A point was enough to put Karpat Oulu through in a low-scoring game at home to Vitkovice Ostrava. Read more in Gamecentre.

Karpat and Vitkovice played out a scoreless tie across 60 minutes, giving both sides a point each and meaning that the Oulu-side made it through to the next round. With overtime in session, it was Karpat who would eventually win the game as Mikko Niemela scored the only goal of the game with 2:03 remaining in sudden-death overtime.

"The game was quite difficult compared to the other games we played in Europe where we were better," the game's lone goal-scorer said afterward. "We weren't quite on the same page today. We had bad excecution in every department but we have to be satisfied about the win – it's always a good thing in this tournament."

The OT win is a good thing in this tournament for Karpat, as it comfortably in the next round, while putting Vitkovice level on points with Krefeld as the two sides battle for the other remaining spot in the Round of 32.

"It was a very tight game. We played very well defensively, but our attacking play was bad. Both goalies played well, but last year we played a lot better with the puck and tonight we didn't manage it well," said Karpat head coach Kai Suikkanen after the game.

Pavel Trnica, coach of Vitkovice, added, "We didn't play a very good game. We took some stupid penalties, and didn't score any goals. We're playing one of the best teams in Europe and we did ok but couldn't score any goals. We tried to put a lot of pucks on the net, but didn't managed to get any in."