After finally unlocking its score a week earlier against Kloten (5-2), HC Ajoie, led 4-0, managed to take a point in Zurich on Friday evening at the cost of a breathtaking final (5-4 ap) .
Facing the reigning champion, the red lantern of the National League recorded an eighth loss in nine days, but the point obtained was almost worth a victory, as their chances were not given much with a quarter of an hour to go.
Ajoie snatched overtime 16 seconds from time through Turkulainen with two more men on the ice (Conz had deserted his place).
Despite two huge chances at the start of the extra period, HCA ended up losing. This point collected, almost unexpected, does the greatest good for the morale of a collective which welcomes Davos on Saturday in Porrentruy.
In Zug, for the first time this season, HC Bienne won a victory (1-3) after falling behind.
It all started badly for Martin Filander’s men, missing their skates for a third and forced to chase after a one-goal deficit. It was in the last quarter of an hour that they managed to make the difference.
Already at the origin of the 1-1, Alexander Yakovenko unleashed a strike which Jérémie Bärtschi used to catch Wolf out.
HC Bienne will try to confirm this victory on Sunday when they host Kloten.
