As we enter Game Day 5, competition for playoff spots is heating up especially in Group H where the Graz99ers host Mountfield HK of the Czech Republic, with both teams currently out of playoff contention.

Mountfield were first to strike with just over five minutes to play in the opening period, Radek Smoleňák grabbed the games opening goal after the puck bobbled around the slot, falling favourably onto his stick and he slotted his chance past Cristopher Nihlstorp. Just moments later Graz thought they'd tied things up through Clemens Krainz but a review saw the hosts efforts disallowed and keep Mountfield in front. With less than 60 seconds remaining in the first, Mountfield doubled their advantage through Rudolf Červený as a rebound fell straight to him, and he buried his shot for a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes of play.

Neither side could find another goal in the second period of play, with both Cristopher Nihlstorp of Graz99ers and Marek Mazanec of Mountfield stopping everything they faced in the middle 20 minutes of play.

Graz pressed in the third period but couldn't find a way past Mazanec to pull one goal back, and as time ticked on, Mountfield just continued to look destined for three points. As Graz ran into penalty trouble late in the game, it allowed Mountfield to tick away some valuable seconds towards victory. Graz finally found a way onto the scoresheet late in the game, but it wasn't only to ruin Marek Mazanec's shutout bid as Travis Oleksuk backhanded a rebound into the back of the net with 16 seconds remaining and it was too little too late as Mountfield took a 2-1 victory to put them second in Group H with one Group Stage game left to go.