Machine-translated from Hungarian.
Our team made their home debut on Tuesday evening in the 2024/25 season, hosting LEHEL HC in the first round of the Hungarian Cup. Last year, we also played our opening cup matches against the Jászberény side; on that occasion, the visitors proved the better side in the first match on our home ground. We knew we were in for a tough match, and that’s exactly how it turned out.
Barely three minutes in, we managed to take the lead: Richárd Horváth received a fine back-pass, which he calmly slotted into the bottom left corner (1–0). We only had to wait a minute for the response; from a man-up attack, Antal managed to ‘slot’ the rebound past Róth into the net (1–1). After that, we only had to wait another three minutes for a home goal; following a beautiful three-man combination, Dániel Csölle fired a rocket into the visitors’ net from a tight angle (2–0). It almost looked as though we would go into the break with a one-goal lead, but one minute before the whistle, Popov unleashed a rocket from the blue line, catching Pinczés, who was skating in front of the goal; the puck deflected off him and flew unstoppably into the Győr net (2–2).
We managed to change the pace in the second period; we were clearly dictating the play, which resulted in a goal midway through the period: Márk Koczkás received a fine cross-field pass, which he fired home first time; Monostori was unable to get back in time (3–2). Shortly afterwards, Bence Makovics found himself one-on-one with the Jászberény goalkeeper and, following a fine feint, slotted the ball into the top right corner without a moment’s hesitation (4–2). This period was clearly ours, and we deservedly went into the second break with a two-goal lead.
The final quarter was once again a much more evenly matched contest, with the first 10 minutes characterised by missed chances at both ends. Fortunately, we managed to break the deadlock when, following a rebound, Bendegúz Jábor scored from an impossible angle, practically from the goal line, into Monostori’s net (5–2). After the face-off, the two key players from the previous goal took centre stage once more; the visitors’ goalkeeper caught a high-flying puck with his glove and skated forward to set up his teammates, but there was no one in front of him, Jábor, however, was quick to pounce on the puck, which Bence Makovics then fired into the gaping net (6–2). We might well have been satisfied with that result, but the Jászberény side still had some fire left in them: with 7 minutes to go, Prilutskii scored following a pass into the middle (6–3).
We managed to put up a good fight against a tough opponent, and there were plenty of encouraging moments and solutions on display. The return leg is in Jászberény in two weeks’ time, which will also decide whether we go through to the next round.
Come on, UNI GYŐR ETO!
UNI GYŐR ETO HC vs LEHEL HC: 6 – 3 (Hungarian Cup) Goalscorers: **#11 Richárd Horváth, #19 Dániel Csölle, #6 Márk Koczkás, #8 Bence Makovics (2), #17 Bendegúz Jábor (UNI GYŐR ETO) #16 Antal, #11 Pinczés, #79 Prilutskii (LEHEL)
We’ve put together a selection of the best photos from the match in our gallery:
Photo: Dr Krisztina Németh-Csigai
Fotó: Dr. Németh-Csigai Krisztina