Farjestad Karlstad are the second team in three days to win in Krakow, downing Comarch Cracovia 4-1. Read more in Gamecentre.
As was the case on Wednesday, Cracovia were under siege early on their home ice, this time from Farjestad. They opened the scoring early on a power-play goal by Milan Gulas on a deflection, but Cracovia answered before the period's midpoint, with Damian Kapica recovering a rebound and backhanding it in from a tight angle. Farjestad opened up the game in the second, however, with three goals – two of them on nice shots by Per Aslund – to lead 4-1.
“It was a little hard at the start. We didn’t know what to expect because it was our first game versus Polish team,” said Frolunda coach Leif Carlsson. “We had a tie after the first period but in the second period we started to move the puck how we wanted to. I think that we won this game in the second period. In the third period we controlled the situation on the ice. For us it was a good game. It was a different kind of hockey but still it was a good experience for us. Now we move to Prague and we will play against Sparta on Sunday.”
The final score was 5-1, making it two valliant efforts on home ice for Cracovia, but two losses nonetheless against stiff opponents.
“We played best in the first period,” figured Cracovia coach Rudolf Rohacek. “I think that we had a close game in the first 20 minutes. We had our chances and played dynamically. In the second period our opponent started playing much better. They moved the puck very fast, which caused us a problem. In the third period we didn’t want to give up – we tried to play our game to the end of the game. I want to thank my team for those games, for the commitment and for the fight. Of course, now we have a lot of material to analyze. We must improve a lot of elements of our game.”