The Swiss team won the 2 duels once morest Latvia in Weinfelden at the end of its 3rd week of preparation for the world championship. Victorious 5-2 on Saturday, the selection of Patrick Fischer won 3-1 on Sunday.
This 5th victory in 6 spring outings took shape in the 2nd third. After wasting a first big chance in the 14th minute, Calvin Thürkauf cemented the Swiss domination in the 30th minute, scratching the puck in front of the Latvian goalkeeper Gustavs Davis Grigals.
In difficulty on Saturday with 2 goals conceded in numerical inferiority, the Swiss box-play then stood out by killing the 5-minute penalty imposed in the 32nd on Santeri Alatalo for a shot with the butt. And it was on leaving the bench of infamy that Damien Riat went to register 2-0 (37th).
No shutout for Berra
Reto Berra certainly did not manage to afford a shutout, the defender of La Chaux-de-Fonds Nauris Sejejs reducing the mark in the 47th. The goalkeeper from Gottéron was nevertheless able to raise his arms to heaven following his first start during this preparation phase, Thürkauf sealing the score in an empty cage 2’04 from the end.
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