Miskolc wins Hungarian Cup

29 Mar 2015 | Szabolcs Závodszky

The Miskolc PolarBears completed the first treble in Hungarian Hockey history by adding the Hungarian Cup to the Hungarian title and MOL League win to cap off a historical season.

Fehérvár AV19-Miskolc 2-3 OT

Head coach Gergely Majoross accomplished some incredible feats this season as head coach of Miskolc, one these was to win every trophy that the club competed for this season: MOL Liga, Hungarian title (as best-placed Hungarian club in MOL Liga) and now Hungarian Cup

Right from the start everyone had the feeling that this game was going to be a close one. Keegan Dansereau who was on fire all season flipped a close range shot past Miklós Rajna for the opening goal of the game. Just over a minute later Fehérvár tied up on a midrange snip by István Bartalis. The remainder of the period was back and forth but neither team was able to score. In the second period both teams started to take some penalties but both goalies stood tall. Miskolc turned to what worked all season and that was the powerfull slapshot of Jesse Dudas. Zach Cohan setup Dudas for the rocket that Rajna stopped but was unable to control and Tihamér Becze was on the spot to put the rebound past the Fehérvár goalie. In the third period the temp stayed high but the balanced started to tilt towards Fehérvár as Miskolc was having trouble containing the pressure. Both teams played a lot more disciplined and conservative as the minutes slipped off the clock. With about five minutes left Ladislav Sikorcin took a shot that took an awkward bounce and was behind Bence Bálizs for the tieing goal. Fehérvár pushed for the rest of regulation for the winner as well as in the first two minutes of overtime. Cohan managed to knock Frank Banham off the puck in front of the Volán net, Becze picked up the loose disc and put it past the Volán keeper for the Cup winning goal.

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