HC Vitkovice Steel U20 held off BK Mlada Boleslav U20 2-1 in regulation, and the margin came from the middle 40 minutes rather than any late surge. The hosts never trailed, taking the lead in the first period and keeping it the rest of the way.
Vitkovice went up 1-0 after 20 minutes, then traded goals in the second, each side scoring once to make it 2-1 going into the third. The final period produced no goals at all, which turned the game into a one-goal management exercise for the home side.
The telling line is the third period: 0-0, and a 2-1 scoreline that never moved. Vitkovice's second-period goal, the one that restored the cushion, was effectively the winner.