The ZSC Lions and Fribourg-Gottéron can plan for the round of 16 in the Champions Hockey League. Both won in the second to last round of the group stage.
ZSC Lions – Sheffield
The ZSC Lions surprisingly had to suffer against the British from Sheffield. In front of only 2,600 spectators, Rudolfs Balcers’ early 1-0 was the only result of the game. After the Steelers equalized, the Latvian also scored twice in the penalty shootout and thus secured the Zurich team the additional point that practically ensured qualification for the round of 16.
ZSC Lions – Sheffield Steelers 2:1 (1:0, 0:1, 0:0, 0:0) n.P.
2606 spectators. – SR Ströbel/Kaukokari (SUI/FIN).
Tore: 17. Balcers (Lehtonen, Graf/Powerplaytor) 1-0. 33. Leavens (Juusola) 1:1.
Penalty shootout: Rohrer-, Watling-, Grant-, Balmas 0:1, Frödén-, Juusola-, Balcers 1:1, Ciampini-, Lammikko 2:1, Leavens 2:2, Balmas-, Balcers 3:2.
Punish: 4 times 2 minutes against ZSC Lions, 1 time 2 minutes against Sheffield.
Friborg – Eisbären Berlin
Fribourg-Gottéron, which had been so disappointing in the championship so far, celebrated a gala at European level. With a 9:3 win against the Eisbären Berlin, they gained an excellent starting position for the round of 16 qualification.
The 18-year-old Gottéron junior Jan Dorthe shone with three goals, including the 1-0 and 2-0 in the first ten minutes. Christoph Bertschy even managed four scorer points (two goals).
Fribourg-Gottéron – Eisbären Berlin 9:3 (3:0, 5:2, 1:1)
4569 spectators. – SR Borga/Hürlimann (SUI).
Tore: 8. Dorthe (Wallmark, Sörensen) 1:0. 10. Dorthe (Gunderson, Sörensen/Powerplaytor) 2:0. 16. Rathgeb (Mottet, Bertschy/Powerplaytor) 3:0. 21. Ronning (Pföderl) 3:1. 22. Mottet (Rathgeb, Bertschy/Powerplaytor) 4:1. 26. Schmid (Sutter, Sprunger) 5:1. 27. Bertschy (Sörensen, Jecker) 6:1. 30. Dorthe (Wallmark) 7:1. 31. Bertschy (Sutter) 8:1. 36. Byron (Pföderl/Powerplaytor) 8:2. 44. Byron (Müller, Wiederer) 8:3. 50. Näf (Gerber) 9:3.
Punish: 2 times 2 minutes against Fribourg-Gottéron, 9 times 2 minutes against Berlin.
The ZSC Lions with eleven points as well as Lausanne – with only four games – and Fribourg-Gottéron with ten points are unlikely to be pushed out of the top 16 in the final round next week. Their qualification should be determined after the remaining games of the 5th round on Wednesday – with Lausanne and Genève-Servette. (sda/lyn)
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