Should Geneva-Servette be in an emergency to exploit all its potential? In St-Léonard, the eagles played with rare rage and cohesion. As if everyone was finally shooting the same rope and minimized errors. In these circumstances, the GSHC is a formidable team. Thanks to this success, Hartikainen & Cie have mainly pushed Lugano (13th) to five points.
The first third was an opportunity for special units to highlight. Geneva hit the 4th thanks to the inevitable Teemu Hartikainen. The Finnish striker scored his 21st goal this season.
Friborg thought it had leveled the brand in the 5th via Sörensen, but the goal was canceled for an offside. The dragons had to wait for the end of the initial period to equalize. On their fourth superiority of the third party, it was rose that found the eight seconds of the siren when he saw the puck bounce him after a stop by Robert Mayer.
Yorick Treille players were impeccable in Power-Play. On their second opportunity, it was Josh Joris who on the lamp (34th). Better still, the eagles broke the point at the end of the period through Pouliot, who also took advantage of an absence of Sörensen, who went to change cane while Geneva attacked. Hartikainen went there with her double by sealing the scoring in the empty cage.
Another result has something to delight the Genevans: that of Biel, beaten 5-2 by Ambri. The Seelanders only have two units ahead of garnet. Thanks to two goals in Power-Play and a Maillet penalty, the Léventins won an imported victory in the fight for the play-in. Victorious 6-2 of Zug the day before, the Biennois could not build on this success to bring something from Ticino.
By beating Lugano Friday evening, Lausanne had helped Geneva. In Rapperswil, the Vaudois long believed that victory was possible in Menat 1-0 thanks to Fuchs (22nd). The Lakers equalized by Strömwall (46th), before taking the lead in the 55th by Jensen. MOI wrote the final 3-1 in the empty cage. Geoff Ward’s men would certainly have deserved a little better, but they lacked realism.
The Lausannois, still leaders with nine points ahead, can however say thank you to Zug who dominated Zurich 5-4 after being led 3-1. In the third third, the inevitable Martschini (2x) and Hofmann allowed players from Central Switzerland to overthrow the steam.
Bern recolle at the Zurich lions after having dismissed Davos 4-0. Bear has the same number of points, but two more matches as Marco Bayer’s men.
In the fight for sixth place, Kloten has been a significant success in Langnau (4-2). This allows aviators to consolidate their 7th row and return to three points from Friborg.
