Gottéron supporters may not be readers of Søren Kierkegaard, but many of them felt Fear and Trembling before this match against fifth-placed Zug. The Dragons, for once, did not tremble to offer themselves a 4-1 success which ended a series of three (worrying) consecutive defeats.
After a frankly insipid first third, Linden Vey lit the first fuse, literally: didn’t the Canadian score his first point under the Friborg jersey? This success on a power play launched the Dragons, who doubled the lead through De la Rose, who took advantage of a youthful error from Simmchen, replacing the usual starter Tim Wolf at the top of his 19 years. Zug did not give up however and reduced the score at the end of the third, also on a power play, after a largely avoidable penalty taken by Diaz.
A controlled end to the match, my word!
We wondered if Gottéron would lose control like he did against Ambri last week, but that was not the case. The Dragons killed a penalty at the very start of the third and regained momentum through Marchon who, with a devastating skate, overtook the Zug rearguard before feinting and beating Simmchen. 3-1, and the seesaw. The Friborgs managed their end of the match sovereignly against players from Central Switzerland who were very harmless in the last ten minutes. Schmid was then rewarded for his incessant activity by adjusting the empty cage for 4-1.
We will remember the very interesting performance of the Schmid-Vey-Bertschy trio, the impact of Streule and the solid match of Berra, who repelled 26 of the 27 shots sent by the Zougois on his cage. The Friborgs temporarily move up to eleventh place and now go to Lugano with the firm intention of confirming this success. Unlike Sisyphus, Gottéron will perhaps manage to get back on track.
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