HC Pardubice U20 took this one 6-3 on the road at Dukla Jihlava, and it was settled early. A three-goal first period gave the visitors a cushion they never surrendered in regulation.
Pardubice owned the opening twenty, going up 3-0 before Jihlava found any traction. The hosts got two back in the middle frame but conceded once more to trail 4-2 after forty, and the third split 2-1 in Pardubice's favor to close it out at 6-3.
The number that mattered was the period-by-period margin: Pardubice won or split every frame, scoring in all three. Jihlava never led, and the first-period 0-3 hole was the difference on the night.