Extraliga Round 5

Plenty of goals in the Extraliga tonight...

RI OKNA Zlín 6-3 Litvínov - Zlín bounce back after a heavy defeat to dish out one of their own. The home-side were 4-0 up at one point before Litvínov finally broke through the Zlín D twice within a minute during the 3rd. They scored at 45:55 and 46:28 to put some doubt into the minds of the Zlín support. The Banana boys made sure of the points shortly afterwards though when Lubomír Vosátko bagged his 2nd of the night to really kill off the game. Radim Skuhrovec made the scoreline a little more respectable late on.

Vítkovice Steel 8-3 GEUS OKNA Kladno - Goals galore in Ostrava. The game was actually close after the 1st period. There was only a single goal in it at the time as Vitkovice went in to the break 3-2 up. The Steelers pulled further away in the 2nd adding another two goals before completely destroying Kladno in the 3rd with three more goals. Jiří Burger netted the 8th.

I'm going to run a Jiří Burger watch this season. In the Tipsport cup pre-season he scored 3+1 in 3 games played and so far in the Extraliga after 5 games played he is sitting at 1+1

Ústí nad Labem 2-6 Mountfield - C.B jumped to the top of the league after a convincing win over Ústí. The visitors shared the goals between six different players too. Mountfield could be an outside bet to win the competition this season. Their early season form proves they will be stiff competition for any of the other teams in the league.

Plzeň 4-3 Znojmo - SO - It's going to be another one of those consistantly inconsistant season for Znojmo. They lose game that most of their fans will feel they can and should win. Not having Jiří Trvaj between the nets has certainly hurt them so far this season but I expect better things from them once he is back between the pipes.

Slavia 5-2 Třinec - David Hruška bagged a hat-trick at the Sazka as Slavia put their loss to city rivals Sparta well and truely behind them. Adam Svoboda was solid in the nets too making 25 saves for the Praha club.

Liberec 1-4 Karlovy Vary - I knew Karlovy Vary were going to be good this season and tonights result away to Liberec really does show their new found confidence and strength. The club from east of them Czech Republic have a fantastic roster. Marek Melenovský, Jaroslav Kristek, Vítězslav BílekMilan Kraft, Petr Kumstát, Milan Procházka, Václav Skuhravý give them a good depth of forwards upfront and on the D they have the experience of Petr Mudroch and Miroslav Duben to protect new Czech international goalie Lukáš Mensator.I aslo like the big bottle of Becherovka on their home-page!

1. HC MOUNTFIELD 5 23:11 13
2. HC Energie Karlovy Vary 5 20:10 12
3. Bílí Tygři Liberec 5 13:8 11
4. HC Slavia Praha 5 20:15 10
5. RI OKNA Zlín 5 15:14 10
6. HC Vítkovice Steel 5 18:13 9

7. HC Sparta Praha 4 11:10 7
8. HC Lasselsberger Plzeň 5 18:18 7
9. HC Znojemští Orli 5 13:15 6
10. HC Litvínov 5 14:17 6

11. HC Oceláři Třinec 5 9:17 3
12. HC GEUS OKNA Kladno 5 12:21 3
13. HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi 5 10:20 3
14. HC Moeller Pardubice 4 11:18 2