The Garnets did not have much offensive inspiration this evening in Langnau. The fault, too, lies with the Emmentalois who are well positioned in front of their goals. But they were also in front of the opposing goals! Throughout the game, the locals were better, more disciplined and better organized. Antti Raanta had to deploy several times to avoid going for the puck in the back of his net. In the 4th, he made an absolutely sumptuous save in front of Mäenalanen while the Bernese were 2 against 1 away. Antti Raanta saved the house again while Schmutz took a penalty (19th). This kind of situation repeated itself but neither team managed to score in the first 40 minutes.
Everything came down to the final third and the Genevans showed themselves to be undisciplined. These punishments were very costly. Josh Jooris took a two-minute penalty early in the period. Langnau took the opportunity to open the scoring through Schmutz (44th). Then three minutes later, it was Alessio Bertaggia who sat on the bench of infamy. This time it was Saarela who was able to make the break for his colors (47th). The Eagles will still take a third goal two seconds from the end while Antti Raanta had deserted his cage to allow the Garnet to play at… 5v5… Yes because two minutes from the end of the match, it’s Vincent Praplan who also received a penalty. It was Pesonen who sealed the score (60th).
Tomorrow, the GSHC finds this same Langnau in Les Vernets. You will have to show character and roll up your sleeves to take victory at home. And thus be on an equal footing with the Emmentalois over the weekend.
Langnau – Genève-Servette 3-0 (0-0;0-0;3-0)
emmental insurance arena 6000 spectators
Referees: MM. Borga, Dipietro, Duc, Bürgy
Buts: 43’51 Schmutz (Schmutz à 5c4) 1-0, 46’06 Saarela (Allenspach, Schmutz à 5c4) 2-0, 59’59 Pesonen (Mäenalanen, Saarijärvi dans la cage vide) 3-0
Penalties: 2×2′ against Genève-Servette, 4×2′ against Langnau
Geneva-Servette: Raanta, Le Coultre, Vatanen, Berni, Chanton, Lennström, Karrer, Jacquemet, Praplan, Manninen, Hartikainen, Bertaggia, Richard, Miranda, Pouliot, Jooris, Timashov, Loosli, Cavalleri, Völlmin
Langnau: Charlin, Riikola, Zanetti, Meier, Saarijärvi, Paschoud, Guggenheim, Cadonau, Saarela, Malone, Mäenalanen, Pesonen, Schmutz, Schmutz, Allenspach, Canova, Fáhrni, Petrini, Salzgeber, Berger, Lapinskis
