HC Eppan Pirates won 5-1 in Pergine, closing out a regulation decision with a three-goal third period. The Pirates never trailed, taking the lead in the first and never giving it back.
Eppan were up 1-0 after twenty minutes, and the teams traded goals in the middle frame to make it 2-1 after forty. The third period settled it: three unanswered goals turned a one-goal game into a 5-1 final.
The number that frames it is the period split - 0-1, 1-1, 0-3. Pergine held their own for two periods and were level on the scoreboard in the second, then got outscored 3-0 over the final twenty.