Tours wins on the wire against Caen

Tours : 1
Caen : 0

This live broadcast was hosted by journalists from the sports department of La Nouvelle République.

Third third

1-0. It's finished! The Remparts de Tours remain undefeated at home, with this seventh success on their ice. This victory took a very long time to emerge against a tenacious defense, but the experienced Peter Bourgaut ended up finding the fault at the end.

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1-0. And Kyle Gibbons finds the post!

1-0. PETER BOURGAUT!!! Le Tourangeau delivers the ice rink three minutes from the end. He perfectly concluded his counterattack carried out alone on the left side. This time, Quemener could do nothing.

0-0. Five minutes to play and the suspense remains…

0-0. Tommi Niskasen's counter is not far from being decisive for the Drakkars (51^e). It happened a few centimeters away.

0-0. Steven Fournier goes to goal and is stopped irregularly (49^e). Penalty for Tours! And it was missed by Fournier against Quemener. When it doesn't want to…

0-0. Oh the precious save from Sébastien Raibon, while the Remparts are playing one less (48^e).

0-0. Caen is slightly more enterprising and is still counting on Ronan Quemener to put out some nice saves, like in front of Steven Fournier (45^e).

0-0. Twenty minutes to play. Will we see a goal?

Second third

0-0. End of this second act. The Caennais are content to defend, without offering anything offensively, and that is enough to frustrate the Remparts for the moment.

0-0. Élie Raibon then Kyle Gibbons are not far from opening the scoring (35^e), but it still doesn't work…

0-0. Mid-match, the scoreboard remains unchanged (30^e). Caen's defense and its goalkeeper Ronan Quemener held firm. On the other side of the ice, Sébastien Raibon is hardly worried.

0-0. And Tours poorly negotiated its power-play… Return to numerical equality (23^e).

0-0. Both teams are back on the ice. Tours resume at five against three for one minute and thirty seconds. It's time, right?

First third

0-0. If it got a little lively at the end, this first third clearly lacked madness. The two teams are back to back after twenty minutes of play. It's closed from closed…

0-0. The Longships are not more effective at one more (15^e)… The tactical battle continues.

0-0. A first numerical superiority, in favor of Tours, achieves nothing (8^e). Caen's defense lives up to its reputation.

0-0. This start is rather to the advantage of the Remparts, but above all we are witnessing a classic round of observation between two teams who fear each other (5^e).

0-0. It started with already a shot from Conner Jean for Tours, twenty seconds into the game.

Pre-match

19 h 55. The Tourangeaux have therefore had six successes in their ice rink. Seven in a row is not very far away… For their coach Frank Spinozzi, beyond the victory, the most important thing this evening is “especially to continue to progress on game systems and team cohesion”.

19 h 50. Ten minutes before the match, a quick update on the top scorers: Steven Fournier for Tours (eight goals) and Alexandre Mulle for Caen (six).

In terms of assists, Tommi Niskasen has eight for the Drakkars, while Kyle Gibbons is already at twelve for the Remparts.

19 h 45. Caen has the best defense in the championship. Led by a former French international, goalkeeper Ronan Quemener – author of forty-three saves last weekend against Cholet – the Caennais have only twenty goals conceded in eleven matches (1.8 on average), while Tours have conceded a total of thirty-nine in twelve days (3.25).

19 h 40. If the shock is tempting, Touraine coach Frank Spinozzi wanted to defuse things: “For me, it’s a game like any other in the regular season. I checked the rules, we won't have a cup at the end of this match! Only the last match of the season allows you to lift a trophy…”

His evening composition to try to glean a seventh success at home:

19 h 35. The invincibility of the Remparts at home should be put to the test by the solidity of the Caen Drakkars. The winner will remain alone in second place. Our full presentation of the match can be read here.

19 h 30. Welcome to this live stream to follow the D1 meeting between the Remparts de Tours and the Drakkars de Caen. Kick-off at 8 p.m. this Wednesday, December 4.