Malek Shuts Out Pardubice 1-0 to win Czech Championship

Roman Malek and Slavia Prague shut out Pardubice 1-0 in the seventh and deciding game of the Czech Extraliga finals. It was Malek’s 5th shutout of the playoffs. The win comes on the heels of Slavia blowing a three games to one series lead against Pardubice. Malek, who had a 1.30 GAA and 4 shuts coming into game 5 of the finals, was strafed for 9 goals over games 5 and 6, as Pardubice’s vaunted offense got untracked and took the series the full seven games.

In other Philadelphia prospect news…

Jeff Woywitka and the Red Deer Rebels finished off Medicine Hat in 6 games in the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference semi-finals. Woywitka had an assist in the clinching game. Overall, he has 6 points (all helpers) and is a +8 in playoffs. Red Deer plays Brandon in the conference finals, which start on Friday.

Mathieu Brunelle’s Hull Olympiques play against Val’D Or in the QMJHL LeBel Conference finals. Game 1 is tonight. Brunelle leads all QMHJHL playoff goal scorers with 10 tallies in 9 games.

Enforcer Thierry Douville will be unavailable to his Baie Comeau team for the first two games of their QMJHL Dilio Conference finals series against Halifax. Douville received a two game suspension for swinging his stick into Jason Kostadine’s face in Baie Comeau’s series clinching Game 5 win over Quebec.

Maine winger Colin Shields is playing for Great Britain in the B-pool World Championship tournament.