Five Wins on the Trot!

HC Slovan Bratislava - Dinamo Minsk 4:1 (1:0, 0:1, 3:0) 

Goals: 19. Tičar, 52. Barker (Paré), 59. Miklík, 60. Kašpar - 39. Ellison (Vesce, Bailen) 
Penalties: 2:4 (2 min.), Powerplay/Shorthanded Goals: 0:0. Officials: Oskirko, Ravodin - Alyoshin, Ivanov. Attendance: 9,332.

Lineups: 
Slovan: Garnett - Ľ. Višňovský, Starosta, Barker, Švarný, Valach, V. Mihálik, L. Kozák - Jeglič, Tičar, L. Nagy - Paré, Surový, Bartovič - Miklík, Viedenský, L. Kašpar - D. Skokan, Lušňák, Skalický 
Minsk: Glass - Bailen, Shinkevich, Krajíček, Lisovets, Gunderson, Filichkin - Vesce, Ellison, Cheechoo - Stepanov, Szczechura, Materukhin - N. Komarov, Drozd, Meleshko - Mikhalyov, Konstantin Koltsov, Pavlovich

Chances were in abundance early in the piece, forcing both Garnett and Glass to be on guard. Referees Oskirko s Ravodin seemed to allow a tough style of play, only penalising Jeglič and Shinkevich late in the period. It was four-on-four when Rok Tičar went forward from centre ice, used the forehand feint and slotted between Glass's pads - 1:0.

The Sky Blues had the better of it in the middle period, but found themselves unable to convert that into an insurance goal. Instead, a couple of minutes from the siren, Dinamo found the equaliser - Slovan failed to clear their lines, and Ellison stood at the end of a nice move - 1:1.

As the clocked ticked on in the third period, both teams became ever more cautious. Nevertheless, Barker broke the deadlock in the 52nd minute, and that with a shot from the blue line that sailed into the net - 2:1. Inside the last two minutes, with the Dinamo goalie pulled, Miklík and Kašpar gave the fans a couple more goals to celebrate - 4:1.