Hungary opened its Four Nations Tournament in St. Pölten with a 1-0 a shootout win against Slovenia.
The early game was a close one as host Austria won against Italy in a shootout as well, prevailing 5-4 at the end.
Hungary-Slovenia was an even tighter affair as neither side was able to score over the course of three periods plus OT.
Slovenia goalie Nejc Zagar stood on his head stopping 38 shots in the process, while Hungary's netminder Dominik Horvath also worked perfectly, stopping 28.
Even the shooutout itself was as close as it can get as it stayed 1-1 after three shots each. However, in the extra round only Ádám Szűcs could score and Jus Cerne couldn't, therefore Team Hungary won its first game of the tournament.
Team Hungary will play against Italy on Friday afternoon at 17.40, and will close its tourno against Austria on Sunday at 13.40.
FOUR NATIONS TORUNAMENT, ST. PÖLTEN
Day 1
Hungary-Slovenia 1-0
Austria-Italy 5-4
Day 2
Hungary-Italy
Austria-Slovenia
Day 3
Austria-Hungary
Slovenia-Italy
TEAM HUNGARY
Goalies(3): Farkas Roland (MAC), Horváth Bendegúz (Zalai Titánok), Horváth Dominik (Ifj. Ocskay Gábor Jégkorong Akadémia)
Defensemen (8): Bogesic Vedran, Dóczi Zsombor, Kármán Zsombor (MAC Budapest), Horváth András (PHC Farkasok), Horváth Milán, Kokas Balázs, Nochta Kristóf (Ifj. Ocskay Gábor Jégkorong Akadémia), Jarács Roland (UTE)
Forwards (11): Kis Olivér, Somogyi Nátán, Szűcs Ádám (Ifj. Ocskay Gábor Jégkorong Akadémia), Fajcsák Tamás, Kaposi József (UTE), Filep Zsombor, Kozma Ferenc (DHK), Karl Bence (MAC Budapest), Kónya Krisztián (Linz), Mesterházy Bálint (St. Pölten), Sárdi Máté (HK Dukla Trencin)
STAFF
Head coach: Glen Williamson
Assistant coaches: Ondrejcik Rastislav, Szongoth Kristóf
Goalie coach: Farkas Tamás
Equipment manager: Speier Kálmán
Team Leader: Végh Benedek