HC 19 Humenne vs DAB

The match effectively ended inside the first four minutes of the second period. Humenné had laboured to break down DAB's defence in the opening frame despite outshooting the Hungarians 9-3, but Zhelezkov's two quick strikes — the second arriving just 2:07 after his first — forced DAB head coach Dávid Kiss to burn a timeout at 23:49. The stoppage did nothing to stem the tide: Humenné added two more before the period was out, making it 5-0 with 20 minutes still to play.

DAB's discipline unravelled as the score grew. Zsolt Roczei took a fighting major at 47:05, and Humenné's Shakhvorostov was handed a four-minute roughing-and-unsportsmanlike-conduct sequence at 48:22 that briefly gave the Hungarians a powerplay, but they failed to register a single shot on goal with the man advantage.

Artem Zhelezkov (HC 19 Humenné) — 2 goals, 1 assist, +3 rating. The centre scored twice in 2:07 to break the game open and added a primary assist on Štetka's goal. Player of the match.

Viktor Shakhvorostov (HC 19 Humenné) — 1 goal, 2 assists, +3 rating. A constant threat on the right wing, linking play between Zhelezkov and Štetka on the second line.

Dávid Borák (HC 19 Humenné) — 12 saves, shutout. The goaltender faced only 12 shots but was untroubled throughout, benefitting from Humenné's territorial dominance.

Lukáš Toma (HC 19 Humenné) — 2 goals (opening and closing strikes), +2 rating. Scored the game's first and last goals.

Humenné outshot DAB 27-12 (9-3, 10-4, 8-5 by period), reflecting complete territorial control. The shot differential of +15 was the widest of any match in this tournament. Despite the lopsided scoreline, both teams went 0-for on the powerplay — Humenné 0/3, DAB 0/4 — though DAB managed just 5:10 of powerplay time to Humenné's 7:10. Penalty minutes favoured DAB 16-8, driven largely by Roczei's fighting major and a 10-minute misconduct to Dominik Orosz in the first period.

Humenné finish the 79th edition of the Tatranský pohár with 3 points from 3 games (1W-2L), good for third place in the four-team round robin. Their goal difference of +2 (12 scored, 10 conceded) reflects the split between a competitive 6-3 loss to Dukla Trenčín and the dominant 7-0 win over DAB.

DAB leave Poprad without a single point, having lost all three matches by a combined 0-19 — falling 6-0 to both HK Poprad and Dukla Trenčín before Sunday's 7-0 defeat. The Hungarian side were outscored by an average of 6.33 goals per game in their debut appearance at Slovakia's oldest hockey tournament.

The tournament concludes later on Sunday with the marquee fixture between hosts HK Poprad and Dukla Trenčín (17:00 local), both on 6 points from 2 games, to decide the 79th Tatra Cup champion.

A professional, no-nonsense performance from Humenné against an overmatched opponent. The Zhelezkov-Shakhvorostov-Štetka line was unplayable in the second period, and Borák's clean sheet was never seriously threatened. For DAB, the tournament was a sobering reminder of the gap in quality between Hungarian and Slovak club hockey at this stage of pre-season.