Regrets, once again. The Friborgs clearly missed the opportunity to take three points on Saturday evening. It was during the first third that Pat Emond's players missed the mark.
The Dragons took the lead very early in this meeting and while the two teams were 4 against 4. On a skillfully measured pass Gunderson was able to find Wallmark who opened the scoring in the 5th. Less than two minutes later and while Friborg benefited from a tiny moment on the power play, Marcus Sörensen demonstrated his talents as a baseball player. The Swedish top scorer did not hesitate to volley a puck in the air to beat Kevin Pasche for a second time.
Lausanne took a while to get its head above water. In the 14th minute, Fuchs appeared alone against Berra, but it was the Friborg goalkeeper who had the last word. In the 18th, the LHC was still able to reduce the score thanks to Bozon, who took advantage of a wide open ice after Diaz got his pencils tangled in mid-ice. The veteran had however had a great opportunity a few moments earlier, like Sörensen at the very end of the period, but Pasche was able to be inflexible.
From the 3rd third, we played not to lose
One of the turning points of the match took place during the 2nd third: Gottéron, who led 2 to 1, benefited from 5 minutes of numerical superiority but without managing to shake the net. The analysis of Benoit Jecker, defender of Friborg Gottéron:
Tomorrow in Ambri
The last defense of the Lions had to be multiplied in the 30th when Aurélien Marti was asked to return to the locker room for a cross-check. Besides, as a general rule, the Vaudois were not very disciplined, unlike the Dragons. However, this did not prevent Lausanne from equalizing in the 42nd minute through Kuokkanen, a veteran of the Friborg house, with a clever deflection. Pat Emond's men were hot in the 54th minute when Lukas Frick hit the crossbar on a great move from LHC.
Fribourg-Gottéron has the opportunity to redeem itself tomorrow by moving to Ambri. In Ticino, the Dragons will have to fight again to collect precious points.
ATS / RadioFr. – Léo Zambelli
