Led 3-1, the Valaisans won 4-3 in extra time and came back to 2-1 in their quarter-final of the Swiss League. Sierre is close to the abyss.
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Marc Steiner and his teammates got out of a compromising situation.
Returning from the vauvert devil, HC Visp can still dream of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Swiss League. Beaten in the first two legs of their quarter-final which opposes them to La Chaux-de-Fonds, the Valaisans came very close to conceding a third defeat in a row which would have practically condemned them.
At the start of the 55th minute, they were down 3-1, following having opened the scoring thanks to Chiriaev (22nd). Ritz (55th) and Klasen (59th) arose to snatch the extension, where Kuonen offered a precious success to Visp (67th). Daniel Wobmann’s troops thus return to 2-1 in the series and will have the opportunity to reset the counters this Saturday, at home.
Zurich made Olten tremble
In the other matches, Act 3 was consistent with the previous two: same winners, same progress. So that two teams find themselves at 3-0 and might qualify for the last four this weekend.
Barring an earthquake, Sierre will not be part of it. Already slapped twice by Olten (2-8, 2-4), second in the regular season, the Valaisans have suffered another knockdown (2-8). A new defeat will put an end to their season.
In addition, Zurich led twice once morest the ogre Kloten and found the resources to equalize at 4-2 once morest him, but ended up dropping the flag (4-5) for the third time in a row.
Finally, Thurgau needed extra time and 77 minutes to overcome Langenthal (4-3).
