Dynamo Pardubice beat HC Motor Ceske Budejovice 5-2, and the margin was built entirely in the third period, where the home side scored three unanswered goals. Through 40 minutes this was a tie game at 2-2; it did not stay one.
Jan Kostalek opened the scoring in the eighth minute off a Roman Cervenka feed before Roman Vrablik answered at 17 with help from Stepan Hoch, and the teams split the second as well, Matej Stransky (assisted by David Tomasek) at 28 and Martin Beranek at 35. The turning point came at 45, when Lukas Sedlak put Pardubice ahead 3-2 with Kostalek assisting; Jiri Smejkal made it 4-2 at 56 and Tomas Nosek closed it at 59.
Kostalek finished with a goal and an assist, the only Pardubice skater involved in two goals, and his second point set up the go-ahead marker. On the other side, Vrablik matched that production for Ceske Budejovice with a goal and an assist, but his team was shut out over the final 20 minutes.