The Genevans fell against Berne
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Genève-Servette definitely no longer knows how to win in front of its audience. Saturday evening, the garnet formation conceded its sixth defeat in a row to the Vernets in the National League, this time against Berne (2-3). Jan Cadieux’s men, unable to launch a positive series, remain stuck in the depths of the ranking.
This meeting between Eagles and Bears, particularly closed and without much emotion to sink in, will not go down in the annals of Swiss ice hockey. Cautious and well in place, the two teams preferred to secure their rear bases. So obviously, the clear opportunities were hardly legion.
While Marc Marchon (14th) only found the crossbar of Geneva goalkeeper Antti Raanta, he had to admit defeat on an involuntary and lucky deflection from Waltteri Merelä (22nd, 0-1). The Finn, author of his eleventh success of the season, redirected a missed shot from Simon Kindschi.
133 seconds from the siren
In the process, the elements joined forces against the SCB: Thierry Bader adjusted the garnet frame (22nd), the top scorer Austin Czarnik was sent prematurely to the locker room (29th) then Teemu Hartikainen (34th, 1-1) was able to level the skate. A disputed goal verified on video by the referees, who finally decided to award it.
So many circumstances favorable to the Genevans which should have allowed them to take control of the game. This was not the case, and Tristan Scherwey (39th, 1-2) was able to give the Bears the advantage again at the very end of the power play. The back and forth continued in the last twenty minutes, with a new Geneva equalizer signed by Sakari Manninen (52nd, 2-2) followed by the winning goal from Ramon Untersander (58th, 2-3), falling at 133 seconds. of the final siren.
If it intends to stay in contact with the rest of the pack, the GSHC will absolutely have to bounce back against Ambri, Monday evening (7:45 p.m.), in this Vernets ice rink which is definitely not going well for them.
Geneva – Bern 2-3 (0-0 1-2 1-1)
Les Vernets, 6366 spectators. Arbitres: MM. Hebeisen, Ströbel; Stalder, Francey.
Buts: 22e Merelä (Kindschi, Scherwey) 0-1, 34e Hartikainen (Praplan / 5c4) 1-1, 39e Scherwey (Vermin) 1-2, Manninen (Vatanen, Hartikainen) 2-2, 58e Untersander (Kahun, Ejdsell) 2-3.
Geneva: Raanta; Vatanen, Chanton; Karrer, Bern; Jacquemet, Le Coultre; Schneller; Miranda, Richard, Bertaggia; Praplan, Spacek, Pouliot; Hartikainen, Manninen, Granlund; Völlmin, Jooris, Cavalleri; Maillard. Coach: Jan Cadieux.
Berne: Wüthrich; Untersander, Nemeth; spoon, clog; Vermin, Kindshi; Füllmann; Merelä, Czarnik, Ejdsell; Lehmann, Baumgartner, Scherwey; Marchon, Bader, Kahun; Schild, Ritzmann, Moser; Sablatnig. Entrainer: Jussi Tapola.
Penalties: 3 x 2′ against Geneva; 3 x 2′ + 1 x 5′ (Czarnik) + match penalty (Czarnik) against Bern.
Notes: Geneva without Descloux, Lennström, Guignard, Hischier, Loosli, Rod (injured), or Palve (overtime). Berne without Lindholm (injured), Reideborn (overtime), and Kreis (Swiss League). Geneva without goalkeeper from 58’31” to 60’00”.
