Niklas Schlegel threatened by Noah Delémont.
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Säteri as usual
HC Bienne can breathe. Beaten in 11 of his last 14 outings, he returned to success on Tuesday in the extremely important duel against Lugano (2-1). This victory bears the seal of one man: goalkeeper Harri Säteri. As is often the case, the HCB goalkeeper was uncompromising in front of his cage, stopping all attempts made in his direction. It should also be noted that the Finn was well helped by his rearguard, the second best in the country.
As for the last Bianconero rampart, he also made some decisive saves. But above all he opened the scoring in Bienne. He let slip under his arm a powerful but distant and off-center shot from striker Anthony Greco (25th, 1-0). Luca Gianinazzi’s team still managed to equalize thanks to Luca Fazzini (42nd, 1-1), who left alone to face Harri Säteri. Without consequences for HCB. Overall better in all areas, he ended up definitively taking the lead on a shot from the blue line by Robin Grossmann (58th, 2-1).
DiDomenico plays a bad trick on Gottéron
No four in a row for Lars Leuenberger. After three successes in the league, the coach experienced his first defeat in the National League with Fribourg-Gottéron since his appointment on December 22, 2024. The Dragons would have deserved the victory but lost on Tuesday at the Gottardo Arena in Ambri (2- 1 tab).
Ambri led the score for a long time, thanks to the opener from Dario Bürgler (9th, 1-0) following excellent preparatory work from Tommaso De Luca. That’s almost all there was to report offensively for the Ticino team, who only had five shots on target in 40 minutes of play. Conversely, Gottéron, much more enterprising in the game, took care to numerous opportunities to equalize.
Reto Berra was not often worried.
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For a long time, he came up against goalkeeper Gilles Senn. The latter finally cracked in front of Marcus Sörensen (38th, 1-1) while the Dragons were playing in power play and he had just made two high-class saves. Despite its domination, Friborg nevertheless did not manage to pass the shoulder in regulation time. The extra time went in all directions, but once again no team managed to shake the nets.
On penalties, Chris DiDomenico deceived Reto Berra twice to give the Leventins victory.
Ajoie continues at home
The sad Vouivre from the beginning of the season is nothing more than a distant and bad memory. Tuesday, at home, Greg Ireland’s men mistreated their host again (1-0). The Langnau Tigers certainly shot 30 times towards the Jura goal, but Benjamin Conz was once again on fire and blocked everything!
It’s a party at Voyeboeuf.
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But the men of the Raiffeisen Arena did not only defend well, they who also worried Stéphane Charlin on 32 occasions. The goalkeeper on loan from Geneva still ended up breaking, on a shot from Jonathan Hazen in the 27th minute. The Quebecer only scored his 6th goal of the year, but it was a devilishly important one. Ajoie is still, all the same, 9 points behind Lugano on 11th and 12 lengths behind the bar he is aiming for.
Davos is finally getting its act together
The hangover is over in Graubünden. After 6 losses in a row, HC Davos tasted victory again, in front of 3,875 spectators at the Stade de Glace. The Rhetics barely defeated the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (5-3), thanks in particular to three goals from Dahlbeck, Stransky and Knak between the 10th and 21st minutes.
In Kloten, Zurich collapsed
The ZSC Lions lost two points in the race for the lead in the National League (5-4 tab). In Kloten, Zurich still led 1-4 in the 48th, before collapsing with goals from Sataric, Ramel and Ojamäki 33 seconds from time. Ramel, Smirnovs and Meyer scored in the penalty shootout and allowed the Aviators to earn the bonus point. A nasty blow in the standings for Zurich, now overtaken by Berne. The LHC, with 7 points more than the other Lions, is 7 lengths behind, with 3 more matches played.
