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The LHC was not able to celebrate the first title in its history. The Vaudois lost 2-0 Tuesday evening in Zurich during the 7th match of the National League play-off final.
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A one-sided encounter and a tenth title for the Zurich residents. Despite all the best will in the world, a harmless LHC came across something stronger than it. From the 2nd minute and a throw from Andrighetto, the Zurich residents set the tone and continued the pace of the last third of Saturday at Malley.
The German-speaking Lions rotated in the LHC defense zone, trying to worry Connor Hughes in almost every position. The people of Lausanne only put their noses to the window from the 16th. And the end of the period was more balanced, especially since Zurich top scorer Denis Malgin had to return to the locker room three minutes before the end for a lower body injury (knee?).
Already deprived of Yannick Weber, Rudolfs Balcers and Yannick Zehnder, Marc Crawford therefore had to cope without his star player.
Even without their magician with Russian roots, the Zurich residents did not let up their pressure and we often saw the locals come out with the puck. Then the middle third arrived. This second twenty where the people of Zurich each time made the difference at home. The first three clashes on German soil saw Crawford’s Lions bite each time and take a decisive advantage. It was the same during this finalissima.
This time, Zurich opened the scoring 44 seconds into the second break. Juho Lammikko found Jesper Fröden faster than Lukas Frick to beat Hughes and make the ice capsize with happiness. The Vaudois then experienced an extremely difficult end to the third with a goal canceled less than three seconds from the end of the period for an obstruction on Hughes.
This second success finally fell in the 47th thanks to Juho Lammikko. The Finnish center deceived Hughes and almost validated Zurich’s 10th title. The LHC vaguely tried to retaliate, but it was as if the Vaudois had no more strength. On this last part, it’s as if Lausanne had realized the gap that remained to be made up to bring down a team like Zurich. (fxp-fr-sda-rtp/ats)
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