Machine-translated from Hungarian.
The EUHL regular season is also drawing to a close, and what’s more, it’s shaping up to be a very busy finish for our team: three matches await the lads on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The first match took place last night, when we hosted University Spartacus from Košice at home. We had a score to settle, as the Košice side had got the better of us away from home a week ago.
Accordingly, the lads took to the ice with great determination and immediately put the visitors under pressure, which paid off in the second minute: following a brief scramble, Sebestyén Csata managed to ‘squeeze’ the puck into the net. 1–0
Over the next ten or so minutes, we managed to create several promising chances, but we failed to finish them off, and that came back to haunt us: first, Kassa equalised through Grega from a man-up situation, and then, a few minutes later, Tomala, who had been left unmarked, put them ahead. 1–2
There were only 3 minutes left of the first period, but we didn’t give up and managed to turn the score around just before the break! First, Benedek Madácsi scored his eighth goal of the 2024–25 EUHL season, then, half a minute later, Nikita Bogdanov found the net. 3–2
Győr’s clear dominance on the pitch continued into the second period, but the first goal came from the visitors: Miovkanych’s shot rebounded off the post and into the net. 3–3
After the equaliser, however, they were unable to regain the lead; Bendegúz Jábor produced a magnificent solo run, which he finished with a thunderous strike from the halfway line. 4–3
Six minutes later, Bence Makovics managed to extend our lead with a very skilful move: he set off from behind the goal with the puck, but, to everyone’s surprise, he shot it anyway, so the puck flew into the net off the back of the goalkeeper, who was just turning round. 5–3 Unfortunately, the goal was marred by an incident: an opposing player arrived too late and, after the shot had already been taken, knocked our goalscorer into the boards; he was injured and had to be taken to hospital with bruises. Regrettably, the referees did not penalise this tackle; instead, they penalised Benedek Madácsi’s reaction with a two-minute penalty.
Spartacus were once again able to capitalise on the resulting man advantage, with Grega scoring. 5–4
But the whistle signalling the second interval hadn’t sounded yet, and we made the most of this: Martin Sipák extended our lead to two again with a shot from an almost impossible angle. 6–4
The final period was almost a carbon copy of the start of the first, and after 2 minutes, Sebestyén Csata’s name appeared once again on the scoreboard as the goalscorer. 7–4
With nine minutes to go, we were given a – controversial – two-minute sending-off, and the visitors’ team called for a time-out. Although nearly half a period remained, Spartacus tried playing with an empty net, hoping to reduce their deficit with a 6-on-4 advantage. Fortunately, the plan didn’t work out; we managed to win the puck and Márk Vas beautifully lifted it into the opposition’s net from our own goal line, thereby sealing the match once and for all. 8–4
**A week after our defeat in Košice, we managed to get our own back and pick up three crucial points in the closing stages of the EUHL regular season.
On Friday we’re travelling to Zsolna, and on Saturday we have another match: we’ll be hosting the league-leading UMB team at home at 18:00.**
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs UNIVERSITY SPARTACUS: 8 – 4 (EUHL) Goalscorers: **#10 Sebestyén Csata (2), #18 Benedek Madácsi, #21 Nikita Bogdanov, #17 Bendegúz Jábor, #7 Martin Sipák, #9 Mrák Vas (UNI GYŐR ETO) #86 Grega (2), #97 Tomala, #Miovkanych (SPARTACUS)
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