The game started a bit slow for Hungary but they got stronger as the game went on. In the end they ended up winning 3-1 to extend their winning streak against Austria to four game.
Miklós Rajna: They had a stronger team than yesterday and they were moving every well at the start of the game. We reacted very well to this and this was the key to today’s game.
Bence Stipsicz: We messed up the switch the Austrian player was coming with momentum and was able to blow by me as I was standing still. It was good to play with both Varga and also with Pozsgai it was nothing big.
Vilmós Galló: We started the game a bit slow and we were still on the bus at the start of the game luckily Miki played great to keep us in the game. I am not familiar with my line mates from today or from yesterday but it was great playing with either player.
Bence Bálizs: I need to get used to this as well coming in halfway through the game, this is something that most goalies are not used to, we played well and we got the win.
Rich Chernomaz: We had younger line up than we did last night and this was evident during the first period and our defensemen were having troubling closing up to our forwards that were fore checking. Our power play still needs some work and we could have gone up on the 5 on 3.
Austrian coach Daniel Ratushny: It was a close game, we had the go ahead goal, and I think both teams played well. We made a mistakes in our end and they took advantage of it, but this is hockey, I think we took a step ahead today, and we are taking little steps.
Photo: László Mudra
ROSTER
Goalies (4): BÁLIZS Bence (MAC Budapest), HETÉNYI Zoltán, RAJNA Miklós (Fehérvár AV19), VAY Ádám (Debreceni HK)
Defencemen (13): ORBÁN Attila, SZIRÁNYI Bence, VARGA Arnold, WEHRS Kevin (Fehérvár), KISS Dániel (UTE), GARÁT Zsombor, MESTYÁN István, POZSGAI Tamás, STIPSICZ Bence (MAC), DUDÁS Jesse, GŐZ Balázs, SAGERT Kalvin, (DVTK), VAS Márton (Fassa)
Forwards (22): BANHAM Frank, BARTALIS István, BENK András, KOVÁCS Csaba, KÓGER Dániel, NAGY Gergő, REISZ Áron, SARAUER Andrew, SÁRPÁTKI Tamás, SIKORCIN Ladislav (Fehérvár), CSÁNYI Karol (UTE), ERDÉLY Csanád (Sioux Falls), SOMOGYI Balázs (DVTK), GALLÓ Vilmos (Linköping), HÁRI János (Leksand), KÖNCZEI Áron (Debrecen), MAGOSI Bálint (Briancon), NAGY Krisztián, TERBÓCS István (MAC), SEBŐK Balázs (KalPa), SOFRON István (Klagenfurt), VAS János (Slavia Praha)
SPRING SCHEDULE
Exhibition games
April 15th, Friday, 18.00 (Budapest): Hungary-Austria 4-0
April 16th, Saturday, 16.30 (Vienna): Austria-Hungary 1-3
April 20th Wednesday, 19.00 (Budapest): v Slovenia
April 29th, Friday, 19.00 (Budapest): v Kazakhstan
April 30th, Saturday, 19.00 (Budapest): v Russia B
World Championships, Russia
Group B (St. Petersburg)
May 7th, Saturday, 12.15 (11.15): v Slovakia
May 8th, Sunday, 12.15 (11.15): v Canada
May 10th, Tuesday, 20.15 (19.15): v France
May 11th, Wednesday, 20.15 (19.15): v Finland
May 13th, Friday, 16.15 (15.15): v USA
May 14th, Saturday, 16.15 (15.15): v Belarus
May 16th, Monday, 20.15 (19.15): v Germany
(CET)