HK Martin won 4-1 in Hamuliakovo in regulation, and the game turned on a four-minute stretch of the second period. Three goals between the 26th and 30th minutes broke a scoreless game open and gave Martin a cushion the hosts never threatened.
The first period ended 0-0, with neither side converting. Martin scored at 26 for 0-1, again at 27 for 0-2 and at 30 for 0-3, then made it 0-4 at 41 on the first shift of the third. Hamuliakovo got on the board in the third for the 1-4 final.
The number that defines it: all four Martin goals came inside a 15-minute window spanning the middle period and the start of the third, and the hosts' lone reply came only after the game was out of reach.