Servette's form curve is pointing upwards. The Geneva team won the West Swiss derby against Fribourg 2:0.
The 6:5 victory over Ambri on Monday after trailing 0:4 did Servette good. Geneva got off to a dominant start against Gottéron, deservedly taking the lead in the 16th minute through Vincent Praplan and only allowing Fribourg three shots on goal in the first period.
Fribourg improved from the second period onwards, but were unable to overcome the world-class Finnish goalie Antti Raanta (42 saves). Servette have won four of their last five matches, including the Champions Hockey League, and are therefore in the middle of their most successful phase this season. Vincent Praplan, who opened the scoring, recorded ten points last week: seven goals and three assists.
Servette - Fribourg 2:0 (1:0, 1:0, 0:0)
5513 spectators. - SR Hürlimann/Hungerbühler, Duc/Humair. - Goals: 16. Praplan (Granlund, Manninen) 1:0. 26. Berni (Manninen, Granlund) 2:0. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against Genève-Servette, 3 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron. - PostFinance top scorers: Manninen; Sörensen.
Genève-Servette: Raanta; Vatanen, Le Coultre; Völlmin, Berni; Jacquemet, Karrer; Schneller, Vouardoux; Praplan, Manninen, Granlund; Pouliot, Richard, Bertaggia; Miranda, Spacek, Palve; Imesch, Jooris, Cavalleri.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Gunderson, Jecker; Sutter, Streule; Diaz, Borgman; Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Mottet; Sprunger, Marchon, Lilja; Bertschy, Vey, Schmid; Nicolet, Walser, Gerber; Dorthe.
Remarks: Genève-Servette without Chanton, Descloux, Guignard, Hartikainen, Hischier, Lennström, Loosli, Maillard and Noah Rod (all injured), Fribourg-Gottéron without Dufner and Rathgeb (both injured). Fribourg-Gottéron without a goalkeeper from 55:30 to 56:16 and from 56:56 on.
Ranking:
1. Davos 24/47. 2. ZSC Lions 22/46. 3. Lausanne 24/45. 4. Bern 25/42. 5. Zug 24/41. 6. Kloten 24/38. 7. Biel 24/37. 8. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 24/31. 9. Ambri-Piotta 23/30. 10. Genève-Servette 21/29. 11. SCL Tigers 22/29. 12. Lugano 22/28. 13. Fribourg-Gottéron 24/28. 14. Ajoie 23/18.
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