Thanks to two powerplay goals, the SCL Tigers win the derby against SC Bern 2:1 after overtime - after two home games without scoring.
After 78 seconds of overtime, Bern's Waltteri Merelä was sent to the penalty box for tripping, which Dario Rohrbach took advantage of to score the winner for the Langnau team. It was a sense of achievement that has become rare of late.
The first good news for the SCL Tigers came in the 38th minute. After almost 170 minutes, the Emmentalers, who had started the season so strongly at home, scored once again in the Ilfis. After a 0:1 against Lausanne and a 0:2 against Kloten, the 1:0 by top scorer Aleksi Saarela in overtime was a true redemption - even if the joy was short-lived. Louis Füllemann equalized 68 seconds later.
But that was the end of the offensive fireworks. Both coaches changed their goalies after the last defeats, and both Stéphane Charlin for the Tigers and Adam Reideborn for SCB were convincing, even if they didn't have too much work to do.
SC Bern is currently going through a difficult phase. They have only won one of their last six games. The cantonal rivals are only two points behind in the table, with one game less to play.
Telegram:
SCL Tigers - Bern 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0) n.V.
6000 spectators. - SR Kaukokari (FIN)/Hebeisen, Duc/Francey. - Goals: 38th (37:40) Saarela (Julian Schmutz, Pesonen/power play goal) 1:0. 39th (38:48) Füllemann 1:1. 64th Rohrbach (Pesonen, Saarijärvi/power play goal) 2:1. - Penalties: 1 x 2 minutes against SCL Tigers, 4 x 2 minutes against Bern. - PostFinance top scorers: Saarela; Czarnik.
SCL Tigers: Charlin; Guggenheim, Riikola; Saarijärvi, Baltisberger; Meier, Paschoud; Zanetti; Rohrbach, Kristof, Pesonen; Julian Schmutz, Flavio Schmutz, Saarela; Petrini, Fahrni, Allenspach; Rossi, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Erni.
Bern: Reideborn; Untersander, Nemeth; Loeffel, Lindholm; Vermin, Kindschi; Rhyn, Füllemann; Graf, Bader, Marchon; Merelä, Czarnik, Ejdsell; Schild, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Sablatnig, Ritzmann, Simon Moser.
Remarks: SCL Tigers without Berger, Malone, Mäenalanen (all injured) and Felcman (sick), Bern without Henauer, Kahun, Kreis (all injured) and Lehmann (sick).
Results and standings:
Results: Genève-Servette - Lausanne 2:3 (0:2, 2:1, 0:0). SCL Tigers - Bern 2:1 (0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0) n.V.
Ranking: 1. ZSC Lions 13/29. 2. Lausanne 14/27. 3. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 14/23. 4. Kloten 14/22. 5. Biel 14/21. 6. Ambri-Piotta 14/21. 7. Bern 14/21. 8. Zug 14/21. 9. Davos 13/20. 10. Lugano 12/19. 11. SCL Tigers 13/19. 12. Genève-Servette 11/18. 13. Fribourg-Gottéron 14/17. 14. Ajoie 14/4.
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