EC-KAC suffered a narrow 3–2 overtime defeat against Ferencvárosi TC in Budapest, dropping a hard-fought win2day ICE Hockey League fixture after Carter Savoie netted the decisive goal 32 seconds before a potential penalty shootout. The result leaves the Klagenfurt side with a single point from the road trip, halting their momentum after a fluctuating sixty-minute battle at the Hungarian venue.

Early Trading and Equalizing Strikes in Budapest

The hosts opened the scoring early when Rasmus Heljanko collected a rebound off Mareks Mitens’s pads and stuffed the puck into an unguarded net in the fourth minute, following an initial rush from András Mihalik. Klagenfurt responded in the 13th minute through David Waschnig. Filip Simović drove the puck deep from the neutral zone, where an awkward bounce off the right halfwall allowed Ben Öfner to feed Waschnig for a flat finish into the far corner. The EC-KAC soon claimed their first lead at even strength when Jan Drozg delivered a diagonal pass across the goalmouth, enabling Nick Petersen to tuck a backhand past goaltender Kristóf Nagy while falling in the 16th minute, as detailed in match reports from the club’s official site.

Missed Opportunities During Extended Powerplay Chances

The game changed in the final minute of the second period when Jussi Tammela received a five-minute major and a game misconduct penalty for a crosscheck on Petersen. Ferencváros capitalized during a brief ensuing powerplay in the 46th minute when Rasmus Bengtsson fed the puck from the blue line to the right faceoff circle, where Carter Savoie hammered an unhindered one-timer under the crossbar to level the score at 2–2.

Overtime Winner Secures Historic Result for the Hosts

Neither side could break the deadlock through the remainder of regulation, forcing an extra session where both goaltenders stood firm against high-danger opportunities. The contest ended abruptly at 64:28 when Savoie deked past Jacob Hudson in the neutral zone, used defenseman Steven Unterweger as a screen upon entering the zone, and fired a wristshot past Mitens’s glove to secure the extra point. According to league coverage compiled by Hockey-News.info, the result marked Ferencváros’s first-ever win against the EC-KAC in the ICE Hockey League, while 5 Minuten noted that the Austrian side departed Budapest with just a single point in the standings.

Standings Movement and Parallel Kärnten Action

While the EC-KAC collected a single point on the road, local rivals EC VSV secured a 4–1 victory over Ferencváros in a separate fixture covered by LAOLA1, while the KAC concurrently earned a convincing 6:3 home win against Fehérvár AV19 on the same matchday thanks to goals from Thomas Hundertpfund, Jan Drozg, Max Sablattnig, Simeon Schwinger, Jesper Jensen Aabo, and Finn van Ee. Those results in the win2day ICE Hockey League left the Klagenfurt club following an overtime setback in Budapest.