RAHL2 – Round 10: HK Petržalka and Hockey for all both win 1:0, HC Senec score seven against Alpha

Round 10 of RAHL2 was played on Sunday 8 November. Two teams now share top spot on 15 points – HK Petržalka and Hockey for all, who both won 1:0. TJ Družstevník Petržalka are one point behind. The pairings were the same as in round 3, and the four games produced 18 goals, ten of them in Alpha Hockey Team against HC Senec. After round 11 next Sunday RAHL2 will reach the halfway point of the regular season.

Hockey for all – Uličníci 1:0: Husár decides it in the 4th minute

Hockey for all took revenge for round 3, when they lost 2:3 to Uličníci. The only goal of the game came in the 4th minute from Adam Husár, set up by Lukáš Šenkár and Matúš Chudý. No more goals followed, although both teams had power plays – Uličníci also at the very end, when Šenkár was in the penalty box from the 37th minute. Hockey for all won without conceding for the second time this season (previously 2:0 against HC Senec) and are unbeaten in seven games in a row – six wins and a draw. Uličníci failed to score for the first time this season.

TJ Družstevník Petržalka – Trnava Beast 4:2: two goals in 20 seconds

TJ Družstevník Petržalka returned to winning ways after losing the derby. Peter Tisovský opened the scoring in the 7th minute and 20 seconds later Ondro Lengyel made it 2:0. Trnava Beast pulled one back early in the second half through Roman Kováč, but less than a minute later Tisovský restored the two-goal lead. Michal Mašeja made it 3:2 in the 26th minute, and Tomáš Zsurik wrapped it up with a power-play goal in the 33rd minute, assisted by Martin Rázus and Lengyel.

Tisovský scored twice and with six goals is among the league's top scorers; Lengyel and Zsurik both had a goal and an assist. Trnava Beast are still waiting for their first win after ten games; their only point came from a draw with Uličníci.

Trnava Beast – HC Senec (round 6). Photo: RAHL

HK Petržalka – Lions 1:0: Jevčik in the 33rd minute

The league leaders had to wait until the second half for a goal. Tomáš Jevčik scored it in the 33rd minute, set up by Miloš Illovský, and it was the only goal of the game. HK Petržalka won without conceding for the second game in a row and the fourth time this season – in round 3 they beat Lions 5:0. Jevčik has six goals, the same as his teammate Matúš Kocún, Tomáš Šimek of Hockey for all and Tisovský. Lions have now failed to score in two games in a row and four times this season.

Alpha Hockey Team – HC Senec 3:7: five goals in eleven minutes

HC Senec settled the game early. Viktor Grell scored in the first minute, Adrián Gurčík made it 0:2 in the 8th minute, and although Marek Slávik pulled one back 16 seconds later, Senec then added three goals in less than three minutes – two from Roman Kubik and one from Tomaš Filak. After eleven minutes it was 1:5. In the second half Alpha Hockey Team twice reduced the deficit through Adam Čapka, the first on the power play, but Igor Podmanický and, in the 38th minute, Patrik Nguyen with a short-handed goal sealed the 3:7 win.

Kubik had two goals and two assists and with four points was the most productive player of the round; Grell added a goal and two assists. Seven goals is HC Senec's best tally of the season, and the team stays fourth on 12 points. Alpha Hockey Team lost for the second time in a row; Čapka had two goals and an assist and Róbert Capla two assists.

The standings: two leaders on 15 points

HK Petržalka and Hockey for all both have 15 points; first place goes to Petržalka on better goal difference (34:15 against 30:18). TJ Družstevník Petržalka are a point behind and have the league's best attack (35 goals). HC Senec have 12 points, Uličníci 10, Alpha Hockey Team seven, Lions six and Trnava Beast one. HK Petržalka have conceded the fewest goals (15) and also have the fewest penalties (14 in ten games).

Two games in round 10 ended 1:0 – before that only one game this season had finished that way, HC Senec – Alpha Hockey Team in round 3. The referees handed out 11 penalties, two each to Trnava Beast, HC Senec, Hockey for all and HK Petržalka.

Ondro Lengyel (TJ Družstevník Petržalka, no. 23) against Lions (round 6). Photo: RAHL

Points

The points list is still led by Matúš Kocún of HK Petržalka with 12 points (6+6), although he did not play on Sunday. Tomáš Jevčik of HK Petržalka (6+5), Tomáš Šimek of Hockey for all (6+5) and Michal Maličký of Lions (4+7) have 11 points each, and Peter Tisovský of TJ Družstevník Petržalka has ten (6+4). Adam Husár of Hockey for all has nine points (2+7), while Jaromir Čech of Hockey for all (4+4), Christian Badalov of Uličníci (3+5) and Tomáš Zsurik of TJ Družstevník Petržalka (3+5) have eight each. The top scorers, with six goals, are Kocún, Jevčik, Šimek and Tisovský.

Round 11: the halfway point of the regular season

Round 11 will be played on Sunday 15 November, after which RAHL2 will be at the halfway point of the regular season – we will review the first half in a separate article. The pairings are the same as in round 4: back then HK Petržalka beat Trnava Beast 10:1, Hockey for all won 2:0 against HC Senec, Uličníci beat TJ Družstevník Petržalka 2:1 and Alpha Hockey Team drew 2:2 with Lions.

8:30 Lions – Alpha Hockey Team
9:45 HC Senec – Hockey for all
11:00 Uličníci – TJ Družstevník Petržalka
12:15 Trnava Beast – HK Petržalka

Voting for the Superfanúšik Player of Round 10 is open until Sunday 15 November at 8:30 on the Player of the Round page.