Led 3-1, Geneva fought hard to win against Rapperswil (5-3) during the National League evening. The other French-speaking countries lost: Lausanne in Davos (5-2) and Friborg in Zug (4-2).
It was a return home eagerly awaited by Geneva supporters and it almost turned sour. After 78 seconds, the Eagles fans were getting ready to have a great evening following Tanner Richard’s opening score in the power play. Only in the space of 31 seconds between the 13th and 14th minutes, Mats Alge scored his first two goals in the National League! And in the 16th minute, the Genevans’ third minor penalty allowed Pontus Aberg to take a two-step lead.
Excellent at the start of the season, Robert Mayer this time gave the impression of having returned to his holey suit from last season. Alge’s two successes are clearly for him.
But Geneva has too much talent to let a team like Rapperswil get away with it. So during the third period, the Garnets reversed the trend. First by Jooris (47th), then by Hartikainen left far too alone (49th) and finally in the 52nd thanks to Granlund. Jan Cadieux’s men sweated at the end of the game, but Richard was able to add one last goal in the empty cage.
Lausanne s’incline
Traveling to the Graubünden mountains, Lausanne was unable to follow up with a fourth consecutive success in all competitions. And especially after three matches without conceding any goals, the Vaudois had to bow down five times (5-2).
It was especially around the third period that the Davos players made the difference. They first scored two goals before the break by Zadina and Frehner. The Czech was also lucky when he saw his throw involuntarily redirected into the goal by Frick
Cleared in Tampere on Wednesday evening, Antoine Keller did not have the same success in the Graubünden mountains. So much so that Geoff Ward chose to send Thibault Fatton after Tambellini’s 4-1 in the 41st. Suomela’s 4-2 in the 47th had no effect on the end of the match, which was rather well controlled by Josh Holden’s players. The LHC will try to get back to winning ways on Saturday evening by welcoming Ambri.
Friborg falls again
We will say that there was better, but better does not gain points in the ranking. In Zug, Friborg was dominated by Zug 4-2 and continues to stick to 13th place with 11 points.
Everything started perfectly for the Dragons thanks to a goal from Borgman after 13 seconds. But as has already been discussed several times, trust is not part of the current Friborg vocabulary. The presence of Sandro Schmid with Marcus Sörensen and Lucas Wallmark did not do much in terms of accounting. While opposite, Daniel Vozenilek could have replaced Jacques Brel in the role of L’Emmerdeur. In all the shots, the Czech world champion was omnipresent.
Friborg however shot 37 times on goal compared to only 23 shots on the Zug side, but it was the Zugois who won thanks to two goals from Herzog in the third period. Between the two, Rathgeb’s goal only revives regrets in the Friborg camp. Saturday evening, Gottéron hosts Lugano. And there is no room for error.
In Lugano, Ajoie thought he could leave Ticino with a little something. The Jurassiens actually led 3-2 after 40 minutes. But the Bianconeri recovered in the third period to finally win 4-3 thanks to Carr and Arcobello.
The Zurich derby surprisingly turned out in favor of Kloten. At home, the Aviators got the better of the Zurich Lions 3-2 tab. In the last match of the evening, Langnau beat Ambri in Ticino 4-3.
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