HC Verva Litvinov climbed out of a three-goal first-period hole to beat Bili Tygri Liberec 5-4 in a shootout, taking the skills competition 3-2. The comeback was built on a four-goal run across the middle and final periods after Liberec had made the opening 15 minutes look routine.
Adam Najman scored in the first minute off Filip Sandberg, Lukas Kachlir made it 0-2 at 10 on a Jaromir Pytlik feed, and Radan Lenc pushed it to 0-3 at 15. David Kampf's unassisted goal at 18 cut it to 1-3 after 20, and Michal Gut (25) and Petr Koblasa (31) tied it before Sandberg restored the Liberec lead at 38 for a 3-4 margin through two. Ondrej Kase's goal at 51 leveled it at 4-4 and nothing separated the teams in overtime.
Sandberg was the game's most productive skater with a goal and two assists, all three of Liberec's first-period strikes bearing his name or his finish. Litvinov's answer was distribution: five different scorers, and the shootout ultimately settled it 3-2.