Machine-translated from Hungarian.
We were preparing for our final home match of the Andersen League regular season, hosting last year’s semi-finalists, the Worm Angels from Dunaújváros, on Saturday evening. We took to the ice knowing that if we won both of our remaining matches, we would be certain to enter the play-offs at the top of the table.
Accordingly, we threw ourselves into the game with tremendous vigour; our dominance in the first period was unquestionable, as demonstrated by the fact that we had four times as many shots on goal! However, we were only able to convert our dominance into a goal – or goals – at the very end of the period: first, Márk Almási skilfully won the puck in the 18th minute and passed to the unmarked Richárd Horváth (1–0), then, two minutes later, shortly before the whistle, Benedek Madácsi intercepted a pass from the visitors and played it to Márk Koczkás, who showed no mercy to Pinczés. (2–0)
We managed to maintain our dominance in the second period as well (with nearly twice as many shots on goal), but none of our attempts found their way into the Dunaújváros net, so, apart from a single sending-off for the visitors, the middle 20 minutes passed without incident.
It looked as though we’d have to go without any goals in the final period too, but the ‘ice was broken’ in the eight minutes before the final whistle. Norbert Lévai’s shot was blocked, but Balázs Takács, arriving at just the right moment, beat the visitors’ goalkeeper (3–0). Four minutes later, Benedek Madácsi found the net, firing a fine shot into the bottom right corner. After the face-off, even the visitors managed to create a chance, with Szakács putting all his strength into a mid-range shot, Kornakker was unable to react in time. (4–1) Fortunately, we still had some fire left in our tank, so we were able to round off the match with a home goal: Almási skilfully won the puck behind the goal and passed it to Benedek Madácsi, who scored his second goal of the match. (5–1)
We have taken another step towards winning the regular season, and there is now just one hurdle left to overcome: next Saturday’s away match against FTC-Telekom.
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs WORM ANGELS: 5–1 (AL102) Goalscorers: **#11 Richárd Horváth, #7 Martin Sipák, #3 Balázs Takács, #18 Benedek Madácsi (2) (UNI GYŐR ETO) **#11 Szakács (WA)
We’ve put together a selection of the best photos from the match in our gallery:
Photo: Dr Krisztina Németh-Csigai
Fotó: Dr. Németh-Csigai Krisztina