Since the ousting of coach Stefan Hedlund and the promotion of Johan Lundskog, who took charge of operations on the bench four matches ago, Rapperswil seems transformed. Facing Fribourg, a direct opponent, he won a third success in a row on Saturday (4-0).
A result that the Friborg visitors have never been able to dispute. Trailing by a length after 20 minutes following a goal from Bobby Nardella in the middle of the first third, the Dragons collapsed in the space of 6 minutes in the intermediate period.
Time for “Rappi” to deceive Reto Berra, not in an evening of great inspiration, three additional times. Tyler Moy first doubled the lead, taking advantage of the space given to him to cross half the surface before lodging the puck in the top corner, then Nicklas Jensen scored twice in the space of three minutes.
After half an hour, mass was said. Like their goalkeeper, Gottéron's offensive shots were not very inspired. Despite a higher number of shots (30 shots to 23), the Friborgs, who made this trip without Marcus Sörensen (again announced injured), did not manage to shake the nets, like the day before when Kloten came (0-2). 120 minutes of offensive silence which obviously does not do its job in the rankings. With his 39 points, Gottéron remains stuck in 11th place.
He will try to end the year on a slightly more positive note on Monday during a trip to Zug before heading to Graubünden to compete in the Spengler Cup.
Rapperswil – Fribourg 4-0 (1-0 3-0 0-0)
SGKB Arena. 5039 spectators.
Referees: MM. Wiegand, Staudenmann, Huguet et Urfer.
Buts: 10th Nardella (Capaul) 1-0, 24th Moy (Dünner) 2-0, 27th Jensen (Aberg, Nardella/5 c 4) 3-0, 30th Jensen (Rask) 4-0.
Rapperswil: Punnenovs; Baragano, Nardella; Maier, Holm; Capaul, Jelovac; Colin Gerber; Aberg, Rask, Jensen; Moy, Dünner, Strömwall; Hofer, Taibel, Lammer; Wick, Wetter, Zangger; Algae. Trainer: Lundskog.
Fribourg-Gottéron: berry; Diaz, Borgman; Gunderson, Jecker; Sutter, Streule; Rathgeb, Dufner; Bertschy, Wallmark, Mottet; Binias, Vey, Lilja; Sprunger, De la Rose; Marchon; Nicolet, Walser, Jeremi Gerber. Coach: Emond.
Penalties: 5 x 2' against Rapperswil, 6 x 2' against FR Gottéron.
Notes: Rapperswil without Albrecht, Djuse, Larsson, Quinn (injured), Tanner (supernumerary foreigner) nor Henauer (supernumerary). FR Gottéron without Etter, Schmid, Sörensen (injured), Rüegger, Seiler (extras) nor Dorthe (absent). Time out requested by FR Gottéron (30th).
