Canadian Greg Ireland, who took over in Ajoie during the national team break, loses 2:5 in his first game in Kloten. These are the facts of the six games on Friday night.
Ajoie had won twice before the championship break. The team from Jura clearly missed out on their third win in a row. In the second period, EHC Kloten scored three goals from 0:1 to 3:1 within eleven minutes.
Zurich lose at home
The ZSC Lions lost the top game in Zurich against HC Davos 2:3 in overtime. Michael Fora scored the winning goal with 0.8 seconds left in overtime. The last time ZSC had lost a home game was on January 20 with a 3-1 defeat against Kloten, after which Zurich SC won 25 games in front of their own fans. Davos won for the tenth time in the last eleven rounds thanks to Fora's late winning goal.
Spectacle in Fribourg
In Fribourg, Gottéron and Schlittschuhclub Bern provided a spectacle from the very first second. The game was already 1:1 after 23 seconds. It has been 32 years since two goals were scored more quickly (Ambri - Zug 2:0 after 22 seconds). Jakob Lilja (who came from Ambri for DiDomenico) scored his first goal for Gottéron to make it 1-1. This was also curious, as the puck was free in front of the goal for Lilja, while Bern's goalie Adam Reideborn was standing behind the net. In the end, Fribourg won 5:4 on penalties. No scorer scored for Bern, while Jacob de la Rose and Christoph Bertschy scored for Gottéron. Bern have lost eight of their nine overtime games this season.
Zug's reaction
Zug managed a strong reaction to Wednesday's embarrassing performance against Bern (1:6). Gregory Hofmann and Fredrik Olofsson each contributed two goals to the 6-2 home win against Lausanne, who had traveled to central Switzerland as leaders. It was Olofsson's first two goals of the season. The hosts decided the middle third 4:1 in their favor with the kind help of Lausanne goalie Antoine Keller, who was substituted after 40 minutes. EVZ had lost all four of their previous duels against the Vaud team.
From 2:3 to 6:3
Due to the traffic jam at the Gotthard, Biel arrived late in Lugano; the game started with a slight delay. The short preparation did not prove to be a handicap for the Seelanders: Biel led 3:2 until the 29th minute after two goals by Toni Rajala. Jesper Peltonen, however, also managed the decisive turnaround from 2:3 to 4:3 with a brace (29th and 36th minute).
After more than 200 minutes
The SCL Tigers suffered their next defeat in a game with a lot of lead changes, losing 4:5 to the Lakers. At least the Langnau team managed to score again: After a 0:4 against Zug, a 0:3 in Davos and a 0:2 in Ajoie, they scored after 201 minutes and 49 seconds through Michal Kristof to make it 1:0. What followed was bitter: Although the Tigers were then able to play power play and score a penalty, they were down 1-2 for the first time four minutes after the 1:0. Pontus Aberg scored the winning goal for the Lakers after 62:20 minutes.
Match telegrams:
Fribourg - Bern 5:4 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1, 0:0) n.P.
9178 spectators. - SR Tscherrig/Hungerbühler, Steenstra/Humair. - Goals: 1. (0:12) Merelä (Baumgartner) 0:1. 1. (0:23) Lilja (Dorthe, Borgman) 1:1. 7. Wallmark 2:1. 14. Simon Moser (Ritzmann, Schild) 2:2. 31. Ritzmann (Loeffel, Marc Marchon) 2:3. 40. (39:51) Bertschy (De la Rose, Schmid/Powerplaytor) 3:3. 44. Diaz (Sörensen, Gunderson/at 5-on-3) 4:3. 57. Merelä (Vermin) 4:4. - Penalty shootout: Sprunger -, Merelä -; Wallmark -, Czarnik -; De la Rose 1:0, Baumgartner -; Bertschy 2:0, Lehmann -. - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron, 6 times 2 minutes against Bern. - PostFinance top scorers: Sörensen; Czarnik.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Sutter, Streule; Gunderson, Jecker; Diaz, Borgman; Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Schmid; Lilja, De la Rose, Dorthe; Sprunger, Bertschy, Mottet; Nicolet, Walser, Gerber; Etter.
Bern: Reideborn; Loeffel, Nemeth; Untersander, Füllemann; Vermin, Rhyn; Lehmann, Czarnik, Ejdsell; Merelä, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Bader, Graf, Marc Marchon; Schild, Ritzmann, Simon Moser; Sablatnig.
Remarks: Fribourg-Gottéron without Dufner, Nathan Marchon and Rod (all injured), Bern without Kahun, Kreis and Lindholm (all injured).
Zug - Lausanne 6:2 (1:1, 4:1, 1:0)
7419 spectators. - SR Hebeisen/Dipietro, Huguet/Fuchs. - Goals: 15th (14:15) Hofmann (Kovar/power play goal) 1:0. 16th (15:17) Pajuniemi 1:1. 26th Wingerli (Martschini) 2:1. 30th (29:21) Hofmann (Muggli) 3:1. 30th (29:44) Rochette 3:2. 38th (37:30) Olofsson (Tobias Geisser) 4:2. 38th (37:54) Martschini (Carlsson) 5:2. 50th Olofsson 6:2. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Zug, 4 times 2 minutes against Lausanne. - PostFinance top scorers: Vozenilek; Suomela.
Zug: Wolf; Muggli, Carlsson; Hansson, Johnson; Stadler, Tobias Geisser; Mischa Geisser; Vozenilek, Kovar, Hofmann; Martschini, Olofsson, Wingerli; Biasca, Senteler, Künzle; Eggenberger, Leuenberger, Herzog; Simion.
Lausanne: Keller (41. Pasche); Glauser, Marti; Heldner, Frick; Sklenicka, Bayreuther; Fiedler; Riat, Suomela, Fuchs; Hügli, Jäger, Bozon; Pajuniemi, Kuokkanen, Rochette; Holdener, Bougro, Genazzi; Mémeteau.
Remarks: Zug without Balestra, Genoni, Riva, Schlumpf (all injured) and Bengtsson (sick), Lausanne without Oksanen, Pilut, Prassl, Raffl and Vouardoux (all injured).
Kloten - Ajoie 5:2 (0:0, 3:1, 2:1)
4714 spectators. - SR Hürlimann/Mollard, Bürgy/Gnemmi. - Goals: 26. Ramel (Morley) 1:0. 30. Bellemare 1:1. 33. Simic (Diem, Grégoire) 2:1. 36. Ojamäki (Aaltonen, Profico) 3:1. 47. (46:25) Sopa (Nättinen, Bellemare) 3:2. 48. (47:20) Weibel (Sidler, Steve Kellenberger) 4:2. 59. Aaltonen (Ojamäki) 5:2 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Aaltonen; Turkulainen.
Kloten: Zurkirchen; Niku, Profico; Grégoire, Wolf; Sidler, Steve Kellenberger; Sataric; Ojamäki, Aaltonen, Audette; Meyer, Morley, Ramel; Simic, Schäppi, Meier; Weibel, Diem, Smirnovs; Derungs.
Ajoie: Conz; Nussbaumer, Fey; Honka, Maurer; Scheidegger, Fischer; Thiry, Pilet; Hazen, Devos, Turkulainen; Sopa, Bellemare, Nättinen; Robin, Frossard, Veckaktins; Pouilly, Garessus, Pedretti.
Remarks: Kloten without Marchon and Steiner (both injured), Ajoie without Bozon, Romanenghi, Rundqvist, Schmutz (all injured) and Brennan (supernumerary foreigner). Ajoie without a goalkeeper from 58:08 to 59:00.
Lugano - Biel 6:3 (2:1, 2:2, 2:0)
4859 spectators. - SR Piechaczek/Fonselius, Cattaneo/Bichsel. - Goals: 1. (0:58) Fazzini (Joly, Zohorna/powerplay goal) 1:0. 10. Kneubuehler 1:1. 16. Canonica 2:1. 23. Rajala (Tanner) 2:2. 27. Rajala (Bachofner, Jakowenko) 2:3. 29. Jesper Peltonen (Alatalo) 3:3. 36. Jesper Peltonen (Zanetti) 4:3. 59. (58:29) Joly 5:3 (into the empty net). 59th (58:39) Verboon (Marco Müller, Mirco Müller) 6:3 - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Lugano, 4 times 2 minutes against Biel. - PostFinance top scorers: Joly; Rajala.
Lugano: Schlegel; Schultz, Mirco Müller; Aebischer, Dahlström; Jesper Peltonen, Alatalo; Hausheer; Joly, Zohorna, Carr; Cormier, Marco Müller, Verboon; Fazzini, Arcobello, Patry; Zanetti, Canonica, Reichle; Aleksi Peltonen.
Biel: Janett; Zryd, Jakowenko; Burren, Christe; Stampfli, Blessing; Delémont; Hofer, Andersson, Kneubuehler; Nicolas Müller, Heponiemi, Sallinen; Bachofner, Tanner, Rajala; Cattin, Christen, Schläpfer.
Remarks: Lugano without Guerra, Morini, Thürkauf, van Pottelberghe (all injured), Huska and Sekac (both supernumerary foreigners), Biel without Cunti (sick), Brunner, Bärtschi, Grossmann, Haas, Lööv (all injured) and Säteri (supernumerary foreigner). Biel without a goalkeeper from 57:53 to 58:29.
SCL Tigers - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 4:5 (2:2, 1:1, 1:1, 0:1) n.V.
5610 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Staudenmann, Meusy/Gurtner. - Goals: 8. Kristof (Zanetti) 1:0. 10. Hofer (Rask) 1:1. 13. Capaul (Moy) 1:2. 19. Flavio Schmutz (Riikola) 2:2. 26. Pesonen (Meier) 3:2. 40. (39:49) Strömwall 3:3. 41. (40:57) Zangger (Jelovac) 3:4. 44. Baltisberger (Flavio Schmutz) 4:4. 63. Aberg 4:5. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against SCL Tigers, 5 times 2 minutes against Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. - PostFinance top scorers: Saarela; Strömwall.
SCL Tigers: Boltshauser; Saarijärvi, Baltisberger; Riikola, Zanetti; Erni, Meier; Cadonau, Paschoud; Julian Schmutz, Kristof, Saarela; Rohrbach, Flavio Schmutz, Pesonen; Fahrni, Felcman, Allenspach; Petrini, Salzgeber, Lapinskis.
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers: Nyffeler; Henauer, Holm; Baragano, Djuse; Jelovac, Maier; Capaul; Aberg, Albrecht, Taibel; Zangger, Moy, Jensen; Strömwall, Rask, Hofer; Wick, Dünner, Alge.
Remarks: SCL Tigers without Berger, Guggenheim, Malone and Mäenalanen (all injured), Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without Lammer, Larsson (both injured), Wetter (sick) and Nardella (supernumerary foreigner).
ZSC Lions - Davos 2:3 (1:1, 0:1, 1:0, 0:1) n.V.
12'000 spectators. - SR Kaukokari/Stricker, Duc/Francey. - Goals: 10. Nussbaumer (Stransky) 0:1. 14. Baltisberger (Baechler, Riedi) 1:1. 31. Knak (Gredig) 1:2. 56. Frödén (Sigrist) 2:2. 65. (64:59) Fora (Tambellini, Ryfors) 2:3. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against ZSC Lions, 4 times 2 minutes against Davos. - PostFinance top scorers: Grant; Tambellini.
ZSC Lions: Hrubec; Weber, Lehtonen; Kukan, Geering; Trutmann, Marti; Bünzli; Sigrist, Malgin, Andrighetto; Frödén, Lammikko, Zehnder; Rohrer, Grant, De Leo; Baltisberger, Baechler, Riedi; Henry.
Davos: Aeschlimann; Fora, Gross; Honka, Dahlbeck; Andersson, Jung; Guebey; Stransky, Corvi, Kessler; Frehner, Ryfors, Tambellini; Nussbaumer, Egli, Zadina; Ambühl, Gredig, Knak; Parrée.
Remarks: ZSC Lions without Balcers, Denis Hollenstein (both injured) and Kinnunen (extra foreigner).
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