The new season is off to a perfect start for EHC Kloten and goalie Ludovic Waeber
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Kloten's defenseman Sami Niku already scored twice in two penalty shootouts
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Langnau's goalie Stéphane Charlin clearly won the duel against Gottéron's goalie Reto Berra and witched the SCL Tigers to their first win of the season
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Denis Malgin (number 62) scored the goals for the ZSC Lions from 3:4 to 5:4 in the 59th and 64th minute
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Lausanne's Théo Rochette started the series against Servette and Ajoie with three goals
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The new season is off to a perfect start for EHC Kloten and goalie Ludovic Waeber
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Kloten's defenseman Sami Niku already scored twice in two penalty shootouts
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Langnau's goalie Stéphane Charlin clearly won the duel against Gottéron's goalie Reto Berra and witched the SCL Tigers to their first win of the season
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Denis Malgin (number 62) scored the goals for the ZSC Lions from 3:4 to 5:4 in the 59th and 64th minute
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Lausanne's Théo Rochette started the series against Servette and Ajoie with three goals
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EHC Kloten opens the new season by winning two penalty shootouts. These are the facts from Friday night's five games.
Kloten also defeats Bern
After Davos, EHC Kloten also surprised the skating club Bern on Tuesday. In this only game between two winners of the starting round, Kloten prevailed for the second time in a penalty shootout. Rafael Meier and Sami Niku scored again in the second penalty shootout, turning a 0:1 into a 2:1 with the last two penalties. In regulation time, Miro Aaltonen scored for Kloten and Ramon Untersander for Bern. Ludovic Waeber, Kloten's new goalie, saved 33 shots and four penalties.
Zurich turnaround
Champions ZSC Lions were lucky to win their first home game of the new season. In a game with nine lead changes, the Lions won 5:4 after overtime after Ambri-Piotta had led 4:3 until 114 seconds before the end. Denis Malgin saved the Zurich team in the 59th minute with an extra skater on the ice and decided the game in the 64th minute with his second goal of the game. In addition to Malgin, Dean Kukan (plus-4 rating) also shone for the ZSC Lions.
Ajoie insufficient
HC Ajoie did not look good in their first two games. In their 4-1 loss in Freiburg in Game 1, the Ajoulots held on to a 1-1 draw until the 52nd minute. In their first home game against Lausanne, the Jura side were 3-0 down after just 13 minutes. In the end it was 6:3 for the Vaud team. Theo Rochette, Lauri Pajuniemi and Tim Bozon scored the first three goals. Rochette has already scored three goals for Lausanne in the new season.
Langnau surprise
The SCL Tigers came away with a 4-2 home win against Fribourg-Gottéron. Stéphane Charlin with 22 saves and a save percentage of 91.67% led the Langnau team to victory. Gottéron goalie Reto Berra had a save percentage of less than 79%. Langnau's young newcomers Joshua Fahrni (for the second time) and Dario Allenspach were also among the scorers.
Second win for the Lakers
The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers took a 2-0 lead against Biel after just six minutes and then just managed to hold on for a 3-2 victory. Tony Rajala returned to the ice for Biel, but left with a minus-2 record. While the Lakers won both of their first two games, EHC Biel are still without a point after two games. The Seelanders scored only three goals in the first two games.
Ranking and results
1. Lausanne 2/6. 2. ZSC Lions 2/5. 3. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 2/5. 4. Kloten 2/4. 5. Bern 2/4. 6. Zug 1/3. 7. SCL Tigers 2/3. 8. Lugano 2/3. 9. Fribourg-Gottéron 2/3. 10. Ambri-Piotta 2/2. 11. Davos 2/1. 12. Genève-Servette 1/0. 13. Biel 2/0. 14. Ajoie 2/0.
Kloten - Bern 2:1 (0:0, 1:0, 0:1, 0:0) n.P.
5182 spectators. - SR Kaukokari/Stricker, Gnemmi/Fuchs. - Goals: 30. Aaltonen (Audette) 1:0. 42. Untersander (Baumgartner/powerplay goal) 1:1. - Penalty shootout: Smirnovs -, Czarnik 0:1; Audette -, Baumgartner -; Ojamäki -, Ejdsell -; Meier 1:1, Kahun -; Niku 2:1, Lehmann -. - Penalties: 3 times 2 plus 5 minutes (Simic) plus added time (Simic) against Kloten, 4 times 2 minutes against Bern. - PostFinance top scorers: Schäppi; Baumgartner.
Kloten: Waeber; Niku, Profico; Grégoire, Wolf; Sidler, Steve Kellenberger; Steiner; Simic, Aaltonen, Audette; Ojamäki, Morley, Ramel; Meier, Schäppi, Meyer; Weibel, Diem, Smirnovs; Derungs.
Bern: Wüthrich; Untersander, Nemeth; Lindholm, Kreis; Vermin, Kindschi; Füllemann; Lehmann, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Merelä, Kahun, Ejdsell; Graf, Czarnik, Marc Marchon; Bader, Ritzmann, Simon Moser; Schild.
Remarks: Kloten without Schreiber (injured), Bern without Loeffel (injured) and Reideborn (supernumerary foreigner).
ZSC Lions - Ambri-Piotta 5:4 (1:1, 2:3, 1:0, 1:0) n.V.
10'974 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Ströbel, Stalder/Urfer. - Goals: 2. Landry (Kubalik) 0:1. 14. Weber (Malgin) 1:1. 23. Zwerger 1:2. 30. Rohrer (Baltisberger) 2:2. 33. Rohrer 3:2. 38. De Luca (Grassi) 3:3. 40. (39:17) Heed (Heim) 3:4. 59. Malgin (Kukan, Andrighetto) 4:4 (without goalkeeper). 64. Malgin (Kukan) 5:4. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against ZSC Lions, 4 times 2 minutes against Ambri-Piotta. - PostFinance top scorers: Kukan; Kubalik.
ZSC Lions: Hrubec; Weber, Kukan; Kinnunen, Geering; Trutmann, Marti; Schwendeler; Andrighetto, Malgin, Balcers; Frödén, Grant, Zehnder; Rohrer, Lammikko, Riedi; Baltisberger, Baechler, Sigrist; Graf.
Ambri-Piotta: Senn; Heed, Zaccheo Dotti; Virtanen, Pezzullo; Zgraggen, Isacco Dotti; Wüthrich; Bürgler, Heim, Müller; Ang, Maillet, Lilja; Zwerger, Landry, Kubalik; Grassi, De Luca, Pestoni; Muggli.
Remarks: ZSC Lions without Hollenstein (injured) and Lehtonen (extra foreigner), Ambri-Piotta without Douay, Hedlund, Kostner (all injured), Curran and Juvonen (both extra foreigners). ZSC Lions without goalkeeper from 57:48 to 58:06.
SCL Tigers - Fribourg-Gottéron 4:2 (1:1, 2:1, 1:0)
5601 spectators. - SR Tscherrig/Mollard, Huguet/Bürgy. - Goals: 7. Saarela (Julian Schmutz, Felcman) 1:0. 19. De la Rose (DiDomenico/at 5-on-3) 1:1. 23. Fahrni (Felcman) 2:1. 29. Allenspach (Cadonau, Fahrni) 3:1. 34. Sprunger (Walser) 3:2. 56. Riikola 4:2. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against SCL Tigers, 4 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron. - PostFinance top scorers: Lapinskis; De la Rose.
SCL Tigers: Charlin; Paschoud, Riikola; Saarijärvi, Baltisberger; Cadonau, Zanetti; Guggenheim; Mäenalanen, Malone, Pesonen; Julian Schmutz, Flavio Schmutz, Saarela; Fahrni, Felcman, Allenspach; Rohrbach, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Berger.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Diaz, Borgman; Gunderson, Streule; Rathgeb, Jecker; Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Mottet; Bertschy, De la Rose, DiDomenico; Marchon, Schmid, Dorthe; Sprunger, Walser, Gerber; Binias.
Remarks: SCL Tigers without Erni (injured). Fribourg-Gottéron without a goalkeeper from 57:46 to 58:12.
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers - Biel 3:2 (2:1, 0:0, 1:1)
4523 spectators. - SR Borga/Hebeisen, Schlegel/Meusy. - Goals: 6th (5:03) Jensen (Moy) 1:0. 7th (6:11) Wetter (Wick) 2:0. 16th Andersson (Jakowenko/power play goal) 2:1. 46th Valentin Hofer (Taibel) 3:1. 50th Kneubuehler (Bärtschi) 3:2. - Penalties: 4 times 2 minutes against Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, 6 times 2 minutes against Biel. - PostFinance top scorers: Jensen; Rajala.
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers: Nyffeler; Baragano, Larsson; Henauer, Maier; Jelovac, Holm; Alge, Gerber; Aberg, Albrecht, Strömwall; Valentin Hofer, Taibel, Zangger; Wick, Dünner, Wetter; Moy, Rask, Jensen.
Biel: Säteri; Zryd, Lööv; Stampfli, Jakowenko; Christe, Grossmann; Burren, Christen; Bachofner, Andersson, Rajala; Kneubuehler, Bärtschi, Heponiemi; Fabio Hofer, Cunti, Müller; Derungs, Tanner, Schläpfer.
Remarks: Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without Capaul, Djuse, Lammer and Quinn (all injured), Biel without Delémont, Haas, Reinhard and Sallinen (all injured). Biel without a goalkeeper from 58:20 to 58:21 and from 58:45.
Ajoie - Lausanne 3:6 (0:3, 1:2, 2:1)
4356 spectators. - SR Staudenmann/Fonselius, Altmann/Bichsel. - Goals: 8. Rochette (Kuokkanen) 0:1. 12. (11:33) Pajuniemi (Rochette, Kuokkanen) 0:2. 13. (12:50) Tim Bozon (Fuchs, Jäger) 0:3. 23. Tim Bozon (Fuchs) 0:4. 31. Pedretti (Nättinen/powerplay goal) 1:4. 35. Kuokkanen (underpaid goal!) 1:5. 49. Hazen (Brennan/at 5-on-3) 2:5. 52. Garessus (Thiry) 3:5. 59. Oksanen 3:6 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Ajoie, 5 times 2 minutes against Lausanne. - PostFinance top scorers: Palve; Rochette.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Minder, Fey; Fischer, Nussbaumer; Scheidegger, Brennan; Thiry; Sopa, Frossard, Pedretti; Turkulainen, Palve, Nättinen; Hazen, Devos, Veckaktins; Pouilly, Romanenghi, Kevin Bozon; Garessus.
Lausanne: Keller; Glauser, Bayreuther; Heldner, Frick; Sklenicka, Marti; Vouardoux, Genazzi; Riat, Suomela, Oksanen; Tim Bozon, Jäger, Fuchs; Pajuniemi, Kuokkanen, Rochette; Hügli, Bougro, Holdener.
Remarks: Ajoie without Maurer, Rundqvist and Schmutz (all injured), Lausanne without Pilut, Prassl and Raffl (all injured). Ajoie without a goalkeeper from 57:35 to 58:59.
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