Fehérvár AV19-Vasas Budapest
Game 1 Fehérvár-Vasas 6-4
The first game of the best of three Hungarian series was played in Fehérvár, Dávid Kiss gave Martin Szeles the start with László Székely Mádai countering with Kristóf Bozsó between the pipes. Patrik Török scored the only goal of the first period to give the home team the lead after the first twenty minutes. In the opening minutes of the second period Vasas flipped the score to go up 2-0 on goals by Tamás Varga and Armand Szlepka, Volán scored two unanswered of their own to take a 3-2 lead when Benedek Madácsi and Hunor Császár found the back of the net. In the early part of the third Császár scored again and less then a minute later Botond Erdély made it 5-2, at this time Vasas switched goalies. Vasas goals by Rajmond Bukor and Attila Csíki brought it back to a one goal game, Arnold Buzás scored a late power play goal to give Volán the two goal win.
Game 2 Vasas-Fehérvár 1-2
In the game in Budapest Vasas gave Csaba Medgyes the start in net with Fehérvár countering with Martin Szeles between the pipes. Vasas scored first on their home ice when Armand Szlepka put the puck past Szeles, minutes later Bence Makovics pulled Fehérvár even. The game stayed tied even at 1-1 until the final minute of the second period when Bence Szabó scored the second and what end up winning the series winning goal.
Fehérvár head coach Dávid Kiss: Both team s played an offensive style, the second game was more defensive, Vasas was tired by the end of the game, we were able to play with four lines, which is key at this time of the season. I am very happy with the way we played.
MAC Budapest-HC Znojmo
Game 1 MAC-Znojmo 6-0
The top ranked MAC hosted the Czech club for game one, Balázs Kangyal gave Boldizsár Győri the start in net. The first period was all MAC as they put the puck past the Znojmo goalie four times, twice on the same Czech power play for two shorthanded goals. Gábor Türmer put a rebound in to go up 1-0. Barna Majoross and Dávid Sebestyén both scored short handed on rebounds, with Gergely Tóth scoring in the last minute of the first period. Árpád Lőczi and Richárd Kedves added a goal in each of the second and third period to set the 6-0 win.
Game 2 Znojmo-MAC 1-8
The second game of the three game series was much like game one in Budapest, Kristóf Nagy started in net. Znojmo scored the opening goal of the game in the first period, with the MAC tying goal not coming until the second half of the game. Marko Djumic tied it up and Bruno Kreisz making it 2-1 as the two teams headed into the final twenty minutes. MAC scored six unanswered in the final period, Richárd Kedves made it 3-1 with Nándor Fejes scoring a shorthanded goal to make it 4-1. Ákos Szigeti would score twice with Bence Korchma and Gábor Türmer score once each to set the final at 8-1.
MAC coach Marton Tibor: There is always another level to improve to, we did not play a perfect game. We played well from start to finish but were did not take advantage of the scoring chances until the third period. Znojmo isn’t a bad team they were playing without two of their top scorers.