HC Vrchlabi erased an early deficit to beat HC Děčín 1-3 in regulation, doing the damage with a two-goal third period. The road side seized control after a tight opening forty minutes.
Děčín struck first, carrying a 1-0 lead into the intermission. Vrchlabi leveled the game in the second period, then took over in the third with two unanswered goals to settle the contest without needing overtime.
The decisive number was the late surge: Vrchlabi scored three straight goals after conceding the opener, while Děčín was kept off the scoresheet following the first period.