Hanging heads at Genève-Servette HC - another home defeat against Kloten
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Langnau wins 1-0 in Biel thanks to 24 saves by goalie Stéphane Charlin...
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... who narrowly won the duel of the two goalies with the best form against Biel's Harri Säteri
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Romain Loeffel (right) and Benjamin Baumgartner celebrate Bern's 3:2 winning goal in overtime against EV Zug
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Greg Ireland wins his first game with the Jura team at the second attempt as the new coach in Ajoie
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Jacob de la Rose (number 95) celebrates his 3-2 winning goal in Davos for Gottéron
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Hanging heads at Genève-Servette HC - another home defeat against Kloten
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Langnau wins 1-0 in Biel thanks to 24 saves by goalie Stéphane Charlin...
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... who narrowly won the duel of the two goalies with the best form against Biel's Harri Säteri
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Romain Loeffel (right) and Benjamin Baumgartner celebrate Bern's 3:2 winning goal in overtime against EV Zug
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Greg Ireland wins his first game with the Jura team at the second attempt as the new coach in Ajoie
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Jacob de la Rose (number 95) celebrates his 3-2 winning goal in Davos for Gottéron
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Genève-Servette Hockey Club cannot confirm the 5-0 away win against Lausanne in the Champions League in the National League. These are the facts from the five games on Saturday evening.
In the Champions Hockey League, Servette shone on Tuesday with a 5-0 away win in Lausanne. The Geneva team already has one foot in the quarter-finals of the European Cup. However, Servette's core business is still not going well: the Servettiens took an early 3:1 lead against Kloten thanks to three powerplay goals, but lost 4:5 after overtime. Miro Aaltonen scored Kloten's winning goal after just 21 seconds of overtime.
Charlin's calling card
Langnau goalie Stéphane Charlin made his mark in Biel. Charlin saved 24 shots in his SCL Tigers' 1-0 win over EHC Biel. It was Charlin's second shutout of the season. Even before that, Charlin dominated all goalie rankings: He concedes by far the fewest goals per game (1.36) and also has the best save percentage (over 96 percent) with a league average of 91.84 percent. Charlin is making things increasingly difficult for Langnau's second goalie Luca Boltshauser: In the last nine games, Charlin has conceded fewer goals (14) than Boltshauser in his last four appearances. With Charlin, Langnau has collected 15 of its last 16 points. The winning goal for the SCL Tigers in Biel was scored by Oskars Lapinskis in the 19th minute.
End of the Davos streak
After seven wins in a row, HC Davos had to admit defeat on home ice again. Josh Holden's team led twice, but failed to extend their lead. The decisive scene took place shortly before the end: Filip Zadina was sent to the showers early after a knee check; Jacob de la Rose scored the 3:2 winning goal for Gottéron on the power play with 35 seconds left. Lucas Wallmark retired injured in the first period after being hit in the face by a linesman's skate.
Ajoie's third home win
HC Ajoie seized the opportunity against struggling Ambri. The Leventines traveled to Pruntrut on the back of four defeats in a row. Thanks in part to two power play goals, Ajoie was able to celebrate its 4th win of the season, the first under new coach Greg Ireland, whose debut on Friday was a failure. Ajoie has won all of its last three home games. Julius Nättinen and Jerry Turkulainen both scored three goals (1 goal, 2 assists each); Philip-Michael Devos scored two goals.
Bern beats Zug again
On Wednesday, Bern had won 6:1 in Zug. Three days later, the EVZ put up a fight, but had to leave the ice as losers again. Zug led 2:1 until the 56th minute, but then lost 2:3 after overtime. Marco Lehmann equalized with his eleventh goal of the season in the 56th minute to make it 2:2. It was a curious goal: first Lehmann missed the open goal, then Romain Loeffel just hit the post, but the puck bounced off the post in front of Lehmann's feet and he scored to equalize the score at 2:2. And there was also a happy ending for Loeffel: in the second minute of overtime, he scored the winning goal for Bern to make it 3:2. Loeffel scored in overtime for the first time in a Bernese uniform (and the third time overall).
Match telegrams:
Bern - Zug 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 1:1, 1:0) n.V.
16'131 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Staudenmann, Meusy/Bürgy. - Goals: 11. Simion (Hofmann, Vozenilek/power play goal) 0:1. 27. Schild (Nemeth, Simon Moser) 1:1. 41. (40:38) Vozenilek (Hofmann) 1:2. 56. Lehmann (Loeffel, Baumgartner/power play goal) 2:2. 62. Loeffel (Baumgartner, Simon Moser) 3:2. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Lehmann; Vozenilek.
Bern: Wüthrich; Untersander, Nemeth; Vermin, Rhyn; Loeffel, Kindschi; Füllemann; Bader, Merelä, Ejdsell; Lehmann, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Sablatnig, Graf, Marchon; Schild, Ritzmann, Simon Moser; Levin Moser.
Zug: Wolf; Muggli, Carlsson; Hansson, Johnson; Stadler, Tobias Geisser; Mischa Geisser; Vozenilek, Wingerli, Hofmann; Martschini, Olofsson, Herzog; Biasca, Senteler, Künzle; Simion, Leuenberger, Eggenberger.
Remarks: Bern without Kahun, Kreis, Lindholm (all injured) and Czarnik (sick), Zug without Balestra, Genoni, Riva, Schlumpf (all injured), Bengtsson and Kovar (both sick).
Biel - SCL Tigers 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0)
6436 spectators (sold out). - SR Borga/Ströbel, Gnemmi/Stalder. - Goal: 19 Lapinskis (Riikola) 0:1 - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Rajala; Saarela.
Biel: Säteri; Zryd, Jakowenko; Burren, Christe; Stampfli, Blessing; Delémont; Hofer, Andersson, Rajala; Kneubuehler, Heponiemi, Sallinen; Bachofner, Müller, Schläpfer; Cattin, Christen, Villard.
SCL Tigers: Charlin; Saarijärvi, Baltisberger; Riikola, Zanetti; Erni, Meier; Paschoud; Julian Schmutz, Kristof, Saarela; Rohrbach, Flavio Schmutz, Pesonen; Fahrni, Felcman, Allenspach; Petrini, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Rossi.
Remarks: Biel without Cunti (sick), Brunner, Bärtschi, Grossmann, Haas, Lööv and Tanner (all injured), SCL Tigers without Berger, Guggenheim, Malone and Mäenalanen (all injured). Biel without a goalkeeper from 58:49 to 59:58.
Davos - Fribourg-Gottéron 2:3 (1:0, 0:1, 1:2)
5598 spectators. - SR Piechaczek/Fonselius, Altmann/Nater. - Goals: 8. Dahlbeck (Gredig) 1:0. 26. Lilja (Nicolet, Schmid) 1:1. 42. Honka (Tambellini/power play goal) 2:1. 48. Schmid (Rathgeb, De la Rose) 2:2. 60. (59:25) De la Rose (Sörensen/power play goal) 2:3. - Penalties: 3 times 2 plus 5 minutes (Zadina) plus playing time (Zadina) against Davos, 4 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron. - PostFinance top scorers: Tambellini; Sörensen.
Davos: Hollenstein; Fora, Gross; Honka, Dahlbeck; Andersson, Jung; Guebey; Kessler, Corvi, Zadina; Frehner, Ryfors, Tambellini; Ambühl, Gredig, Knak; Wieser, Egli, Nussbaumer; Parrée.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Rüegger; Sutter, Streule; Gunderson, Jecker; Diaz, Borgman; Rathgeb, Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Schmid; Lilja, De la Rose, Nicolet; Sprunger, Bertschy, Mottet; Etter, Walser, Gerber.
Remarks: Davos without Barandun, Nordström and Stransky (all injured), Fribourg-Gottéron without Dufner, Marchon (both injured) and Vey (extra player).
Genève-Servette - Kloten 4:5 (3:1, 0:3, 1:0, 0:1) n.V.
6102 spectators. - SR Kaukokari/Stricker, Urfer/Francey. - Goals: 5th (4:30) Granlund (Hartikainen/at 5-on-3) 1:0. 6th (5:54) Vatanen (Granlund/at 5-on-3) 2:0. 8th Ojamäki 2:1. 17th Granlund (powerplay goal) 3:1. 26th Derungs (Diem) 3:2. 33. Niku (Meier) 3:3. 39. Grégoire (Ramel) 3:4. 42. Jacquemet 4:4. 61. (60:21) Aaltonen 4:5. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Genève-Servette, 5 times 2 minutes against Kloten. - PostFinance top scorers: Hartikainen; Aaltonen.
Genève-Servette: Mayer; Vatanen, Chanton; Karrer, Berni; Jacquemet, Le Coultre; Schneller; Cavalleri, Jooris, Bertaggia; Hartikainen, Manninen, Granlund; Miranda, Spacek, Palve; Imesch, Pouliot, Maillard.
Kloten: Waeber (33rd Zurkirchen); Niku, Profico; Grégoire, Wolf; Sidler, Steve Kellenberger; Sataric; Ojamäki, Aaltonen, Audette; Meyer, Smirnovs, Ramel; Simic, Schäppi, Meier; Weibel, Diem, Derungs; Schreiber.
Remarks: Genève-Servette without Richard (sick), Descloux, Guignard, Hischier, Lennström, Loosli, Praplan, Rod, Völlmin (all injured) and Raanta (supernumerary foreigner), Kloten without Marchon, Morley and Steiner (all injured).
Ajoie - Ambri-Piotta 4:2 (2:1, 1:1, 1:0)
Pruntrut. - 5032 spectators (sold out). - SR Hürlimann/Tscherrig, Huguet/Gurtner. - Goals: 12. Turkulainen (Nättinen, Bellemare/power play goal) 1:0. 14. Landry (Kubalik, DiDomenico) 1:1. 16. Devos (Turkulainen, Hazen) 2:1. 31. Nättinen (Turkulainen, Bellemare/power play goal) 3:1. 34. Virtanen (Kubalik, Heed/at 5-on-3) 3:2. 59. Devos (Nättinen) 4:2 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 3 times 2 plus 5 minutes (Fischer) plus playing time (Fischer) against Ajoie, 4 times 2 plus 2 times 5 minutes (Landry, Grassi) plus 2 times playing time (Landry, Grassi) against Ambri-Piotta. - PostFinance top scorers: Turkulainen; Virtanen.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Nussbaumer, Fey; Honka, Maurer; Scheidegger, Fischer; Thiry, Pilet; Hazen, Devos, Turkulainen; Sopa, Bellemare, Nättinen; Robin, Frossard, Veckaktins; Pouilly, Garessus, Pedretti.
Ambri-Piotta: Juvonen; Heed, Pezzullo; Wüthrich, Curran; Virtanen, Zgraggen; Zaccheo Dotti; DiDomenico, Landry, Kubalik; Grassi, Kostner, Douay; Pestoni, De Luca, Zwerger; Bürgler, Heim, Müller; Hedlund.
Remarks: Ajoie without Bozon, Patenaude, Romanenghi, Rundqvist, Schmutz (all injured) and Brennan (supernumerary foreigner), Ambri-Piotta without Maillet (supernumerary foreigner). Ambri-Piotta without a goalkeeper from 57:49 to 58:07.
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