Lausanne's Jason Fuchs inflicts SCB's sixth defeat in a row with his overtime goal.
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Ambri's top scorer Dominik Kubalik (left) tied the game 3:3 in Zug (56th) and decided the game after 19 seconds in overtime.
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With Robin Zumbühl in goal, ZSC won for the ninth time in the tenth game.
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Julian Schmutz celebrates scoring twice in Langnau's 5-4 win in Freiburg (after trailing 3-0).
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Pontus Aberg, signed from the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, fit in perfectly in Kloten with two assists.
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Lausanne's Jason Fuchs inflicts SCB's sixth defeat in a row with his overtime goal.
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Ambri's top scorer Dominik Kubalik (left) tied the game 3:3 in Zug (56th) and decided the game after 19 seconds in overtime.
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With Robin Zumbühl in goal, ZSC won for the ninth time in the tenth game.
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Julian Schmutz celebrates scoring twice in Langnau's 5-4 win in Freiburg (after trailing 3-0).
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Pontus Aberg, signed from the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, fit in perfectly in Kloten with two assists.
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Four teams win after falling behind and Ambri-Piotta equalizes a league record. These are the facts from Friday's five National League games.
24.01.2025, 23:02
25.01.2025, 08:38
SDA
The results from Friday evening
- Kloten - Ajoie 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
- ZSC Lions - Biel 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 2:0)
- Fribourg-Gottéron - SCL Tigers 4:5 (2:0, 2:2, 0:2, 0:1) n.V.
- Zug - Ambri-Piotta 3:4 (0:1, 2:0, 1:2, 0:1) n.V.
- Lausanne - Bern 5:4 (1:1, 3:3, 0:0, 1:0) n.V.
Lausanne extends Bern's losing streak
Friday evening in the National League was characterized by twists and turns. The most spectacular of these came from Lausanne, who beat Bern in overtime for the second time in 48 hours. At half-time, the SCB were well on their way to winning again after five previous defeats. The visitors pulled away from 1:1 to 4:1 within 133 seconds, also thanks to powerplay goals from Romain Loeffel and top scorer Austin Czarnik. However, Lausanne equalized the game with three goals in just under four minutes before the second break. Jason Fuchs ultimately decided the game when he converted a rebound from Adam Reideborn to make it 5-4 for the hosts in overtime.
ZSC Lions defeat favorite opponent
EHC Biel were unable to end the day on which Damien Brunner had to announce his retirement with a sense of achievement. The Seelanders were 2:1 ahead after two periods in their duel with the ZSC Lions in Zurich after goals from Luca Cunti and Lias Andersson, but Willy Riedi and Denis Malgin turned the tide in favour of the home team with their goals in the final period. It was the eleventh win in a row for the Zurich team in their duel with Biel. During the game, ZSC announced that it had extended the contracts of Chris Baltisberger and Derek Grant until the end of next season.
Gottéron squanders 3:0
Fribourg-Gottéron also failed to score in the ninth championship game under Lars Leuenberger. However, the Fribourg team have a lot to talk about after losing 4:5 at home after overtime against the SCL Tigers, who were still leading 3:0 after just under 26 minutes. During Langnau's comeback with two goals each in the middle and final thirds, Julian Schmutz was celebrated as a double goal scorer. The forward also did the groundwork for Aleksi Saarela's winning goal in the 3rd minute of overtime. The Tigers, who won for the second time in a row after six previous defeats, thus also came away victorious in their fourth season duel with Gottéron.
Kubalik ends Zug's winning streak
EV Zug was on the verge of extending its longest winning streak of the season to seven games in its home game against Ambri-Piotta despite trailing 1-0. The team from central Switzerland led 3:2 until just under four minutes before the end of regulation time, before Dominik Kubalik saved the Leventines with the equalizer in overtime. There, the Czech scored his 23rd goal of the season after just 19 seconds to give the visitors victory. Ambri-Piotta had to go to overtime for the 20th time in its 41st game of the season, equaling HC Davos' record from the 2022-23 season.
Aberg's successful debut for Kloten
EHC Kloten came off the ice as deserved winners in the first game after the termination of top scorer Miro Aaltonen's contract. Pontus Aberg celebrated a successful debut in the 5-1 win at home against bottom-of-the-table Ajoie. The forward, who signed from the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, assisted on Kloten's first two goals. At 1:0, Harrison Schreiber deflected Aberg's shot into the goal, and at 2:0, Mischa Ramel converted a perfect feed from the Swede. While Ajoie lost for the fifth time in a row, Kloten underlined its ambitions for a direct playoff spot with its fourth home win in a row.
Telegrams:
Lausanne - Bern 5:4 (1:1, 3:3, 0:0, 1:0) n.V.
9600 spectators (sold out). - SR Dipietro/Tscherrig, Urfer/Stalder. - Goals: 16. Loeffel (Klok) 0:1. 20. (19:13) Rochette (Bozon, Kuokkanen/powerplay goal) 1:1. 28. (27:59) Loeffel (powerplay goal) 1:2. 29. (28:42) Bader (Untersander) 1:3. 31. Czarnik (Loeffel/powerplay goal) 1:4. 36. Rochette (Fuchs) 2:4. 39th (38:08) Fuchs (Bayreuther, Rochette) 3:4. 40th (39:09) Raffl (Sklenicka/powerplay goal) 4:4. 64th Fuchs (Suomela, Bayreuther) 5:4. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes plus playing time (Sklenicka) against Lausanne, 3 times 2 minutes against Bern. - PostFinance top scorers: Suomela; Czarnik.
Lausanne: Pasche; Marti, Bayreuther; Sklenicka, Fiedler; Heldner, Frick; Genazzi; Riat, Suomela, Oksanen; Bozon, Jäger, Raffl; Fuchs, Kuokkanen, Rochette; Holdener, Prassl, Hügli; Hammerer.
Bern: Reideborn; Untersander, Nemeth; Loeffel, Klok; Kindschi, Kreis; Füllemann; Ejdsell, Czarnik, Marchon; Merelä, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Bader, Vermin, Ritzmann; Schild, Graf, Schläpfer.
Remarks: Lausanne without Glauser, Pilut, Vouardoux (all injured) and Pajuniemi (supernumerary foreigner), Bern without Simon Moser (sick), Lehmann, Lindholm (both injured) and Kahun (supernumerary foreigner).
Zug - Ambri-Piotta 3:4 (0:1, 2:0, 1:2, 0:1) n.V.
7700 spectators (sold out). - SR Stolc/Öhlund, Fuchs/Schlegel. - Goals: 16. Maillet (Kubalik, De Luca) 0:1. 22. Herzog (Hofmann) 1:1. 28. Carlsson (Künzle) 2:1. 43. Bürgler (Müller) 2:2. 54. Simion (Senteler) 3:2. 56. Kubalik (Maillet, DiDomenico) 3:3. 61. (60:19) Kubalik (Maillet, Virtanen) 3:4. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes against Zug, 2 times 2 minutes against Ambri-Piotta. - PostFinance top scorers: Martschini; Kubalik.
Zug: Genoni; Bengtsson, Johnson; Leon Muggli, Carlsson; Hansson, Tobias Geisser; Balestra; Martschini, Kovar, Vozenilek; Herzog, Olofsson, Hofmann; Simion, Senteler, Künzle; Eggenberger, Leuenberger, Biasca.
Ambri-Piotta: Juvonen; Heed, Zgraggen; Virtanen, Terraneo; Wüthrich, Isacco Dotti; Zaccheo Dotti; DiDomenico, Maillet, Kubalik; Tim Muggli, Kostner, Zwerger; Bürgler, Heim, Müller; Pestoni, Landry, De Luca; Douay.
Remarks: Zug without Riva, Schlumpf, Stadler (all injured) and Wolf (sick), Ambri-Piotta without Grassi and Senn (both injured).
Fribourg-Gottéron - SCL Tigers 4:5 (2:0, 2:2, 0:2, 0:1) n.V.
9262 spectators (sold out). - SR Ruprecht/Kaukokari, Altmann/Bürgy. - Goals: 9. Schmid (Sörensen, Wallmark) 1:0. 19. Lilja (Bertschy, Vey) 2:0. 26. (25:45) Lilja (Vey, Bertschy) 3:0. 27. (26:37) Flavio Schmutz (Petrini, Lapinskis) 3:1. 30. Salzgeber (Erni) 3:2. 40. (39:13) Sörensen (Wallmark) 4:2. 51st (50:26) Malone (Allenspach, Saarijärvi) 4:3. 52nd (51:28) Julian Schmutz (Saarijärvi, Lapinskis) 4:4. 63rd Saarela (Julian Schmutz, Riikola) 4:5. - Penalties: 1 x 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron, none against SCL Tigers. - PostFinance top scorers: Wallmark; Pesonen.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Sutter, Streule; Rathgeb, Gunderson; Diaz, Jecker; Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Schmid; Sprunger, De la Rose, Marchon; Bertschy, Vey, Lilja; Nicolet, Walser, Dorthe; Gerber.
SCL Tigers: Charlin; Zanetti, Riikola; Saarijärvi, Guggenheim; Meier, Erni; Cadonau; Rohrbach, Flavio Schmutz, Pesonen; Allenspach, Malone, Mäenalanen; Julian Schmutz, Felcman, Saarela; Berger, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Petrini.
Remarks: Fribourg-Gottéron without Dufner, Mottet (both injured) and Borgman (extra player), SCL Tigers without Baltisberger (injured) and Kristof (extra player).
ZSC Lions - Biel 3:2 (0:0, 1:2, 2:0)
11'523 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Mollard, Cattaneo/Obwegeser. - Goals: 24. Rohrer (Grant) 1:0. 32. Cunti (Müller) 1:1. 37. Andersson (Luca Christen/powerplay goal) 1:2. 43. Riedi (Baltisberger, Henry) 2:2. 47. Malgin (Rohrer) 3:2. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against ZSC Lions, 1 time 2 minutes against Biel. - PostFinance top scorers: Grant; Rajala.
ZSC Lions: Zumbühl; Kukan, Geering; Trutmann, Lehtonen; Weber, Marti; Kinnunen; Sigrist, Malgin, Andrighetto; Rohrer, Grant, Olsson; Segafredo, Baechler, Zehnder; Baltisberger, Henry, Riedi; Gruber.
Biel: Säteri; Burren, Grossmann; Christe, Jakowenko; Blessing, Stampfli; Delémont; Hofer, Andersson, Sallinen; Sablatnig, Neuenschwander, Rajala; Greco, Müller, Kneubuehler; Cunti, Luca Christen, Bachofner; Tanner.
Remarks: ZSC Lions without Hollenstein (injured), Balcers, Frödén, Hrubec and Lammikko (all sick), Biel without Brunner, Bärtschi, Haas, Lööv (all injured), Zryd (sick) and Heponiemi (supernumerary foreigner). Biel without a goalkeeper from 57:56 to 59:20 and from 59:45.
Kloten - Ajoie 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
5063 spectators. - SR Hürlimann/Stricker, Meusy/Humair. - Goals: 10. Schreiber (Aberg) 1:0. 37. Ramel (Aberg) 2:0. 39. Meyer (Sataric, Niku/powerplay goal) 3:0. 43. Romanenghi (underpaid goal!) 3:1. 46. Weibel (Meyer, Niku) 4:1. 52. Meyer (Steve Kellenberger, Weibel) 5:1. - Penalties: none against Kloten, 3 times 2 minutes against Ajoie. - PostFinance top scorers: Audette; Nättinen.
Kloten: Waeber; Sidler, Niku; Grégoire, Profico; Sataric, Steve Kellenberger; Deussen, Cuesta Flores; Derungs, Audette, Hawryluk; Aberg, Ramel, Schreiber; Meyer, Schäppi, Weibel; Rehak, Keller, Meier.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Maurer, Honka; Nussbaumer, Fey; Scheidegger, Fischer; Thiry, Pilet; Hazen, Bellemare, Nättinen; Pedretti, Devos, Palve; Schmutz, Rundqvist, Bozon; Robin, Romanenghi, Garessus.
Remarks: Kloten without Diem, Morley, Simic, Steiner (all injured), Ojamäki and Smirnovs (both sick), Ajoie without Patenaude, Turkulainen (both injured) and Brennan (supernumerary foreigner).
