GKS Tychy took a 2-1 decision in regulation at TMH Polonia Bytom, settling it with the only goal of the third period. The visitors needed no overtime after a scoreless opening frame left the game to be decided late.
Neither side found the net in the first, with the period ending 0-0. The middle frame produced the only trade of the night, 1-1, leaving the score level after 40 minutes, and Tychy's lone third-period goal made it 1-2.
The defining number is the third period: 0-1. One goal in 20 minutes separated the teams, and Polonia Bytom's inability to answer in the final frame decided the result.