Hockey playoffs: Kometa Brno reach the final, sending Plzeň home

Kometa Brno has become the first team to reach this year’s Extraliga playoff finals. On Monday the team – the dark horse or “Cinderella story” of this year’s competition – trounced Plzeň by a score of 7:2. It is the first time in 41 years that Brno has reached the final: the club clinched the series by an overall difference of 4:1 and will face either Pardubice or Liberec. In the other semi-final series Parubice leads 3:2 and could close out Liberec if they win later on Tuesday.