Hydo Fehérvár AV19 was able to travel to the home of the defending champions of the regular season by winning both of their previous two matches, and also beating their opponent 4-0 at home. As a result, the peopel of Klagenfurt had a burning desire to fight back, and after two victories, they were in good shape for the meeting.
The host Klagenfurt got off to a great start to the match, taking the lead in the fifth minute thanks to Mathias From’s goal. 1-0. A good four minutes later, Daniel Oberseiner also scored, so the difference was already two. 2-0. Although the boys of Dávid Kiss tried to resist the domestic attacks,they capitulated again in the 15th minute,this time Jesper Jensen Aabo found Rasmus Reijola’s goal,3-0.
After the smooth first period, Dávid Kiss failed to shake up the guys during the break, so much so that Klagenfurt scored another goal in the 27th minute. After Thimo Nickl and Jensen Aabo’s interplay, Obersteiner scored his second goal, moreover, with his team playing with a man disadvantage. 4-0. The attacking machinery of the Austrians did not stop in the continuation, and the defense of the Székesfehérvárs could not find the antidote. In the 38th minute, Raphael Herburger took advantage of the chance before him, while the home team played with a man advantage. 5-0.
In the third period, the Volán seemed to have arrived on the ice, as the Székesfehérvár guard managed to close to three in five minutes with christopher Brown’s double. 5-2. Although the boys of Dávid Kiss fought tooth and nail to catch up even more, they did not succeed, in fact, in the 57th minute, Klagenfurt definitively decided the fate of the match with a goal from From in a man advantage situation. 6-2. The scoring didn’t stop here, first AV19 got the better of István Bartalis, but Jan Mursak restored the four-goal difference and set the final score, 7-3.
Obersteiner played a key role in Klagenfurt’s victory, scoring two goals and an assist in the match, but the role of unterweger is also unquestionable, as he provided three assists on the night, while From also doubled, just like Obersteiner. For Székesfehérvár, brown and István Bartalis should be highlighted, the former scored twice, and the latter distributed two assists in addition to one goal.