Lausanne took advantage of the arrival of Ajoie to return to victory in the National League.
The leader dominated the bottom side 3-0 on Saturday evening. Gottéron for its part beat Berne 2-1 after extra time, while Genève-Servette lost heavily 7-3 at Rapperswil-Jona.
Everything was not perfect for the LHC, which like its evening opponent suffered two consecutive defeats. Trailing since the 3rd minute, Ajoie thought he could hold the equalizer at 1-1 when Philip-Michael Devos lit the lamp in the 27th on a numerical advantage.
But the Lausanne technical staff had an eye on this action. This success was canceled after a coach’s challenge, the referees considering that Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had hampered the goalkeeper Kevin Pasche. And less than three minutes later, Raphael Prassl made it 2-0 for the LHC (30th).
Geoff Ward’s troops, who hit the nail on the head in the third period thanks to Damien Riat’s second goal (48th, 3-0), therefore remain firmly at the top of the rankings. She remains four points ahead of her runner-up Zug, who picked up her sixth victory in a row against Langnau (3-2), and five over the Zurich Lions.
Wallmark decisive
Seventh in the ranking, Fribourg Gottéron celebrated its fourth success in a row on Saturday. Lars Leuenberger’s men forced the decision against Bern after 1’12 of additional play on a success from Lucas Wallmark, who benefited from a brilliant pass from Marcus Sörensen whose work behind the cage paid off.
-The Dragons, who conceded 1-1 in the 52nd after opening the scoring in the 8th, are now four lengths behind 6th Kloten. Flyers who have clearly digested the departure of their best scorer Miro Aaltonen: they won 3-2 against Bienne, who thus find themselves 10 points from the top 6.
Happy Rappi
Genève-Servette, for its part, suffered on the ice of the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, who celebrated their 80th anniversary in the best possible way thanks to seven different scorers. The GSHC was already 2-0 down after 6’25, having conceded two goals in the space of 27 seconds.
Mass was even said at the end of the first third, ending with a score of 4-0 fatal to Geneva goalkeeper Robert Mayer. “Rappi” scored his second and third goals on the power play, the 4-0 falling as Teemu Hartikainen served a 5-minute penalty for a sweep.
Genève-Servette was therefore not really reassured before the return match of its Champions League semi-final scheduled for Tuesday. The Zurich Lions, who won 6-1 in the first leg at Les Vernets last Wednesday, on the other hand, prepared perfectly for the semi-final return by dominating Uwe Krupp’s HC Lugano 4-1 on Saturday evening.
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