HC Dynamo Pardubice and HC Oceláři Třinec were tied 4-4 in the headline game of the 10th round of the Tipsport Extraliga, the only Sunday match still being played when the league published its update. The second-placed hosts faced league leaders Třinec in a meeting between the previous season’s finalists, according to the source headline.
Třinec had taken all 27 points from its first nine games. Pardubice, meanwhile, had won six consecutive league games since 22 September, recovering from a difficult start and closing in on the top of the table.
The day’s other results included Sparta’s 3-0 win over Vítkovice, Mladá Boleslav’s 2-1 victory against Litvínov and Motor České Budějovice’s 4-3 win over Liberec. Karlovy Vary beat Kladno 3-1, Plzeň defeated Kometa Brno 2-1 in overtime, and Mountfield HK won 3-1 against Olomouc.