Slavia Prague did the Czechia Extra Liga double with both their men and women qualifying for next season’s Euro Hockey League on Saturday.
Both went to shoot-outs with the women defeating HC 1972 Rakovník while the men saw off TJ Plzeň Litice, after both ended 2-2 in normal time.
The women’s final duel brought an even battle in which, after three quarters, Slavia led 1-0 via Lucie Nová and they looked to be on their way when Natalie Hájková extended the margin.
But Rakovník summoned a big comeback with Tereza Matoušková and Veronika Tománková both scoring in the last two minutes to earn the shoot-out chance.
The momentum, though, swung back to Slavia who held their composure to win the shoot-out 2-0.
In the men’s final, the flow of action went the opposite way with Litice building a 2-0 lead via Michal Bárta and Eduard Gerlický. Slavia, though, turned the game around with goals in the last six minutes from Frantisek Toms and Martin Plachý.
And – in contrast to the women’s final – they carried that momentum into the shoot-out to win back the national title after a couple of years of Litice-reign.
