Tilburg Trappers handled ESC Halle Saale Bulls 7-2 in regulation, and the margin was built on a four-goal middle period that turned a tidy lead into a rout. The Trappers scored in every period and never trailed.
Tilburg took a 2-0 lead through 20 minutes, then broke the game open in the second, outscoring Halle 4-1 to lead 6-1 after 40. The third was split 1-1, a formality that closed out the 7-2 final.
The number that defines it: six of Tilburg's seven goals came before the second intermission. Halle's only answers arrived in the second and third, both after the result was effectively settled.