3-1 winners at home Tuesday during the first leg, the Emmentalois saw their advance of two goals being reduced to nothing in the second third time. The airmen took advantage of two inaccuracies from Luca Boltshauser to reset the meters to zero.
Stéphane Charlin’s replacement – The regular season MVP is still injured – first left the puck to spin between his legs on the opening of Dario Meyer’s score (23rd). He then did not have his hand firm enough on a shot from Nico Ojamäki (34th, in 5 against 4).
But the men of Thierry Paterlini did not abdicate and were able to count on a brilliant inspiration of Vili Saarijärvi to join the series. At the very end of Power-Play, the Finn invented a goal by taking the washer and sending it to the skylight of Ludovic Waeber (48th).
4-3 winners on all two matches, the Tigers will play the play-offs for the first time since 2019 and a quarter-final lost 4-3 against Lausanne. Langnau could also find the Vaudois Lions from Thursday, March 13 in the event of Kloten’s success in the second round of the Play-in.
The Zurichois will be opposed to Ambri, who eliminated Rapperswil after an extension. The Ticino, 2-1 winners in the first leg, equalized at 3-3 in the 79th minute thanks to a deviation from Philippe Maillet.
The Saint-Gallois will feed regrets because they generally dominated the debates during this return match. But they came across tenacious Lvents who never let go, like Chris Didomenico. The Canadian saved Ambri for the first time by reducing the brand to 3-2 in the 59th minute while his goalkeeper had left the ice, to send the two teams to Overtime.
The Lakers had nevertheless reset the counters by opening the scoring in the 17th minute by Malta Strömwall, before virtually qualified during the third third after the successes of Dominic Lammer (47th) and Nicklas Jensen (55th). Meanwhile, Maillet had given back to the BianCoblu in mid-match.
But the Quebecer came to crucify Rappi at the very end of extension by deviating an almost trivial shipment of Jesse Zgraggen. Cruel for the Saint-Galle, delightful for the Léventins, still in the race to find the play-off six years later.
