HC Energie Karlovy Vary beat HC Rytíři Kladno 2-1 in regulation in the Club Friendly Games. Karlovy Vary scored once in the second period and again in the third, responding after Kladno tied it early in the final frame.
After a scoreless first period, Karlovy Vary broke through at 37:00 to take a 1-0 lead. Kladno answered at 41:00 to make it 1-1, but Karlovy Vary reclaimed control with the winner at 55:00, and the score held to the final horn.
The deciding sequence came in a condensed offensive stretch: all three goals arrived in an 18-minute span from the 37th to the 55th minute. Karlovy Vary's ability to answer after Kladno's equalizer proved the difference in a tight, late-decided game.