HC Davos is slowly but surely sliding into a crisis. After four defeats before Christmas, the HCD loses 0:3 at home against Ajoie to start the new year.
03.01.2025, 22:09
03.01.2025, 22:10
SDA
When Julius Nättinen scored in the 28th minute to make it 1-0, it was Ajoie's first away goal in over 165 minutes. In the final third, two more foreigners - Oula Palve, who had returned after his loan to Servette, and Jonathan Hazen - increased the lead to 3-0 for the visitors from the Jura.
The win was historic for Ajoies: In their fifteenth game, they picked up three points on home ice for the first time this season, and they had only won once before, in a penalty shootout in Lausanne at the end of October.
HC Davos, on the other hand, who were doing well until the national team break in mid-December, lost for the fifth time in a row, and for the third time at home. Only the Spengler Cup saw two victories in the last four weeks, before they were eliminated in the semi-final against Fribourg-Gottéron. The former leaders have slipped to 4th place in the table.
Telegram:
Davos - Ajoie 0:3 (0:0, 0:1, 0:2)
6547 spectators. - SR Wiegand/Arpagaus, Cattaneo/Bachelut. - Goals: 28. Nättinen (Sopa) 0:1. 51. Palve (Minder) 0:2. 56. Hazen (Devos, Pedretti) 0:3. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Davos, 4 times 2 minutes against Ajoie. - PostFinance top scorers: Tambellini; Nättinen.
Davos: Hollenstein; Jung, Gross; Julius Honka, Dahlbeck; Andersson, Barandun; Guebey; Frehner, Corvi, Tambellini; Stransky, Ryfors, Kessler; Valentin Nussbaumer, Egli, Lemieux; Parrée, Ambühl, Knak; Wieser.
Ajoie: Conz; Anttoni Honka, Fey; Arno Nussbaumer, Fischer; Minder, Maurer; Thiry, Pilet; Palve, Bellemare, Nättinen; Hazen, Devos, Pedretti; Robin, Garessus, Bozon; Sopa, Romanenghi, Veckaktins.
Remarks: Davos without Fora, Nordström and Zadina (all injured), Ajoie without Frossard, Patenaude, Rundqvist, Scheidegger, Schmutz, Turkulainen (all injured) and Brennan (supernumerary foreigner).
Results and standings:
Davos - Ajoie 0:3 (0:0, 0:1, 0:2). Fribourg-Gottéron - ZSC Lions 4:2 (3:0, 0:2, 1:0).
Ranking: 1. Lausanne 33/64. 2. ZSC Lions 30/61. 3. Bern 33/58. 4. Davos 34/58. 5. Kloten 34/57. 6. Zug 32/49. 7. SCL Tigers 32/48. 8. Fribourg-Gottéron 33/45. 9. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 34/45. 10. Genève-Servette 30/42. 11. Biel 32/42. 12. Lugano 32/42. 13. Ambri-Piotta 33/41. 14. Ajoie 32/29.
