HK Dukla Michalovce ice hockey players secured their advancement to the Tipsport Liga play-off quarterfinals. In Sunday's fourth preliminary-round duel, they defeated HK Spišská Nová Ves by a high score of 7:1 and won the series, played to three victories, 3:1 in games. Michalovce thus ended their opponents' season with an unambiguous debacle, in which they dominated especially in the offensive part of the game. The central figure of this victory was Finnish forward Virtanen, who significantly contributed to the home side's goal-scoring show. Spišská Nová Ves thus closed out their season with a defeat that clearly demonstrated the difference in quality between the two teams. sport.pravda.sk ↗ sport.sk ↗
In the next phase of the play-offs, Michalovce await a quarterfinal clash with HK Nitra. Along with Michalovce's advancement, Liptovský Mikuláš also qualified for the quarterfinals, having likewise eliminated HKM Zvolen 3:1 in games and ending its long streak. All the quarterfinal pairs are thus now known, and the league play-offs continue into the next phase. sport.sk ↗
Michalovce advance to the quarterfinals, Spišská Nová Ves ends its season with a debacle
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Michalovce rozdávali lekcie a Spišiakom ukončili sezónu. Najbližším súperom bude Nitra
sport.pravda.sk
| 19:18 15.03.
Poznáme všetky štvrťfinálové dvojice play-off Tipsport ligy. Liptovský Mikuláš ukončil rekordné série
sport.sk
| 19:16 15.03.
Nitra spoznala svojho súpera. Spišiaci končia sezónu vybičovaným zápasom a debaklom
sport.sk
| 19:05 15.03.
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