The Lions started this new year in the best possible way by winning with a score of 6-1 against the Kloten Aviators. The post-match is presented to you by our main partner, Vaudoise Assurances.
A mastered start
The 10-day holiday break did not seem to slow down a Lausanne team in rhythm from the start of the match. The attacking trio Oksanen-Suomela-Riat was in all the right places, without finding the fault of a Sandro Zurkirchen very solid in front of his cage. Determined to score this first goal, it only took a few centimeters to Gavin Bayreuther to sound the revolt, he who saw his shot end up on the crossbar. Amorphous for the first 10 minutes of the match, Zurich regained rhythm afterwards, notably thanks to the counter-attacks led by their Finnish attackers. It was without counting on a Kevin Pascheonce again imperial in front of his cage.
Rain of goals in the 2nd third
After a first period in which the Lausannois were unable to open the score, they returned with the knife between their teeth on the ice of the Vaudoise arena. It only took a penalty against the defender Sami Niku to provoke a deluge of goals for the Lions. It’s first the defender Lukas Frick who delivered his own by perfectly crossing his backhand shot into Kloten’s cage. Afterwards, Theo Rochette ensured the completion of a superb triangulation between Michael Raffle, Lauri Pajuniemi and himself. No time to breathe for the fans present at Prilly, Ahti Oksanen finds himself in front of the cage, recovering a bad pass from Zurich. The Finnish number 29 leaves no hope to his opponents and it makes 3-0. Finally, it’s around the PostFinance Topscorer Antti Suomela to take part in the celebration by scoring a new goal.
A devastating powerplay
Zurich is not known for having a very solid shorthanded game. Geoff Ward and his staff had taken note of this weakness ahead of the meeting this Sunday afternoon. Playing 5 times in powerplay, the Lausanne players found the mark 4 times, including the last murderous shot from Damien Riat. Thanks to this evening’s festival, the Lions once again become the best team in the National League in the exercise with more than 30% efficiency.
The stars of the match
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ahti Oksanen: Number 29 was in the oven and the mill this afternoon. Double scorer, passer and decisive even in the defensive zone, the Finn charmed the entire Vaudoise arena, having the right to an ola of honor at the end of the match. If there was a fourth star, we would surely have given it to him too.
⭐️⭐️ Antti Suomela : There are duos that we cannot separate because they improve each other so much. The Postfinance TopScorer once again delivered a very clean score in this meeting where everything succeeded when he was on the ice.
⭐️ Kevin Pasche : What to say? Kevin was once again on the verge of his 8th shutout of the season. The Lausanne goalkeeper kept his team in the match during a tricky first third and admired his teammates finishing the job.
The next Lions meetings
Our Lions will play two matches in a row during this first weekend of the new year by traveling to the Swiss Life Arena this Sunday, January 5 afternoon. The next evening they will host EV Zug at the Vaudoise arena at 7:45 p.m.
