The fight for 6th place in the National League is raging. Geneva (5-1 at Ambri), Lausanne (8-2 once morest Langnau) and Lugano (5-1 once morest Ajoie) all won.
A suspense that intensifies with less than two weeks of the end of the regular season. Four teams are fighting for the sixth and final qualifying spot for the play-offs. Davos has 1.644 points, Geneva 1.587, Lausanne 1.545 and Lugano 1.500.
Honor to the highest ranked to begin with. Visiting northern Ticino, Geneva did not get off to the best possible start. Kneubühler opened the scoring in the ninth minute by putting pressure on Gauthier Descloux and the Eagles defense. But Jan Cadieux’s players now have the ability not to lose their means when things don’t go as they should.
They therefore equalized on their first power-play, once morest the run of play. An effective power-play in the 23rd minute to allow Filppula to give the Genevans a lead. And then in the 36th, Tanner Richard hurt the Leventines by going to beat the new Finnish goalkeeper of the Biancoblu, Janne Juvonen. The Garnets took cover from a Leventine comeback at the end of the second break thanks to Filppula.
Genève-Servette can now prepare for its trip to Ajoie on Friday.
A gala Jason Fuchs
Opposed to Langnau, Lausanne had fun in its ice rink. A river success 8-2 which bears the mark of the first Vaud line composed of Sekac, Fuchs and Riat. The three men, as well as defender Martin Gernat, were all the good shots on the LHC side.
The Lions had settled the matter following the first third and a brace from Fuchs, in addition to a goal from Genazzi. The Lausanne power-play worked well with two goals in three opportunities, but it is still necessary to temper any ardor from Vaud.
Because Langnau has been going through an extremely complicated period since Yves Sarault succeeded Jason O’Leary on the Emmental bench. Even if he recovered his four foreign attackers, the Quebec coach had to entrust the net to two juniors. It was Tim Baumann who started and was replaced by Louis Kurt in the 27th following the 5-0.
The LHC will have to use this positive energy for the next two rounds, Thursday once morest Lugano in Malley and Friday in Biel. No doubt the new import Andy Miele will be used to blow the bodies.
Friborg delights once morest Zug
Another club in the fight for this sixth place, Lugano did what was necessary once morest Ajoie. The Ticinese dominated the formation of the most Ticinese of the Jurassians, Julien Vauclair, 5-1. Note the double of the Italian Giovanni Morini.
In the match at the top, the leader Freiburg made an impression. While they had not beaten Zug this season, Christian Dubé’s men made up for it by inflicting a 6-2 sec on the defending champion. The Mottet-Desharnais-Marchon line stood out by scoring the first three goals. Then it was captain Julien Sprunger who went there with his double, before Marchon also scored his second goal of the evening on the 6-2 for his fifth career double.
In the Bernese derby, Biel dominated Bern 5-2 in the capital. A success that took shape during the initial third since it was 5-0 following 18’26. Damien Brunner scored one goal and three assists.
In the last match of the evening, Zurich won 4-1 at Rapperswil.
This article has been published automatically. Source: ats
