In a game between two teams that lost their first game, Krefeld Pinguine beat Vitkovice Ostrava on home ice. Read more in Gamecentre.

Both teams had lost their opening Group E encounter to Karpat Oulu, and for the first 53 minutes of this one neither team made a move to win this one either. But when the game was on the line, Krefeld Pinguine's captain and living legend, Daniel Pietta, set up two goals to give his team all the offence it needed. First he worked a nice give-and-go with Marcel Muller, backhanding a pass from the top of the circle that went off Muller's skate and in with 6:41 to play. After a video review, the goal was confirmed. With less than three minutes to play,he put the game away by sending a pass from behind the net out front for Dragan Umicevic to bang home.

Until that point, neither Krefeld's Patrik Galbraith or Vitkovice's Patrik Bartosak had shown any chinks in their armour. In the end, it was the Dane Galbraith who was victorious in the duel, making 30 saves for the shutout to move his team into second place in the group.

Krefeld head coach Franz Fritzmeier summarized, "Our netminder played extremely well tonight, and he gave us a chance to win along with our whole defensive play. We had quite a few chances but eventually were able to get the goals at the end."

Ostrava head coach Jakub Petr explained, "We had a long trip yesterday, played very physically in the opening period and had some chances. In the middle session it was a different story, they put us under a lot of pressure and then in the third it was always going to be about who could get the goal. I don't think they were better, but they scored and we didn't.