Matches in Rapperswil are often traps and the Eagles have always had difficulty winning at the St-Galler Kantonalbank Arena. Tonight was no exception! Even if in the end, Jan Cadieux’s men leave with victory. However, it did not start well since Dünner opened the scoring for the locals. Well placed in the slot, he was able to deceive Robert Mayer (8th). The GSHC was able to come back to the score thanks to… surprise! Sakari Manninen! The man in good shape of the moment was able to deflect a shot from Markus Granlund (15th).
Rapperswil will once again take the advantage in the second third thanks to Holm midway through the match (30th). But it was especially in the final third that the match had its turning points. First, the equalizer for the Eagles thanks to Marc-Antoine Pouliot (45th). Well placed in front of the cage, he was able to deflect a cross from Sakari Manninen with his foot while the Garnet were in powerplay. Then, less than seven minutes from the end of the match, Rapperswil thought they had done the hard part by making it 3-2 thanks to a shot from Henauer. Fortunately for the Genevans, it was without counting on the precision of Tim Berni’s shot. The international defender scores 3-3 in the 55th minute, his 5th goal of the season (highest career total, even though we are not halfway through the season).
With overtime leading to nothing, victory was decided on penalties. And in this little game, Place, Granlund and Mayer were the heroes! 4-3 victory for the GSHC and a third success in a row this season. Thanks to the current results, the Top6 is really in our sights! More than 7 points behind 6th place and still games in hand! The Eagles will need their audience this Saturday at Les Vernets for the arrival of Ajoie!
Rapperswil – Genève-Servette 3-4 tb (1-1;1-0;1-2)
St. Gallen Kantonalbank Arena 4380 spectators
Referees: MM. Borga, Staudemann, Schlegel, Bachelut
Buts: 7’32 Dünner (Baragano, Moy) 1-0, 14’29 Manninen (Granlund) 1-1, 29’22 Holm (Aberg) 2-1, 44’39 Pouliot (Granlund, Manninen à 5c4) 2-2, 53’48 Henauer (Aberg) 3-2, 54’33 Berni (Palve, Mayer) 3-3
Penalties: 4×2′ against Genève-Servette, 3 x2′ against Rapperswil
Geneva-Servette: Mayer, Vatanen, Le Coultre, Berni, Völlmin, Karrer, Jacquemet, Schneller, Bertaggia, Richard, Pouliot, Granlund, Manninen, Praplan, Palve, Spacek, Miranda, Cavalleri, Jooris, Imesh, Guignard
Rapperswil: Punnenovs, Holm, Maier, Nardella, Baragano, Capaul, Jelovac, Henauer, Alge, Taibel, Hofer, Dünner, Moy, Zanger, Hornecker, Wetter, Wick, Jensen, Rask, Aberg, Embacher
