GIJS suffers first league defeat. Ice hockey players from Groningen lose to reigning national champion in Tilburg due to goals against in the second period

The visitors succumbed at the end of the second period under the pressure of Tilburg. An exclusion for the rest of the game for the Lithuanian Vainius Jankauskas broke the team from Groningen, with a 1-0 score. From the resulting power-play situation of five minutes, the Trappers doubled their lead.