Machine-translated from Hungarian.
On Saturday evening, the crowd were treated to the final home match of 2023, as our team hosted FTC-Telekom, who are third in the table, in the Andersen League.
The first period turned out to be rather ‘sluggish’; the teams didn’t go at each other straight away, but we had no cause for complaint regarding the number of shots on goal, which paid off in the 17th minute: Ádám Kiss received a superb pass from Bendegúz Jábor, who was returning from injury, and made no mistake with it. We would have liked to go into the first break with a more comfortable lead, but there were no further goals in the period.
Both teams came out for the second period at a noticeably higher tempo, but the team from the capital coped better with the change of pace, managing to score the equaliser through Pella in the very second minute. A good ten minutes later, Fradi had taken the lead, with Horváth finding the net. It looked very much as though the visitors would go into the break with the lead, but once again the team’s mental strength – which has improved immensely this season – came to the fore: 4! seconds before the whistle, the well-positioned Benedek Madácsi received a beautiful, long pass from Bence Láday, leaving Földes with no chance of saving it.
The final period started with a clean slate, and a thoroughly even contest unfolded, with both sides missing chances. No goals were scored in the 20 minutes, so we were set for our first period of extra time this season in front of our home crowd. We lined up with the Madácsi-Almási-Csölle trio for the extra five minutes and, fortunately, no substitutions were needed to score the winning goal: following a superb save by Mészáros, Márk Almási burst across the rink with the puck and gave Földes little chance, firing the decisive goal into the top right corner with ruthless precision.
Towards the end of the match, the large crowd in attendance were once again treated to some thrilling moments, and we ended the year with a victory at the Győr Ice Sports Centre.
The lads still have a match against Vasas coming up on the 23rd, and after a short break, we’ll be back in action in January with renewed vigour.
Thank you to our supporters for your encouragement throughout the year – see you in 2024!
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs FTC-Telekom: 3 – 2 a.e.t. (AL107) Goalscorers: **#20 Ádám Kiss, #18 Benedek Madácsi, #14 Márk Almási (UNI GYŐR ETO) **#64 Pella, #26 Horváth (FTC)
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