Vincent Praplan opened the scoring for the Genevans.
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The Vernets ice rink, sparsely populated this Wednesday, celebrated two consecutive victories for the first time this season. Two days after its stunning success against Ambri, Genève-Servette won the French-speaking derby against Fribourg-Gottéron (2-0). The Eagles thus leave the penultimate place in the standings to the Dragons, who lost Marcus Sörensen, injured in the lower body, from the second period.
To witness an exciting duel, you need two teams on the ice. However, during the first thirty minutes, there is only one: the GSHC. Faced with a harmless Gottéron, Jan Cadieux’s men had plenty of time to take the lead in this meeting.
On a well-executed breaking action, Vincent Praplan (16th, 1-0), the man in form of the moment, opened the scoring. It was then Tim Berni (26th, 2-0) who doubled the lead on an action following a loss of puck by Andreas Borgman
At this point in the game, Pat Emond’s men had only sent six shots towards the cage defended by Antti Raanta. It was better afterwards, but insufficient to take down the Finn, author of his first shutout, despite a power play generously offered by the referees in the last minutes.
The Grenat will continue their marathon week with a trip to Rapperswil on Friday. At the same time, Friborg will host Zug. With or without Marcus Sörensen?
GE Servette – FR Gottéron 2-0 (1-0 1-0 0-0)
Les Vernets, 5513 spectateurs. Arbitres: MM. Hürlimann, Hungerbühler, Duc, Humair.
Buts: 16th Praplan (Granlund, Manninen) 1-0, 26th Berni (Manninen, Granlund) 2-0.
GE Servette: Raanta; Vatanen, Le Coultre; Völlmin, Bern; Jacquemet, Karrer; Schneller, Vouardoux; Praplan, Manninen, Granlund; Pouliot, Richard, Bertaggia; Miranda, Spacek, Service; Imesch, Jooris, Cavalleri. Coach: Jan Cadieux.
FR Gottéron: berry; Gunderson, Jecker; Sutter, Streule; Diaz, Borgman; sailors; Sörensen, Wallmark, Mottet; Sprunger, Marchon, Lilja; Bertschy, Vey, Blacksmith; Nicolet, Walser, Gerber; Dorthe. Coach: Patrick Emond.
Penalties: 5 x 2′ against GE Servette; 3 x 2′ against FR Gottéron.
Notes: GE Servette sans Descloux, Chanton, Lennström, Guignard, Hartikainen, Hischier, Loosli, Maillard and Rod (injured). FR Gottéron without Dufner, Rathgeb (injured), Etter (overtime), De la Rose (absent), Binias and Näf (Swiss League). Dead time FR Gottéron at 56’56. FR Gottéron without goalkeeper from 56’56 to 60’00.
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