 0-1) OT
Vasas jumped out to a 3-1 lead however Brasov tied the game up in the 56th minute and won the game in overtime.
Balázs Ladányi, head coach, Vasas: This one point wasn’t one of those where you have to suffer for it, we gave away two points. We made some bad decisions but we did not have any longer time periods where we did not play well. We hit, we battled we scored goals against an experienced team. I am proud of the way we played and I tip my hat to the players.
Greg Lindqvist, head coach, Brasov: I am sad that we were not able to pick up the three points, this is a big disappointment. We had problems scoring goals and we made some bad mistakes that lead to the goals that were scored against us.
UTE-Vienna 7-3 (4-1, 1-1, 2-1)
Ujpest pulled away after the 15th minute of play thanks to two shorthanded goals on the way penalty. Benji Nemes scored a hat trick for UTE.
