The LHC, which remained on an impressive series of eight victories, was dominated by the reinvigorated Friborgs since Lars Leuenberger replaced Pat Emond in the squad. Gottéron started very strong and scored through Lilja after… only 47 seconds. Streule added the 2-0 in the 7th.
The visitors responded with Heldner (22nd), but Sörensen allowed Friborg to regain their distance (32nd). Rathgeb (55th) then assured his team a quiet end to the match. This convincing success – against an opponent who had won their first two duels of the season – allows the Dragons to move up to 7th place, six points behind Kloten (6th).
With a view to the fight to appear at least in play-in, Bienne has succeeded in a great operation. The Zealanders won 5-1 on the ice of the Langnau Tigers, which put them just ahead of the Emmentalois, in 9th place. Ajoie was unable to continue after his recent good results, the Jurassiens losing 3-1 in Rapperswil.
Zug beat Kloten 3-2 in a close encounter between two teams very close in the standings. The Zougois strengthened their 5th place, now three units ahead of the Aviators. Runner-up of the LHC, Berne also lost: the Bears were beaten 4-2 at home by Ambri-Piotta. The biancoblu (11th) are only two lengths from Langnau. There really is uncertainty everywhere…