EHC Kloten stays in the front midfield. The Kloten team beat Geneva-Servette 3-2 thanks to a strong finish.
Until the 48th minute, the Kloten team was trailing 1:2. Mischa Ramel then equalized to make it 2-2, and Dario Meyer secured the home win two and a half minutes before the end.
Kloten have won eight of their last eleven games and their last four home games. Servette, on the other hand, lost two championship games in the space of 24 hours, having previously won five games in a row in the National League and the Champions League.
Servette conceded the first goal after just 14 seconds, but then took a 2-1 lead after just nine minutes with goals from Markus Granlund and Marc-Antoine Pouliot. After that, however, Geneva limited itself too much to keeping the narrow lead over time.
Telegram:
Kloten - Genève-Servette 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
4691 spectators. - SR Piechaczek/Hungerbühler, Schlegel/Gurtner. - Goals: 1. (0:14) Aaltonen (Ojamäki) 1:0. 7. Granlund (Berni, Chanton) 1:1. 10. Pouliot (Palve, Bertaggia) 1:2. 48. Ramel (Derungs, Morley) 2:2. 58. Meyer (Ramel) 3:2. - Penalties: none against Kloten, 3 times 2 minutes against Genève-Servette. - PostFinance top scorers: Aaltonen; Manninen.
Kloten: Zurkirchen; Niku, Profico; Grégoire, Wolf; Sidler, Steve Kellenberger; Sataric; Ojamäki, Aaltonen, Audette; Meyer, Morley, Ramel; Derungs, Schäppi, Meier; Weibel, Diem, Smirnovs; Schreiber.
Genève-Servette: Mayer; Vatanen, Le Coultre; Chanton, Berni; Karrer, Lennström; Schneller, Jacquemet; Jooris, Richard, Miranda; Pouliot, Palve, Bertaggia; Praplan, Manninen, Granlund; Völlmin, Cavalleri, Loosli.
Remarks: Kloten without Simic and Steiner (both injured), Genève-Servette without Descloux, Hartikainen, Hischier, Raanta and Rod (all injured). Genève-Servette without a goalkeeper from 58:15.
Ranking:
1. Davos 27/55. 2. ZSC Lions 25/52. 3. Lausanne 27/49. 4. Bern 27/48. 5. Kloten 28/47. 6. Zug 27/43. 7. SCL Tigers 26/38. 8. Biel 27/37. 9. Ambri-Piotta 27/36. 10. Genève-Servette 25/34. 11. Fribourg-Gottéron 27/34. 12. Lugano 25/32. 13. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 28/32. 14. Ajoie 26/21.