The match had indeed started in the worst way for the Garnets and Robert Mayer, chased from his goal after nine minutes of play – replaced by the Finn Antti Raanta – while the score was already 3-0 in favor of the Leventins. André Heim (5th), Chris DiDomenico (8th) and Dario Bürgler (10th) completely cooled down an already not well-stocked Vernets ice rink.
A five-minute penalty inflicted on Jesse Virtanen allowed GSHC – trailing 4-0 after another Ticino success by Eric Manix Landry – to revive before the first break, thanks to goals from Markus Granlund (18th) and Vincent Praplan ( 19th). Ambri, however, took off again after returning from the locker room in power play (Heed, 23rd).
Less passive than at the start of the match, the Eagles then sounded the revolt. A double from Sakari Manninen (29th/37th, the first goal at 4 against 5!) and a success from Marc-Antoine Pouliot (37th) put the two teams back on level terms.
And in overtime, former Ambri top scorer Michael Spacek scored his first goal of the season to give the Garnet two points. Enough to kick off a crucial week for Genève-Servette, which still has three matches on the program this week, starting with the reception of Friborg on Wednesday.
