Genève-Servette is traveling to Lausanne this Saturday! This is the fifth Lake Geneva derby this season. The Vaudois won both games in the National League while the Eagles eliminated the Lions in the CHL. Jan Cadieux's men have the firm intention of taking points at the Vaudoise Aréna!
The matches follow one another and the frustration is still there! The Grenat could have taken points against Zurich last night at Les Vernets. Against the best team in the championship, they played a very solid match but they also put themselves in a delicate position after suffering 31 minutes of penalties. Finally, the Lions win 3 to 2 and the Eagles still cannot take off. This evening, other Lions are on the menu: the Lausanne Hockey Club. For the fifth time this season, the two teams cross swords. If the Vaudois won the two National League matches by a narrow margin (2-1 then 3-2), the Genevans did not do well in the CHL (victory 5-0 and 7-4).
This allowed the GSHC to continue the European adventure and to be in the semi-finals of the competition. But it is in the Swiss championship that the Garnet are lagging behind. 12th with 36 points in 27 games is not enough. There are two games left before the Christmas holidays and the team wants to give itself two great gifts: victories in the Derby du Lac and against Ajoie. But the people of Lausanne are not going to give up anything, they who remain on three victories in four matches, therefore a very solid performance last night in Davos (3-1 victory at the leader). Pasche already has 6 shutouts this season, Oskanen, Riat, Suomela and other Rochettes are a hit. Yes, it will take a great performance from the Eagles this evening in Lausanne to come back with points from the Vaudoise arena.
But Genève-Servette wants to straighten out and hang on to the bar. The Garnets have this ability to play really well, to make a physical impact etc. But they also have all the difficulty in the world scoring goals when due to defensive hesitation, they concede a goal. This is perhaps the evil of this season: the management of key moments of the match. Often, it is when Jan Cadieux's men have a strong moment that they are unable to kill the match. And in weak moments, the machine slips and the opponents are able to take the lead. There really isn't much missing in the settings for the GSHC to become a weapon of destruction. The Eagles are capable of it in the CHL, but not in the NL. The Garnet paradox!
This Lake Geneva derby between the GSHC and the LHC will be played at the Vaudoise arena this Saturday at 7:45 p.m. The match can be followed live on MySports and Radio Lac (91.8)!
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