National League Defeats for ZSC and Davos - spectacle between Kloten and Ambri

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21.12.2024 - 22:31

Lausanne climbs to the top of the National League table with a 3-0 home win in the Léman derby against Servette. The Vaud team benefited from the defeats of leaders ZSC Lions and Davos.

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The ZSC Lions, who have played three games less than the new leaders, were beaten 3-2 at home by fourth-placed SC Bern in the top game of the round despite leading twice. Davos missed out on another leap to first place with a 2-1 defeat on penalties in Biel.

As a result, it remains to be seen which of this top trio will spend Christmas on the leader's throne. Lausanne will tackle this year's final round with a one-point lead over their two closest rivals. While LHC (at Langnau) and HCD (at Kloten) both play away games on Monday, ZSC will be at home against the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers.

There was a great spectacle in Kloten, where the home team turned a 1:4 deficit into a 5:4 lead in the final period, but were ultimately beaten 5:6 by Ambri-Piotta in a penalty shoot-out. Meanwhile, the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers continued their upward trend that began with the change of coach with a 4-0 home win against Fribourg-Gottéron. The St. Gallen team moved up two places in the table to 9th place.

Meanwhile, second-last Lugano (3:4 at the SCL Tigers) and bottom of the table Ajoie (0:4 in Zug) were unable to overcome their weakness on the road.

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