The Lions lost to Genève-Servette HC at the Patinoire des Vernet (7-4). The post-match is presented to you by our main partner, Vaudoise Assurances.
Plenty of space from the start of the meeting
Both teams started this return match on a high with numerous chances on both sides. Particularly in form in the first third, Damien Riat showed the way to his teammates by scoring a double in the first 20 minutes. Two goals which allowed Geoff Ward’s men to stay level with their opponents who took advantage of the spaces left in front of Kevin Pasche’s cage to score two goals in the space of a few seconds.
The rest of the debates will go in the direction of the local players and especially the man of the evening Vincent Praplan. Already a scorer in the first third, the Geneva striker will turn the match in his direction with five points scored, including a quadruple. The LHC tried despite everything to stay on pace, but it was ultimately Genève-Servette HC which won in this return match and which moved on to the next round of the Champions Hockey League final stages.
Exit from the road for the LHC in CHL
The Lausanne Hockey Club is therefore eliminated during this first round of the CHL final phases. Despite the end of this European adventure, we can remember the good performance of our players during the group phase. Indeed, at the end of the first six matches, our Lions had finished in 3rd place in the general ranking among 24 European teams.
- 4 wins and 2 losses
- 17 goals scored (13th attack)
- 9 goals conceded (1st defense)
- 18.18% efficiency in powerplay and 87.50% efficiency in boxplay
The evolution of the score
2e Damien Riat (Finland) 0-1 ; 7th Oula Palve (Manninen) 1-1; 8e Vincent Praplan (Jacquemet / Chanton) 2-1; 15th Damien Riat (Fuchs) 2-2; 24e Vincent Praplan 3-2; 42e Vincent Praplan (Jacquemet / Palve) 4-2; 48e Vincent Praplan 5-2; 52e Jason Fuchs (Riat / Heldner) 5-3; 52e Teemu Hartikainen (Granlund / Berni) 6-3; 54e Josh Jooris (Praplan / Le Coultre) 7-3; 55e Michael Hügli (Jäger / Marti) 7-4.
The next Lions meetings
After this Champions Hockey League match, the LHC will travel to the BCF Arena on Friday, November 22 to face HC Fribourg-Gottéron. To end the week, our Lions will return to the Vaudoise arena on Sunday, November 24 with the reception of the SCL Tigers at 3:45 p.m.
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