The demon Kacetl did not shut down the engine. Horrible intro and bad luck, but still great

The aura of the winner and champion of big matches remained in Třinec. The worst thing that can happen to a goaltender in their first start in the playoffs. After a few seconds, he slammed his hockey stick on the ice three times, saying that an attacker was driving behind the defenders. But this was not the problem after all. Milan Gulaš brought the puck up, shot and hit the right concrete from a relatively long distance. Kacetl scored from the first shot when 27 seconds had elapsed. During the interruption, all the players went to pat him with a hockey stick in the style: nothing is happening, calm down.

In the first period, it seemed that the pilot and Třinec took it to České Budějovice via Sao Paulo and that the team was traveling due to jet lag. Lose? Becomes. Kacetl had to listen to the classic “hole, hole” from the fans when leaving his goal during the break. But he equalized with the conceded goal. You could see that he had something behind him, he believed in himself. He scored the first save after Valský’s shot in the 2nd minute. But he still conceded again before the break. The second puck was unluckily poked behind by defender Smith.

České Budějovice’s joy after Jáchym Kondelík’s goal • Photo by CTK

To be Třinec’s goalkeeper in the second period? Slow down to stuff Sudoku and a pencil into your pants. Only two shots were fired at Kacetl, both of which he had. But far more dangerous were the things that do not count in the firing column. Simon had the tut, but in a great position on the circles he shot poorly, both near and over. And a great thing was demonstrated by Kubík, who rushed to the chance and dealt with Kacetl as well. He spread it out, waited for it to go down, then finished with a backhand. Click for the goalie that he only hit the post.

České Budějovice’s Adam Kubík tries to get the puck behind Ondřej Kacetla • Photo CTK/Pancer Václav

At 2:0 in favor of Budějovice, Třinec pressed into the attack, it had to. So the Engine waited for the moment to fly out and bite a third time. It came about seven minutes into the third period, when Kacetl had to deal with three shots in a short sequence. First, he pulled out a Goulash bomb with his shoulder, then he had a blow from Kondelík and took away Ordoš’s best chance. This gave the Steelers a chance to keep pushing to turn the game around. The goalkeeper was very focused, and in addition, he also managed the subsequent two weakenings with the defensive team.

Jáchym Kondelík scored Motor’s second goal • Photo by CTK