The opportunity presented itself to Gottéron. It was not easy to get, but after two nice successes, Pat Emond’s men seemed to have the means to get the better of Langnau, even in Emmental.
And even without Marcus Sörensen, top scorer recovered from his minor injury but left in the stands so as not to change a winning team, according to the established formula. And when Lilja opened the score in the 30th, the plan seemed to go smoothly. After a bright pass from Wallmark, the former Ambri striker was able to beat Charlin. A 0-1 far from undeserved at this point in the match, even if Berra had to make an incredible save during the first third.
Friborg first let the Bernese come back level in the 39th minute through Petrini. Then in the 47th and following a penalty from Dave Sutter, it was Dario Rohrbach who gave the Tigers the advantage. Worse for Gottéron, in the 52nd it was Brian Zanetti who was able to give his colors two steps ahead and thus deprive Friborg of a third victory in a row.
Ajoie, for his part, hoped to be able to continue the good trend of recent weeks by receiving Kloten. Only the Aviators surprised the Jurassians very early on. In 68 seconds between the 5th and 6th, the Zurich residents struck twice through Simic and Ojamäki. The Zurich suburbs validated their success in the 23rd with a power-play goal from Niku. Ajoie reacted too late by scoring his two goals (Devos and Nättinen) in the last three minutes.
Lugano ended a four-game losing streak by dominating Rapperswil 2-0.
