Rostock vs Katowice

Katowice struck first through Bartosz Fraszko, who finished at 11:42 after set-up work from Ales Pasiut and Erik Lundegard. Rostock levelled before the first intermission when Dominik Hahn converted Simon Ohrvall's feed at 15:30.

The only goal of the second period came at 38:59 — Lukas Braun fired home from Tomas Kunz and Kevin Stein to give the Piranhas a 2–1 lead heading into the final frame.

Rostock exploded in the third period. Simon Ohrvall made it 3–1 on a 5-on-3 power play at 49:26 (assists: Postel, Hahn). Just 32 seconds later, Kevin Stein capitalised on another power play to extend the lead to 4–1 (assists: Braun, Kunz). Milan Luknowsky added a fifth at 52:26 (assists: Fleischmann, Hoffmann), completing a burst of three goals in 3:00 of game time.

Katowice refused to fold. Cody Brenner pulled one back on the power play at 54:14 (assists: Forslund, Englund). Ales Pasiut scored at 57:59 (assists: Bremer, Lundegard), and Jakub Hofman made it a one-goal game at 58:38 (assists: Anderson, Ruokonen). Rostock held on through the final 82 seconds.

Rostock's two power-play goals in 32 seconds (49:26–49:58) turned a manageable 2–1 deficit for Katowice into a 4–1 mountain. The Piranhas entered the third period with a slim lead and left it with complete control, scoring three times in three minutes before Katowice's late surge.

Simon Ohrvall (Rostock) — One goal and one assist, including the 5-on-3 goal that broke the game open. Player of the match.

Lukas Braun & Kevin Stein (Rostock) — Combined for two goals and three assists between them, with Braun scoring the second-period go-ahead goal and Stein notching the crucial fourth.

Ales Pasiut (Katowice) — One goal and one assist. The veteran forward led Katowice's late charge, scoring at 57:59 to cut the deficit to 5–3 and setting up Fraszko's opener.

Bartosz Fraszko (Katowice) — Scored Katowice's first goal and was active throughout, though his team could not sustain early momentum.

The provider payload shows a 5–4 final scoreline (periods: 1-1, 1-0, 3-3). Rostock's four-goal unanswered run (38:59–52:26) spanned both periods and accounted for 80% of their offence. Katowice's three late goals came in a 4:24 window (54:14–58:38), suggesting they found gaps only once Rostock had relaxed with a four-goal cushion. Both teams scored on the power play — Ohrvall's 5-on-3 and Stein's 5-on-4 for Rostock, Brenner's 5-on-4 for Katowice — indicating effective special teams on both sides.

The result is Rostock's first pre-season win of summer 2026 ahead of the Oberliga Nord season starting 18 September against EC Hannover Indians. Katowice, preparing for the TAURON Hokej Liga campaign, finished their German tour with a loss to Rostock a day after falling 2–5 to Lausitzer Füchse on the same ice (28 August). The Piranhas face Milton Keynes Lightning in the UK on 5–6 September before their league opener.

A game of two distinct phases — Rostock's controlled middle period and explosive third-period power play, followed by a frantic Katowice rally that came just short. For Rostock, the special-teams efficiency and depth scoring will be encouraging; for Katowice, the defensive lapses during a three-minute stretch proved fatal despite a spirited finish.