Inline hockey championship, round 3 - Partizan is still undefeated

The third round of the inline hockey championship was last Sunday, we went there and got an easy training.
We played 3 games, the first one was the most important one, the eternal derby. That was maybe the only game that made us sweat a bit. Zvezda took the lead twice, first to 0:1, then it was 2:4 for them in the half-time. In the third quarter we scored 3 goals (5:4), then in the final one we knocked them out (9:5). Nemanja Nikolić and Vladimir Ljutovac were our best players.
The second game was against Spartak. It was smooth, we won to 8:1. Nikolić was on fire, he scored 4 goals. At the end we clashed with NS Stars, it was a postponed game from the first round. We completed it with 10:3. Ognjen Stoiljković scored 3 goals for us, Marko Brkušanin and Lazar Leštarić both earned 2-2.
We are leading the league table with 24 points, we are in fact going for the championship title. (Vitez is on the second position with 7 points behind us.) The association will decide about the next round(s), as everyone is focusing on the upcoming world championship qualifiers that take part between 22nd and 25th June.
A few images from this round:

Eternal derby

These few images were taken at one of the next games (I’m guessing it was against NS Stars, but correct me if I’m wrong)

(photos: Facebook/Savez hokeja na ledu Srbije)

Current championship standings:
1. IHK Partizan 24 points
2. HK Vitez 17 points*
3. CZ 15 points
4. Spartak 9 points
5. Vojvodina 3 points
6. NS Stars 1 point**

Team marked with * have got 1 more game left, team marked with ** have two more games left.

Inline hockey championship, round 2: 3 games, 3 convincing Partizan-victories

We went down to Crna Rupa sports hall for some training.
That was this round in a nutshell. It means, we are still undefeated.
At first we clashed with NS Stars, we washed them off with 4:7. The next match was even better. 13:1 (!!!) with Spartak.
Finally we played with Vojvodina. That was probably the only game that made our boys sweat a bit. The standing was 3:3 even after the 2nd period, then the team sped up for the last part and we pushed the opponent down with 9:4. Right now we are on the top of the league table with the maximum of points.
The next round will be on 5th June in Crna Rupa sports hall.
There are some photos from the game against Vojvodina:

(photos: Facebook/Savez hokeja na ledu Srbije)

Current championship standings:
1. IHK Partizan 15 points
2. SHKL CZ 12 points
3. HK Vitez 11 points*
4. HK Spartak 6 points
5. HK Vojvodina 3 points
6. HK NS Stars 1 point**

*, ** - 1 point was taken away from Vitez, still not being able to play with NS Stars; their match was whistled off in the first period at 0:5 for the too many injuries of Vitez's players.

NS Stars - HK Partizan 1:7

This week-end was quite busy for Partizan. Not just because Ivan Tomić had his (inglorious) debut, or we successfully demolished the red team in Korać Cup, just to be demolished by Mega Leks in the final.
The first in the row was our ice hockey team. They clashed with NS Stars early Saturday afternoon in the Novi Sad ice hall. We slid out to the ice, Čuković and Zubov immediately tried the Stars’ goalkeeper (0:2), but their answer quickly came in the 9th minute by their Canadian player Maximilien Le Sieur (1:2). Nevertheless Milovanović scored another goal for us in the 12th minute, just to make everything sure (1:3). That was the result of the first period.
In the second part Brkušanin scored in the 9th minute (1:4), Milovanović brought another goal (1:5) - he didn’t just score two goals, but also had two assists. Pavlović scored, too (1:6), then we had a short pause and entered the final period.
The last part was merely a formality. Vlasov scored our 7th goal, just to keep up the excitement factor. It was a routine victory.
Keep in your mind that on Tuesday at 18:00 comes the ice hockey eternal derby. If we are just a bit lucky, someone somewhere will broadcast it (if not else, then at least through an online stream).

(photo: Hokejaški klub Partizan (Fan page))

HK Partizan - NS Stars 5:1 (Serbian ice hockey league)

I don’t know which round this one is supposed to be - there have been so many postponed and cancelled matches in the past weeks that I lost the thread. At the end of the championship I will put up here the final league table, that will be 100 % sure.
Yesterday our sons clashed with NS Stars from Novi Sad. In the first period the guests were leading, some reports say their defense line was like concrete.
In the first period.
Only in the first period.
Because in the second one Marko Milovanović equalized (assisted enthusiastically by Nemanja Janković and youth national team member Lazar Leštarić, who just returned from a one-year field trip in the US). Five and a half minutes later we took the lead. Srđan Ristić scored, Marko Brkušanin assisted. Three minutes before the end of the period Dragan Komazec came, saw and scored, we entered the final with 3:1.
In the last period the Novi Sad team got a row of 2-minute penalties, and it paid off. Their defense broke to pieces, Nemanja Janković took advantage of it (4:1, assist: Marko Milovanović). Finally Marko Brkušanin got the puck, ran up and scored, just as it’s written in the Great Book of Ice Hockey. 5:1
Photos from the game:

A player of NS Stars is trying to deactivate Pavle Ogrizović - in vain

Nenad Raković

Marko Brkušanin escaping with the puck

Mass scene with Srđan Ristić in the middle - Kravljanac arriving on the right to support him, while Milovanović is watching from the distance

Marko "The Unstoppable" Milovanović

Ogrizović fighting for the puck

(photos: Facebook/Hokejaški klub Partizan (Fan page))