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Today was a hockey day. Two biggest Slovenian teams met in Ljubljana, in Hala Tivoli. Since I am not from Ljubljana I am always a fan of the teams that come from the other cities of Slovenia, in this case Jesenice. HK Acroni Jesenice is the hockey club in that town since 1948 and they were playing against HDD Olimpija Ljubljana.

Ticket

This was their 435th match in their long rival history and 41st match in their current league. Both teams are playing in extended Austrian Hockey League, called also EBEL.

Our guys in traditional red and white colors

Both teams started quite nervously and after 18 minutes, their player Aleš Mušič scored, but not even a minute passed and Acroni Jesenice player Žiga Jeglič suceeded to even the score. After 20 minutes of game, the score was 1:1.

In action

Ice Ladies

In next twenty minutes the game was better, especially our team. We saw three goals, Pavlin scored for home team, but our guys, Werner and Nolan, put two pucks in the home goal. So after two thirds it was 3:2 for HK Acroni Jesenice.

 

The fastest team sport on the planet

Last third of the game our guys dominated, but they didn't score. And last seconds of the game, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana tried without a goalkeeper and they were lucky, they scored 2 seconds before the end of the match, Higgins was the scorer. Score, 3:3. So they played 5 minutes of extra time, 4 players on 4 and since there was no goal, penalty shooting was on the menu. After three rounds, both teams only scored once, so every mistake could be fatal. 5th round was the final round and HK Acroni Jesenice started to celebrate their victory.

 

Penalty shooting

TILIA OLIMPIJA - ACRONI JESENICE*3:4 (1:1, 1:2, 1:0)
Mušič 18., Pavlin 26., Higgins 60.; Jeglič 18., Werner 22., Nolan 35.

Links:

http://www.hkjesenice.si/

http://www.hddolimpija.com/