2026 Czech Draft Prospect Adam Novotný Scores In Mountfield’s Game 7 Extraliga Quarterfinal Win

MountfieldHK shut out visiting BK Mlada Boleslav 3-0on Friday night to win Game 7 of their CzechExtraliga quarterfinal series before 6,553fans at Hradec KralovesCPP Arena.

With Mountfield leading 1-0 in the second period,17-year-old Adam Novotny, one of the top-rankedprospects for the 2026 NHL Entry Draft, scored ona brilliant individual effort to double his teams lead.

Thefeelings are indescribable,Novotnysaid after the game.Thefanswere really cheering us on and the euphoria was really beautiful.

Imglad we did it.

Novotny, whose November2007 birthday makes him ineligible for this years draft, onlyscored once in 41 professional regular-games and was sent downlate in the season to play with the clubs U20 team.

Afterrediscovering his scoring touch with eight goals in seven juniorplayoff games, injuries on the big team resulted in Novotnybeing called back up for the third game ofthe series against Mlada Boleslav.

Novotny scored a bit of a luckygoal in Game 6 but his goal in Game 7 was brilliant.

Theyoungster won a race for the puck in the neutral zone againstdefenseman Filip Pyrochta a former Nashville Predators prospect then eluded another backchecker and beat goaltender Dominik Furch ona backhand deke.17 let - NO PROBLEM #TELH | #momentyplayoff | #zatitulem | #MHKMBL | @MountfieldHKpic.twitter.com/3PEVHBqVS4 Tipsport extraliga (@telhcz) March 28, 2025Im really glad toscore such a nice goal I must have started to believe in myselfmore after the first goal, he said.

I alsothink that going back to junior to help theguys out in the playoffs got me back playing like myselfagain.Hehelped us with a beautiful goal today and Im really glad for him,said Mountfield coach Tomas Martinec.

Hesa young guy, but mature for his age and hes handled (the pressure)brilliantly.

Bronze Czechs Arrive In Prague: 'We Would Have Died For Each OtherAs a 17-year-old, Novotny was the youngest member of the Czech team that won bronze at this year's IIHF World Junior Championship and hes got another big international tournament on the horizon where hes expected to play a larger role.

Its expected that once some of the Mountfieldsregulars return, Novotny will join the Czechteams camp in preparation for the upcoming IIHF U-18 WorldChampionship from April 23 to May 3 in Texas.

Czech teams mustrelease their players if selected for IIHF championships but theexact timing of their release can be negotiated.

Yeah, the U-18s are slowly approaching but my headis here (in the Extraliga playoffs) right now and if I stay here fora while, that would be great too, Novotnysmiled.

Wellsee, said Martinec.

Well try to make arrangements with the(U-18 national team) coaches so he cancontinue here for now and help us in the next series.Mountfield,which finished second in the Extraliga regular season, begins itssemifinal series against third-seeded DynamoPardubice on April 3.

The other semifinal betweenSparta Prague and Kometa Brno begins on April 1.Ex-Flyer Finds New Team in Czechia Canadian center Connor Bunnaman, 26, has signed a contract to play for Mountfield HK, the Czech Extraliga club announced on Saturday..

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