Litvínov and Mountfield HK are tied 1-1 in their Czech Extraliga meeting, and Svozil has also joined the action, according to the source headline. The game is the early fixture in the league’s 11th round.
Litvínov began the match hoping to build a run of positive results and move away from the bottom of the standings. The source preview noted that the team had collected nine of a possible 18 points at home, against opponents including Kometa, Pardubice, Sparta and Liberec.
Mountfield had been moving up the table since the start of the month, and had lost only to Třinec in its previous five rounds. The preview also noted Litvínov’s recent home record against Hradec Králové: Mountfield had won there three times in a row, while Litvínov had managed only two wins in eight meetings across the previous two seasons.