UTE-DEAC 5-3 (0-1, 3-1, 2-1)
The Monday game of the day brought an exciting game. The first period was balanced up until the 18th minute when Novotny scored to give DEAC the first lead of the game. In the second period UTE flipped the score with two power play goals, Andrej Hebar tied the game up, minute later Anze Ropret give UTE their first lead of the game. Twenty seconds later the game was tied up at 2-2 off of a goal by Bronson Kovács. Late in the period UTE had another power play but were unable to score. In the final minute of play in the period when Ferenc Kocsis scored from just outside of the crease.
In the final period Hebar scored his second goal of the game to give UTE a two goal lead. In the third period the penalties started to add up, DEAC had a 5 on 3 that they were unable to score on. DEAC got back to within one goal when Hugo Turcotte deflected a puck over Ales Sila and into the back of the net. Debrecen pulled their goalie for the extra attacker, with the net empty Karcsi Csányi scored the fifth goal for UTE.
Zoltán Szilassy, head coach, UTE: We finally played a compact game and the team played according to the instructions that we gave them about the opponents. We concentrated on their top line but on the offensive side we were also effective. We converted on more of our chances than they did. We beat a good team and picked up an important three points.
David Musial, head coach, DEAC: We played a good game and our team played hard. We are a young team and UTE has a deep roster. There were some calls I did not understand, but this is not an excuse.
SC Csíkszereda-Gyergyói HK 3-4 (0-1, 2-1, 1-1, 0-1) OT
The Transylvanian derby came down to special teams. In the first minute of play Gyergyó had a chance to score on a 2 on 1, however Onodi stood his ground. In the tenth minute of play Timhamér Becze missed a wide open chance that would have been the first goal of the game. Later in the period Gyergyó had a two man advantage that ended with Tomanek giving Gyergyó their first lead of the game.
The back and forth game continued in the second period, In the 26th minute Zsolt Péter doubled the Gyergyó lead. However before the period was over Csíkszereda had tied the game up, first Tamás Bíró stuffed in the puck with Tamás Részegh tieing the game up.
In the third period the two teams exchanged goals, first Valchar set up Becze for the lead but Vesutkin scored on the two man advantage to tie the game up. In overtime Vestkin scored the game winner off of a counter attack.
Leo Gudas, Csíkszereda, head coach: We were not disciplined in the game and this wasted a lot of energy for us. We need to improve on our power play as well.
Vitali Donika, head coach, Gyergyó: The fans were great here in Csíkszereda and the team as well. This is why it feels great that we were able to win this important game. We spent too much time in the penalty box but we were able to get past this.
FTC-Telekom-Corona Brasov 8-0 (6-0, 0-0, 2-0)
It did not take long to see who was the better team, 74 seconds into the game Myles Fitzgerald scored to make it 1-0, and within 10 minutes Fradi opened up a 6-0 lead. At 4-0 Brasov switched goalies as Patrik Polc replaced Zoltán Tőke in net.
Brasov started to play aggressively which hurt them as both István Nagy and Garrett Clarke were both tossed from the game. The Ferencváros power play was working today as four out of the eight goals came of the power play, with three coming on the 5 on 3. Anssi Rantanen finished the game with three goals and Gergely Arany had the shutout.
Szabolcs Fodor, head coach, FTC: We started the game well and we were playing fast. We knew that they were going to be tired. We knew that if we play fast we can beat them, especially if we have power plays. After ten minutes the outcome of the game was already decided. We took our foot off the gas in the second, I talked to the players before the third and we raised our intensity back to the level that I would like to be at.
Greg Lindqvist, head coach, Brasov: Fradi was faster smarter and stronger, they scored on their first two shots in the game. We made a lot of mistakes from which we had penalties, Fradi took advantage of this. At 4-0 they already had the win. In the second period maybe we slowed them down a bit, but it was too late by then. It is my responsibility for how the team plays, I brought in the imports and I put together the tactics. We need to forget about this game as fast as we can.
