Geoff Ward’s men travel to the PostFinance Arena today to face SC Bern at 7:45 p.m. The pre-match is presented to you by our main partner, Vaudoise assurances.
Two playful teams who want to accelerate
The LHC Lions and the SC Bern Bears want to accelerate before the international break which arrives next week. On the one hand, the Lausanne Hockey Club wants to consolidate its position at the top of the ranking by remaining close to the ZSC Lions, current leaders of the National League. A victory this evening would allow the Lausanne players to widen the gap a little further with their pursuer, which includes SC Bern. The men of Jussi Tapola do not want to fall too far from sixth place. A victory in front of the capital’s crowd would allow SC Bern to potentially move ahead of the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers or HC Bienne in the National League standings in the event of missteps by both teams.
Historically, SC Bern always poses a lot of problems for the LHC Lions who often have all the trouble in the world to win in the impressive PostFinance Arena. like the Lions’ narrow victory in overtime during the first opposition between the two teams at the Vaudoise arena in September, it is very likely that the final decision will come down to details.
SC Bern (7èmes)
- 17 matches played, 6 victories and 11 defeats (including 4 in overtime and 3 on penalties)
- 49 goals scored and 45 goals conceded
- 26.67% efficiency in powerplay and 79.66% efficiency in boxplay
- 555 shots taken on goal (8.83% efficiency)
- 2 shutouts
Lausanne HC (2nd)
- 17 matches played, 12 victories (including 1 in overtime and 2 on penalties) and 5 defeats (including 1 on penalties)
- 56 goals scored and 44 goals conceded
- 32.61% efficiency in powerplay and 82.35% efficiency in boxplay
- 550 shots taken on goal (9.82% efficiency)
- 3 shutouts
Players to follow
Author of a double on September 27 during the reception of SC Bern, Damien Riat is having a little more difficulty at the moment finding the fault in opposing defenses. With four games without scoring, the LHC number 9 would be inspired to repeat his last performance against the Bernese Bears to help his team in this Friday evening clash. The Bernese defense will most likely have a hard time facing the Lausanne attackers, but Romain Loeffel’s teammates will really have to keep a very close eye on the Finnish LHC striker, Janne Kuokkanen. After missing a few matches at the beginning of October, our number 22 is currently performing at a very high level with 3 goals scored and 4 assists made in the last 7 matches.
Speaking of dominant center player, Austin Czarnik It didn’t take long before he made his mark in the National League. The 31-year-old American player is one of the best players in our championship with 21 points scored in 16 games played. Altruistic and in all the right moves, number 27 from SC Bern is currently the best passer in the National League with 17 assists. A good start to the season which is also successful for the 25-year-old Swiss striker, Marco Lehmann who seems to have reached an important milestone in his (young) career. With more than one point per game on average (16 points scored in 15 games played) it would be better for our Lions if he did not increase his goal count this evening.
The last five matches against SC Bern
- 27/09/2024 : Lausanne HC 3-2 SC Bern (AP)
- 02/03/2024 : SC Bern 4-1 Lausanne HC
- 12/01/2024 : Lausanne HC 4-1 SC Bern
- 22/10/2023 : Lausanne HC 4-5 SC Bern (AP)
- 15/09/2023 : SC Bern 4-1 Lausanne HC
How to follow the meeting
You can follow the Lions’ trip to the PostFinance Arena live on television via the MySports channels or on the radio on GlobalSport.
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