Vlci Zilina took this one 3-1, and the middle period was the whole story. Two goals in the second broke a scoreless opening 20 minutes, and Zilina never trailed after that.
Michal Cajkovsky opened it at 23 minutes for 1-0, and Marek Hecl doubled the lead at 35 off a Brenden Miller feed to make it 2-0 through two periods. Kosice answered early in the third when Alexei Dakhnovsky converted from Matus Havrila at 42 to get within 2-1, but Zilina restored the two-goal cushion at 59 for the 3-1 final.
The numbers point at the second period: 2-0 on the frame, and Zilina's only blank period was the first. Hecl's marker was the lone Zilina goal with a listed assist, Miller picking up the helper.