A resounding victory in the first home match! UNI GYŐR ETO vs FTC 12:2
Machine-translated from Hungarian.
We played our first home match on Saturday in the Andersen League. We hosted FTC-Telekom, so we were expecting a really fast-paced, high-scoring match – and the large crowd of supporters who turned up certainly weren’t disappointed.
The match got off to a fast start; barely three minutes had passed when Dániel Taródi found the back of the visitors’ net. We didn’t have to wait long; a minute later, Richárd Horváth scored his first goal in the Andersen League. FTC then managed to score as well (Máté), but Márk Nagy replied just a few minutes later.
The team’s momentum didn’t falter after the break**; Márk Almási scored twice, Márk Nagy and Richárd Horváth found the net again, and the young Norbert Lévai also scored in the second period. With one minute remaining in the second period, the visitors managed to find the back of the home net for the second time (Komáromy). We thought the score would remain 8–2 until the end of the period, but Márk Koczkás extended our lead further 40 seconds before the buzzer.
The final 20 minutes also saw plenty of goals, but this time the puck only found its way into the visitors’ net. In the first half of the period, Filipp Nesterov scored ETO’s tenth goal, followed shortly afterwards by Norbert Lévai, who netted the eleventh. Márk Nagy sealed the 12–2 final score for our team, thereby scoring a hat-trick in his first home match.
It was a particular pleasure to see the forward-thinking play of so many home-grown, young players’ forward-thinking play, whilst the increasingly strong team spirit and combination play demonstrated to the supporters that the second-tier league, the Andersen League’s rightful place in Hungarian ice hockey.
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs FTC-Telekom: 12 – 2(AL9) Goal scorers: #10 Dániel Taródi, #11 Richárd Horváth (2), #18 Márk Nagy (3), #12 Márk Almási (2), #15 Norbert Lévai (2), #3 Márk Koczkás, #9 Filipp Nesterov (ETO) #48 Máté, #38 Komáromy (FTC)
We’ve put together a selection of the best photos from the match in our gallery: