Hungary ends Austrian promotion dream
Team Hungary scored three goals in the final period to overcome a two-goal deficit against Team Austria and advance to the Division I finals. They will battle for promotion to the top division.
| Game no. 37 • bSF • Fri 24/6/2011 • 17:00 • Schedule and results | ||
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Hungary |
5:4 |  Austria |
| (0:0, 1:3, 1:1, 3:0) | ||
| Kiss T. (Balizs) - Lencses, Revak, Kiss A., Rafaj - Orban, Bontovics, Szappanos, Feil - Fekecs, Borbas, Pilcsik, Dancsfalvi - Kordisz | Schilcher (Reiter) - Altmann, Reiner, Baumgartner, Riegler - Weiszensteiner, Kugerl, Quinz, Dorazil - Niec, Walchshofer, Draschkowitz L., Draschkowitz Ch. | |
| Goals and assists: 18. Szappanos (Orban, Bontovics), 26. Feil (Szappanos, Bontovics), 38. Feil (Szappanos), 46. Revak (Feil), 48. Szappanos (Feil) - 13. Draschkowitz L. (Walchshofer, Niec), 15. Riegler (Reiner, Quinz), 16. Quinz (Riener, Kugerl), 36. Draschkowitz Ch. (Draschkowitz L., Niec) | ||
| Shots: 25:35
(3:11, 4:11, 12:5, 6:8).
Penalties: 0:1.
PP goals: 0:0.
SH goals: 0:0. Refferees: Friday (CAN), Aumueller (GER). Audience: 38. |
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 Live coverage on onlajny.cz | ||
Game report
Austria dominated early in the game and converted the pressure into an opening goal at 12:18, when Lukas Draschkowitz beat Kiss on his glove side. Two minutes later, Riegler finished a nice combination move and increased his team’s lead to 2-0. Things looked even worse for Hungary when Marco Quinz added a third goal with a long-range slapshot.
However, Hungary did not give up and immediately took one goal back thanks to David Szappanos’s close range rebound. Arnodl Feil continued Hungarian’s push with a wristshot early in the third period, but Austria found another goal just two seconds before the end of that period with Christoph Draschkowitz’s individual effort and with 4-2 up and 12 minutes to go, the favorites seemed to be in firm control of the game.
Things turned out in a bit different way, though, and Arnold Feil got Hungary back in the game in a second minute of the last period. “We tried to increase our tempo further and further,” said Feil. “Our goalkeeper had a great day and our defense was good, too.” Zoltan Revak equalized four minutes from time on a quick breakaway and Hungarian dominance resulted in the winning goal, scored by David Szappanos 57 seconds before the end of final period.
Author: Lukas Peroutka
Game reactions
Tamas Dobos (Team Hungary coach): We thought Austria is the best team in Division I, at least before coming to Pardubice. Our second line had an incredible game today, they scored four goals and that decided the game. We were 0-3 down, but still believed we can win. We are not afraid of switching to a different playing surface in CEZ Arena, because we have no playing surface in Hungary at all.
Jurgen Leibig (Team Austria coach): It was a very good game. We knew Hungary plays a careful and defensive hockey. Tactically we played a good game.
