Hoba Bratislava U20 edged HK Vlci Zilina U20 5-4 in a shootout, the only goal of the skills competition settling a game neither side could close out in 65 minutes. Bratislava led after two periods and needed the shootout to finish it.
The opening period was even at 2-2, with both sides trading through the first twenty. Bratislava took the game's only lead in the second, scoring twice to Zilina's one for 4-3, then the visitors answered in the third to force 4-4 and a scoreless overtime.
The decisive number is the shootout: 1-0 Bratislava, after a third period they lost 0-1 and an overtime that produced nothing. Four of the nine goals in regulation came in the first period alone.