HC Franches-Montagnes, which dreamed of pinning the leader of the Swiss League, quite logically and largely failed. Wednesday evening in its very well-stocked Saignelégier den (we played to a full house), Vincent Léchenne’s team, beaten 1-6 by La Chaux-de-Fonds, saw its adventure in the National Cup come to an end at the quarter-final stage. of final. She failed to display the necessary offensive edge, but still found a way to score a goal. This honor went in the 51st to Colin Loeffel, who deflected a delivery from Karim Bouchareb when the die had already been cast for a while.
The best way to resist for a long time was not through a penalty.
The best way to resist for a long time was not through a penalty. Unfortunately for him, the HCFM, following an unintentionally too high cane from Even Helfer, was served with one from the first strokes of the blades. The Neuchâtel residents did not miss the opportunity, throwing an even bigger cold spell in the Leisure Center through Stefan Rüegsegger who, in two stages, found the fault and the top of Hugo Cerviño’s goal .
The latter quickly found work. Well contained, the Francs-Montagnards had a thousand difficulties in building dangerous movements. Their first foray, followed by a good shot, was signed by Lee Roberts in the 7th. We also noted a try from the right wing and from Karim Bouchareb (16th) and especially two others from Colin Loeffel at 5 against 4 (18th), but the control was clearly weak.
The HCFM very well padlocked
The last rampart of the Taignons will undoubtedly regret the second success of its training club: a throw from Ludovic Voirol, almost “to see”, in traffic. He wasn’t touched by anyone, but made contact with the post and ended up in the back of the net. Allowing almost nothing in its half of the ice – except in numerical inferiority with a HCFM which knew how to create good possibilities – and protecting its blue line even better, stronger, the HCC made the difference in level apparent.
Like Arnaud Schnegg who could not set the markers as usual, the 7th in MyHockey League was controlled. However, Louis Matte’s team would undoubtedly have wanted to take cover sooner. Olden and Chiriaev notably lost their duels with Cerviño. The Bees had to wait until the 34th minute to make a big difference on the board, from close range through Kay Schweri. In the 36th minute, Gilian Kohler scored 0-4 in an empty goal that almost anyone could have adjusted.
With Lucas Gaudreault taking over from Cerviño from the start of the third period and against this impervious HCC who also won the kops duel, the challenge remaining for HCFM was to break through the visitors’ armor. After the fifth capitulation, he did it through Loeffel, who almost did it again in the 53rd. Mathieu Brahier also had his very good chance (55th), then Janik Loosli scored twice and sealed the score. Despite the defeat, with such a crowd and the arrival of such a prestigious opponent, the evening could only be beautiful for the Franc-Montagnard club.
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