Machine-translated from Hungarian.
On Saturday evening, we played our second Andersen League match at home; this time, the lads took to the ice against newly promoted Vasas SC.
We’ve already played one Hungarian Cup and one EUHL match this week; we played some really good hockey in both games, and we needed to carry that form into this match as well.
We got off to a good start in the first period; you could really feel the pressure in our play, but we had to wait nearly seven minutes for the first goal, which was scored by our young centre, Sebestyén Csata, who cleverly slotted home a rebound. We continued to play with an attacking mindset, but the home side managed to break our momentum with a well-executed counter-attack, with Horácskó finding the net. The spectators didn’t have to wait long for a response either; Dániel Csölle fired off a long-range shot whilst on the power play, which Chmelik managed to save, but he was powerless against Bence Makovics. The team from the capital didn’t give up; just 40 seconds later, they capitalised on a defensive error, with the unmarked Szabó slotting the ball cleanly into Kornakker’s net. The excitement wasn’t over yet: Benedek Madácsi received a fine pass, which he ruthlessly converted, meaning we went into the break with a one-goal lead.
In the second period, the game almost turned in our favour; we had plenty of great chances and even more shots on target, but we could only convert one of them into a goal. Dani Csölle fired another long-range shot, which Beni Madácsi made a superb deflection, sending the puck unstoppably into Chmelik’s net.
Győr’s dominance continued into the final period; although they were unable to convert their chances into goals in the first half of the period, the ‘goal flood’ then began: Bendegúz Jábor, Sebestyén Csata, Benedek Madácsi and Dániel Csölle all found the net, thereby securing our victory. With just one minute remaining, the visitors managed to capitalise on a defensive error, but they could only reduce the deficit.
The home crowd were treated to a real joy to watch; it was a well-deserved end to this hard-fought week.
However, they won’t have time to get bored either: on Tuesday, they face Erste Liga side DVTK Jegesmedvék in Miskolc in the Hungarian Cup, whilst on Saturday they travel to Szeged for an Andersen League fixture.
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs VASAS SC: 8 – 3 (AL 57) Goalscorers: **#10 Sebestyén Csata (2), #8 Bence Makovics, #18 Benedek Madácsi (3), #17 Bendegúz Jábor, #19 Dániel Csölle (UNI GYŐR ETO) #62 Márk Horácskó, #78 Zalán Szabó, #86 Zsolt Mayer (Vasas)
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