Fribourg-Gottéron largely beat (6-1) Bienne in the only National League match of the evening. The Seelanders never recovered from the supersonic departure of the Fribourgeois.
If successful, the Biel might have won the place of leader. Alas, they will leave the scepter to Genève-Servette. Gaëtan Haas’ teammates will however have the opportunity to touch the Grail by facing the Genevans twice this weekend.
Four days ago, Bienne had come to give the lesson to Gottéron in the same ice rink (6-3). This time, Christian Dubé’s players immediately displayed their claims. Wasn’t it 2-0 following just 52 seconds? It is true that the people of Friborg were well helped by the doorman Harri Säteri, who had a dark evening.
The Finn first conceded an incredible goal following 14” of play. He let slip a harmless shot from Jacob De la Rose, taken from a tight angle. Then he gave a bad rebound perfectly exploited by Victor Rask.
The Seelanders never recovered from such a departure. Especially since they still took a hit on the head with two Friborg goals at the start of the second period by Janne Kuokkanen (22nd) and Christoph Bertschy (25th), who took advantage of another blunder from Säteri. The reduction of the score by Beat Forster (31st) did not change the course of the match. Gottéron fully deserved his success following two defeats.
These three points allow the Friborg residents to come back to within three points of Rapperswil-Jona, third.
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