The end of the third period

Attackers of ESC broke into the zone without noticing that they had lost the puck. A clear check.

Krupp Tummler securing a pass couldn't see the opponent. He falls onto the ice gathering ice chips. It was hard on him

Bulat Bulanov rushes in front to meet the forward who falls over him though the puck is pressed to the ice by a goalkeeper

Jakob vonWieser took the defender away and he is ready to hit the target!

The puck bounces back to the Monarchs zone

Some hustle on the slot of Monarchs, several attempted shots but the puck never finds a way across the finishing tape

Martin Breguet appears right in front of the goalkeeper…

:foward breathes heavily - he crossed the blue line in a rush

The puck is in Bulat Bulanov trapper

The goalkeeper’s view is closed! Point-blank shot!

ESC players entered the opponent's zone with no efforts

Bulat Bulanov saw every movement and it wasn't hard to parry the puck

Navum Fartunau flicks from the blue line…

Mitrofan Marakou is in the opponent's zone

Face-off occured. ESC holds the puck

The puck hits the pad's edge and almost crosses the cage line - Bulat Bulanov manages to throw it away just in time

The cross turned into a shot, Navum Fartunau hurries for a putback.

ESC cought the opponent on change

Eraldo Giraldoni is not as easy as a pie. He stopped the attack single-handed

A penalty. Exupere Dumont 2 minutes

A penalty within the team Monarchs

Metod Ninis catches the puck in the air and hides it behind the defensemen

Bully-off to the right; Radek Brizgala with the puck – a chance!

As Pavel Jezek entered the zone, the rest of the team catches up

Annoying people at the slot weren't an issue as Metod Ninis is strong

Eber Berzins shoots!

Monarchs is attacking. the opponent is blocked in the zone

Centres look cross at each other. Hugolin Handzus wins the duel

Players of Monarchs initiate the attack

A penalty. Neidhart Margreiter 2 minutes

Roughing by Neidhart Margreiter

Petr Kousalik played splendidly at the spot

Artyom Kazakov checks cleanly, skilfully twisting the baton

All under control. Metod Ninis plays confident

Hugolin Handzus is left alone on the slot!

Vasily Kolas watches out for a partner to send a pass to

A penalty. Ashton Tweed 2 minutes

Ashton Tweed breaks the rules

Bulat Bulanov catches the puck with his trapper - a perfect save for a slick magazine's cover!

Vilis Cakste flicks from the blue line…

Not for the first time Gottlieb Schwarzenberger exhibits proficiency, switching his team to attack

Krupp Tummler made a perfect turn on the slot and managed to sent a puck in the cage!

Goal. 1-3. Krupp Tummler

ESC players spun a carousel in the opponent’s zone, Krupp Tummler shoots

ESC forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Metod Ninis catches the puck with a trapper

Unexpected pass - Gustave Chouard breaks into position!

Imants Porejs charged through to the oponent's zone lika knife through butter

Loosing track of the puck Metod Ninis lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

The defence of the ESC has failed. Anatoliy Varlamov shoots!

Monarchs players entered the opponent's zone with no efforts

First-class clean check by a defensman of ESC

Only Radek Brizgala managed to get rid of growing threat of a shot, selflessly blocking a powerfull pass

Gaetan Rühl has the nerves of steel that weren't shaken by the forward

Bulat Bulanov pressed the puck to the ice and tucked himself up getting ready for a face-off

The players huddled at the cage like in a narrow room – dangerous!

Monarchs skipped a beat and Emanuele Fabbry is in the zone already

Start of the third period

The end of the second period

Monarchs attempts to enter the opponent's zone

A splendid wrist shot by Artyom Kazakov! Puck's in the net!

Goal. 1-2. Artyom Kazakov

Artyom Kazakov starts attacking, he gave it, got it – he can shoot!

Gottlieb Schwarzenberger does a buttonhook. ESC is advancing

A penalty. Trent Tarnasky 2 minutes

Trent Tarnasky commits a faul

A penalty. Artyom Kazakov 2 minutes

An unsuccessful hip-check by Artyom Kazakov. That's a penalty

Just waving by guesswork Bulat Bulanov found the puck in the trapper

The cross turned into a shot, Gottlieb Schwarzenberger hurries for a putback.

The puck bounces back to the Monarchs zone

With no hint on violence, defense of ESC closed all the clear zones and gained the puck

Defensemen didn't give a chance to sit it out and pushed the opponent out of the zone

An intense fight broke out at face-off! But however Gustave Chouard prooved to be faster and won it for his team

Players of ESC were struggling to get to the slot so hard that swept away the cage

A strong flick by Georg Vauclair succeds! Goalie didn't have time to react!

Goal. 1-1. Georg Vauclair

Row of passes, attackers kept the puck, it's time to shoot - Georg Vauclair is in favourable position!

Georg Vauclair shows magnificent stickwork and enters the opponent's zone

A penalty. Navum Fartunau 2 minutes

Rough play by Navum Fartunau. Minor penalty, no doubt

Bulat Bulanov covers the puck being backed up by a defeseman, making a skate save. He shouldn't have yawned

Antonin Pavelek already prepares to shoot!

Forwards of ESC entered the zone of Monarchs

A crashing hip-check demonstrated by Gaetan Rühl

A penalty. Daniil Diev 2 minutes

A penalty within the team Monarchs

Bulat Bulanov put an end to one ow the most beautiful cominations of the day...what profeciency!

Jakob vonWieser shoots against the defenseman

With his pass Martin Breguet simply cuts apart Monarchs defence

First-class clean check by a defensman of ESC

Metod Ninis parries, the puck wasn't left on the slot for good but quckly pressed down

Hugolin Handzus playfully handled the defender

A sprint drive! Pavel Jezek enters the zone

The puck is in Metod Ninis trapper

Partners skillfully brought Gaetan Rühl to the final shot…

Petr Kousalik charged through to the oponent's zone lika knife through butter

The puck hits the pad's edge and almost crosses the cage line - Metod Ninis manages to throw it away just in time

Monarchs sniper charges from the blue line!

:foward breathes heavily - he crossed the blue line in a rush

A penalty. Stanislav Satek 2 minutes

By the way, we got a penalty here

What a moment it was for Exupere Dumont! But Metod Ninis did well in the frame. What cold blood!

Swift shot!

Each pass is tape-to-tape, as well as every movement. Monarchs enters the zone as if by the guidline

Metod Ninis chose low position and luckily covered the corner with the leg pad

Shot from the blue line!

Not for the first time Pavel Jezek exhibits proficiency, switching his team to attack

Goalie parries the shot, the puck is left on the slot sliding and Bulat Bulanov just falls over it - the puck is not going anywhere

Louie Thorsen circles the penalty zone, passes and gets the puck again!

Thanks to his personal performance Krupp Tummler made himself comfortable in the Monarchs zone

The team is saved by Metod Ninis! A copy-book move with the shield

Matthias Berend partners put the puck right on the hook… shot!

Monarchs forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

Faceoff in the centre ice, ESC is with the puck

Start of the second period

The end of the first period

Goalie was confused by change of puck's direction! Vilis Cakste swung his baton!

Goal. 0-1. Vilis Cakste

Events unfold rapidly - Vilis Cakste is brought for the shot!

:foward breathes heavily - he crossed the blue line in a rush

The whole areay is on lockdown by Bulat Bulanov. He leaves no single chance to the opponent

Emanuele Fabbry shoots against the defenseman

Mitrofan Marakou moved aside, spinned in place and entered the zone

Loosing track of the puck Bulat Bulanov lands on his leg pads and does it just in time to block the low shot

ESC greatly played the puck and Navum Fartunau is left eye to eye with the goalkeeper. Shot!

An outstanding pass performed by Navum Fartunau

The puck bounces off from the pad and keeps on rolling just in front of the cage but finally Bulat Bulanov manages to win it over

Mitrofan Marakou goes to the cage – swing, shot!

ESC players entered the opponent's zone with no efforts

An intense fight broke out at face-off! But however Emanuele Fabbry prooved to be faster and won it for his team

After the shot puck is stuck somewhere in goalie's gear

Vilis Cakste slips between defenders, open for the pass – He gets it!

Vilis Cakste took the bit between his teeth

A penalty. Radek Brizgala 2 minutes

By the way, we got a penalty here

Metod Ninis - perfect play with the trapper

Gustave Chouard goes to the cage – swing, shot!

Monarchs cought the opponent on change

Gottlieb Schwarzenberger leaves no chance to the opponnent in face-off

A slack shot performed by Vasily Kolas. The goalkiper of ESC handels it quite easily

Vasily Kolas flicks to the cage

Vasily Kolas is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

Some hustle on the slot of ESC, several attempted shots but the puck never finds a way across the finishing tape

It's not a child's play to sneak through the defence to the cage - Pavel Jezek did it!

Vasily Kolas is on the roll, thinking of no pass enters the zone himself

Petr Kousalik played splendidly at the spot

A penalty. Irinej Remizov 2 minutes

We hear a whistle and it seems we have a penalty

Artyom Kazakov stands strong on the blue line and meets the opponent

Occasional defenseman jumps in front of the shooter - carom - Metod Ninis leads the puck away with the shield

It seemed that from nothing there is a moment at the cage

With his pass Hugolin Handzus simply cuts apart ESC defence

A penalty. Irinej Remizov 2 minutes

We hear a whistle and it seems we have a penalty

Squeezed between his own sluggish defesemen, Bulat Bulanov manages to writhe himself free and press the puck in this mess!

Swift shot!

The puck bounces back to the Monarchs zone

Metod Ninis saves his team!

Swift shot!

Monarchs cought the opponent on change

Face-off occured. ESC holds the puck

Bulat Bulanov saw every movement and it wasn't hard to parry the puck

Gottlieb Schwarzenberger took the defender away and he is ready to hit the target!

Gottlieb Schwarzenberger looms up on the blue line, asks for the puck and gets it

Under a head of steam Bulat Bulanov rases the button and using his shield throws the puck over the cage

Vilis Cakste scraped the puck out of the tangle of fighting – he goes to the cage!

ESC forwards reached the opponent's zone off the cuff

A penalty. Eraldo Giraldoni 2 minutes

Eraldo Giraldoni couldn't hold his combatative spirit back. That's just one of those things

A penalty. Tim Gade 2 minutes

Tim Gade couldn't hold his combatative spirit back. That's just one of those things

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