Genève-Servette completely missed the start of its match. But by completely, it really is completely. After 15 minutes of play, the score was 4-0 for Ambrì-Piotta. Heim (5th), DiDomenico (8th), Bürgler (10th) and Landry (16th) scored for the Biancoblu. The Ticinese came really strong in the game while the Eagles were sleeping on it. Robert Mayer, who could not do anything on the opposing goals, gave way to Antti Raanta after the 3-0. But one fact of the match completely redistributed the cards: Virtanen, Ambrì-Piotta’s TopScorer, was guilty of a nasty foul on Sakari Manninen. Result, 5 min penalty + match. The Garnets were going to play 5v4 for five full minutes. And Jan Cadieux’s men have been good in this register since the start of the season. In quick succession, Markus Granlund and Vincent Praplan were able to score. Hope was reborn.
And even when Heed scored 2-5 straight away in the second period, the Genevans did not panic and they increased the pressure even more. Sakari Manninen (29th), Marc-Antoine Pouliot (30th) and again Sakari Manninen (37th) brought the GSHC back up to their opponent. A completely different match began.
5 to 5 and another 20 minutes of play. We have to score, but above all not to take! In this last third, the debates closed but in their momentum, the Genevans did not want to let this meeting escape them. Alessio Bertaggia hit the bar after a few seconds (41st), Sakari Manninen was not far from completing a hat trick in the process. But Ambrì-Piotta also did not want to stop there and Antti Raanta had to deploy to keep his clean sheet in this third. Still 5-5 at the end of the match and it was therefore in overtime that this match was played. And as a sign of destiny, it is Michael Spacek who crucifies his former team to offer victory to the GSHC! What a game! What a team! What if we did it again on Wednesday?
Genève-Servette – Ambrì-Piotta 6-5 ap (2-4;3-1;0-0;1-0)
Les Vernets 5239 spectators
Referees: MM. Piechaczek, Stolc, Urfer, Gnemmi
Buts: 4’41 Heim (Müller) 0-1, 7’01 DiDomenico (De Luca, Terraneo) 0-2, 9’07 Bürgler (Pezzullo) 0-3, 15’38 Landry (Bürgler, Heed at 5c4) 0-4 , 17’19 Granlund (Pouliot, Manninen at 5c4) 1-4, 18’41 Praplan (Richard, Palve at 5c4) 2-4, 22’13 Heed (Bürgler, Landry at 5c4) 2-5, 28’37 Manninen (Spacek, Jacquemet at 4c5) 3-5, 29’45 Pouliot (Granlund) 4-5, 36 ’33 Manninen 5-5, 64’22 Spacek (Pavle) 6-5
Penalties: 5×2′ against Genève-Servette, 1×2′ + 1×5 and 20′ (Virtanen) against Ambrì-Piotta
Geneva-Servette: Mayer (10e Raanta), Vatanen, Chanton, Berni, Karrer, Jacquemet, Le Coultre, Schneller, Bertaggia, Richard, Praplan, Granlund, Manninen, Pouliot, Palve, Spacek, Miranda, Cavalleri, Jooris, Völlmin, Imesh
Ambrì-Piotta: Juvonen, Pezzullo, Heed, Zgraggen, Virtanen, Dotti, Wüthrich, Terraneo, Kubalik, Landry, Zwerger, De Luca, Maillet, DiDomenico, Pestoni, Kostner, Bürgler, Müller, Heim, Grassi
