Bern's head coach Jussi Tapola can't be satisfied with his SCB at the moment
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First shutout of the season for Davos goalie Sandro Aeschlimann
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Ajoie's top scorer Jerry Turkulainen shone with three assists in the win over the Lakers
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Shutout also for Lausanne's keeper Kevin Pasche against Kloten
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Gottéron's legend Julien Sprunger equalized in Biel to make it 1-1 and thus initiated the turnaround for Freiburg
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The ZSC Lions can take it easy at the moment, they continue to lead the National League after the away win in Geneva
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Bern's head coach Jussi Tapola can't be satisfied with his SCB at the moment
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First shutout of the season for Davos goalie Sandro Aeschlimann
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Ajoie's top scorer Jerry Turkulainen shone with three assists in the win over the Lakers
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Shutout also for Lausanne's keeper Kevin Pasche against Kloten
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Gottéron's legend Julien Sprunger equalized in Biel to make it 1-1 and thus initiated the turnaround for Freiburg
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The ZSC Lions can take it easy at the moment, they continue to lead the National League after the away win in Geneva
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A week and a half ago, Schlittschuhclub Bern were still in third place in the table, but they have only managed one win from their last five games. These are the facts of Tuesday's full round.
SC Bern got back into the game thanks to a wrong refereeing decision against Lugano, but still lost 1:3 in the end. Austin Czarnik reduced the deficit for Bern to 1:2 on the powerplay because the referees had missed the fact that Lugano goalie Niklas Schlegel had not put the puck directly over the Plexiglas. In this duel between two teams in crisis, Lugano was already 2:0 ahead after just five minutes with goals from Michael Joly and Radim Zahorna. Despite 37:18 shots on goal and the luck of the penalty that led to the final goal, SCB were unable to turn the game around.
Ajoie's second home win
The departure of coach Christian Wohlwend seems to have had an effect on Ajoie. Although the team from Jura squandered a 2-0 lead in their home game against the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, they still managed to win 4-2. Ajoie celebrated their second home win since the 5-2 victory against Kloten. Canadian Jonathan Hazen scored the goals from 2:2 to 4:2, only the second and third goals of the season for Hazen. Finn Jerry Turkulainen, the National League's number 350 in plus/minus rating (among 354 players), shone with three assists. Ajoie celebrated their second win in the last three games, having previously won only one of their first 14 games.
Lausanne on fire
Lausanne defeated Kloten 3-0, with goalie Kevin Pasche posting a shutout with 33 saves. Antti Suomela, Théo Rochette and Lauri Pajuniemi scored the goals for the LHC, who have won six of their last seven games. Lausanne took the deciding goal in the 50th minute while in overtime. The best power play in the National League came to fruition once again thanks to Rochette, who scored while Kloten's Miro Aaltonen was on the penalty bench.
Davos revenge
On September 24, Langnau won 7-0 at home against Davos, and just over a month later, the HCD got their revenge with a 3-0 home win. Valentin Nussbaumer and Tino Kessler beat Langnau's goalie Stéphane Charlin, who shone again. Matej Stransky scored the 3:0 into the empty net. And the Tigers continued to wonder whether they had shot their powder in the 7-0 win over Davos in September. Since then, the Tigers have scored an average of just 1.7 goals per game. For the fifth time in a month, the team from Emmental failed to score a goal (0:1 ZSC Lions, 0:1 Lausanne, 0:2 Kloten, 0:4 Zug, 0:3 Davos).
Geneva minus series
Servette no longer score often either. Geneva conceded their fourth defeat in a row against the ZSC Lions, losing 3-1. In these four lost games, the Servettiens only managed to score five goals. Derek Grant scored his ninth goal in the last nine games for the ZSC Lions. Grant gave the Zurich team the lead. Just two minutes after the equalizer, ZSC took the lead again through Vinzenz Rohrer - or rather through an own goal by Giancarlo Chanton). Yannick Weber made the final score 3:1 in the 26th minute with a slapshot.
Against the trend
EHC Biel, who had won six of their last seven games, lost 4-1 to HC Fribourg-Gottéron, who had previously suffered two more defeats. Biel took the lead after just four minutes through Jere Sallinen, but failed to score after that. Julien Sprunger, Marcus Sörensen and Christoph Bertschy gave Fribourg a 3:1 lead. Shortly before the end, Benoît Jecker secured Fribourg's away win with a shot into the empty net.
Match telegrams:
Bern - Lugano 1:3 (0:2, 1:0, 0:1)
15'035 spectators. - SR Hürlimann/Dipietro, Bürgy/Meusy. - Goals: 3rd Joly (Patry) 0:1. 5th Zohorna (underpaid goal!) 0:2. 38th Czarnik (Loeffel/powerplay goal) 1:2. 60th (59:42) Arcobello (Mirco Müller) 1:3 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Bern, 6 times 2 minutes against Lugano. - PostFinance top scorers: Czarnik; Joly.
Bern: Reideborn; Lindholm, Nemeth; Untersander, Füllemann; Loeffel, Kindschi; Rhyn; Sablatnig, Graf, Ritzmann; Simon Moser, Vermin, Marchon; Merelä, Baumgartner, Bader; Ejdsell, Czarnik, Scherwey; Schild.
Lugano: Schlegel; Hausheer, Dahlström; Aebischer, Mirco Müller; Jesper Peltonen, Guerra; Meile; Joly, Zohorna, Carr; Cormier, Marco Müller, Verboon; Fazzini, Arcobello, Sekac; Reichle, Canonica, Patry; Zanetti.
Remarks: Bern without Kahun, Kreis (both injured) and Lehmann (sick), Lugano without Alatalo, Morini, Thürkauf, van Pottelberghe (all injured) and Huska (supernumerary foreigner). Bern without a goalkeeper from 1:07 to 1:17 and 57:31 to 59:42.
Genève-Servette - ZSC Lions 1:3 (1:2, 0:1, 0:0)
6401 spectators. - SR Hebeisen/Mollard, Gnemmi/Humair. - Goals: 7. Grant (Rohrer) 0:1. 13. Manninen (Vatanen/powerplay goal) 1:1. 15. Rohrer (Zehnder) 1:2. 26. Weber (Olsson) 1:3. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against Genève-Servette, 3 times 2 minutes against ZSC Lions. - PostFinance top scorers: Hartikainen; Grant.
Genève-Servette: Raanta; Vatanen, Berni; Schneller, Lennström; Jacquemet, Chanton; Vouardoux; Miranda, Richard, Granlund; Hartikainen, Manninen, Praplan; Loosli, Jooris, Bertaggia; Maillard, Cavalleri, Guignard.
ZSC Lions: Hrubec; Kukan, Marti; Kinnunen, Geering; Weber, Lehtonen; Trutmann; Rohrer, Grant, Zehnder; Andrighetto, Malgin, Riedi; Frödén, Lammikko, Olsson; Baltisberger, Baechler, Henry; Segafredo.
Remarks: Genève-Servette without Descloux, Hischier, Karrer, Le Coultre, Mayer, Pouliot, Rod, Völlmin (all injured) and Spacek (supernumerary foreigner), ZSC Lions without Balcers, Hollenstein and Sigrist (all injured). Genève-Servette without a goalkeeper from 59:29.
Ambri-Piotta - Zug 2:3 (2:0, 0:1, 0:1, 0:1) n.V.
6421 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Hungerbühler, Altmann/Schlegel. - Goals: 5. De Luca (Heed, DiDomenico) 1:0. 12. Virtanen (Kubalik, De Luca/powerplay goal) 2:0. 38. Kovar (Vozenilek/powerplay goal) 2:1. 45. Vozenilek 2:2. 65. (64:17) Senteler (Vozenilek) 2:3. - Penalties: 6 times 2 minutes against Ambri-Piotta, 4 times 2 minutes against Zug. - PostFinance top scorers: Virtanen; Vozenilek.
Ambri-Piotta: Juvonen; Heed, Curran; Virtanen, Zgraggen; Wüthrich, Pezzullo; Isacco Dotti; Bürgler, Heim, Tim Muggli; Zwerger, Müller, Kubalik; DiDomenico, Landry, De Luca; Grassi, Kostner, Douay; Hedlund.
Zug: Wolf; Bengtsson, Carlsson; Hansson, Stadler; Tobias Geisser, Riva; Johnson; Martschini, Kovar, Vozenilek; Künzle, Senteler, Herzog; Biasca, Wingerli, Hofmann; Eggenberger, Leuenberger, Wey; Antenen.
Remarks: Ambri-Piotta without Pestoni (injured) and Maillet (supernumerary foreigner), Zug without Balestra, Genoni, Leon Muggli, Schlumpf, Simion (all injured) and Olofsson (supernumerary foreigner).
Lausanne - Kloten 3:0 (1:0, 0:0, 2:0)
7875 spectators. - SR Piechaczek/Staudenmann, Francey/Stalder. - Goals: 15. Suomela (Riat, Oksanen) 1:0. 50. Rochette (Kuokkanen/powerplay goal) 2:0. 55. Pajuniemi (Fiedler, Kuokkanen) 3:0. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes against Lausanne, 4 times 2 minutes against Kloten. - PostFinance top scorers: Rochette; Aaltonen.
Lausanne: Pasche; Glauser, Bayreuther; Heldner, Sklenicka; Fiedler, Marti; Haas, Genazzi; Riat, Suomela, Oksanen; Hügli, Jäger, Bozon; Pajuniemi, Kuokkanen, Rochette; Mémeteau, Benjamin Bougro, Holdener.
Kloten: Waeber; Niku, Profico; Grégoire, Wolf; Sidler, Steve Kellenberger; Steiner; Ojamäki, Aaltonen, Audette; Meyer, Morley, Ramel; Simic, Smirnovs, Weibel; Meier, Diem, Derungs; Marchon.
Remarks: Lausanne without Frick, Fuchs, Kenins, Pilut, Prassl, Raffl and Vouardoux (all injured), Kloten without Schäppi (injured), Aebi, Sataric and Schreiber (all sick).
Ajoie - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4:2 (2:0, 1:2, 1:0)
Pruntrut. - 3497 spectators. - SR Tscherrig/Ströbel, Duc/Urfer. - Goals: 1. (0:27) Devos (Turkulainen, Honka) 1:0. 17. Devos (Turkulainen, Hazen) 2:0. 28. Holm (Aberg, Strömwall/powerplay goal) 2:1. 31. Nardella (Rask, Strömwall/power play goal) 2:2. 33. Hazen 3:2. 52. Hazen (Turkulainen, Devos) 4:2. - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes against Ajoie, 3 times 2 minutes against Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. - PostFinance top scorers: Turkulainen; Strömwall.
Ajoie: Conz; Nussbaumer, Fey; Honka, Maurer; Scheidegger, Fischer; Thiry, Pilet; Hazen, Devos, Turkulainen; Sopa, Palve, Nättinen; Robin, Frossard, Veckaktins; Pedretti, Rundqvist, Bozon.
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers: Nyffeler; Gerber, Holm; Maier, Henauer; Baragano, Nardella; Capaul; Strömwall, Albrecht, Wetter; Zangger, Taibel, Alge; Moy, Rask, Jensen; Wick, Dünner, Aberg; Hofer.
Remarks: Ajoie without Garessus, Romanenghi, Schmutz (all injured) and Brennan (extra foreigner), Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without Djuse, Jelovac, Lammer and Larsson (all injured). Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without a goalkeeper from 57:04 to 59:29.
Biel - Fribourg-Gottéron 1:4 (1:1, 0:2, 0:1)
5896 spectators. - SR Borga/Kaukokari, Huguet/Steenstra. - Goals: 4th Sallinen (Heponiemi, Müller) 1:0. 13th Sprunger (Bertschy) 1:1. 33rd Sörensen (Wallmark, Gunderson/powerplay goal) 1:2. 36th Bertschy (Sprunger) 1:3. 59th Jecker 1:4 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Biel, 4 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron. - PostFinance top scorers: Rajala; Sörensen.
Biel: Säteri; Jakowenko, Christe; Zryd, Grossmann; Blessing, Stampfli; Delémont; Hofer, Andersson, Cunti; Kneubuehler, Heponiemi, Sallinen; Bachofner, Tanner, Rajala; Müller, Christen, Schläpfer; Cattin.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Diaz, Borgman; Sutter, Streule; Gunderson, Jecker; Rathgeb; Sörensen, Wallmark, Schmid; Lilja, De la Rose, Dorthe; Sprunger, Bertschy, Mottet; Nicolet, Walser, Gerber; Etter.
Remarks: Biel without Bärtschi, Haas, Lööv (all injured) and Burren (sick), Fribourg-Gottéron without Dufner and Marchon (both injured). Biel without a goalkeeper from 56:47 to 58:16.
Davos - SCL Tigers 3:0 (0:0, 1:0, 2:0)
3817 spectators. - SR Arpagaus/Stricker, Cattaneo/Fuchs. - Goals: 39. Nussbaumer (Kessler) 1:0. 52. Kessler (Honka) 2:0. 60. (59:22) Stransky (Dahlbeck/underpaid goal!) 3:0 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes against Davos, 3 times 2 minutes against SCL Tigers. - PostFinance top scorers: Tambellini; Saarela.
Davos: Aeschlimann; Fora, Gross; Honka, Dahlbeck; Andersson, Barandun; Guebey, Van der Kaaij; Stransky, Corvi, Kessler; Frehner, Ryfors, Tambellini; Ambühl, Egli, Nussbaumer; Wieser, Gredig, Parrée.
SCL Tigers: Charlin; Saarijärvi, Erni; Meier, Baltisberger; Cadonau, Zanetti; Paschoud; Rohrbach, Kristof, Pesonen; Fahrni, Felcman, Saarela; Julian Schmutz, Flavio Schmutz, Allenspach; Rossi, Salzgeber, Petrini.
Remarks: Davos without Jung, Knak, Nordström (all injured) and Zadina (suspended), SCL Tigers without Berger, Guggenheim, Lapinskis, Malone, Mäenalanen and Riikola (all injured). SCL Tigers without goalkeeper from 57:43 to 59:22.
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