At home, Geneva collapsed once morest Lugano. The Genevans, who led 3-0 following a perfectly mastered 1st third, experienced a catastrophic 2nd third to see their opponents turn things around and lead 4-3. In a balanced final third, Geneva failed to catch up to lose 7-4.
Genève-Servette experienced a worrying blackout which made it lose all the benefit of its excellent 1st period. But, everything collapsed in the 2nd period once morest reinvigorated Luganese. The statistics of the shots – 15-3 for the Ticino – remains incomprehensible for Servettiens who have become silent in attack and fragile in defense. The Luganese overturned the score in 11 minutes to lead 4-3.
Lausanne is not making it
Lausanne is definitely not doing well. The Vaudois conceded their second defeat on their ice once morest the newly promoted Kloten (3-4). However, the Lausanne people led 3-1. But, only 18” later, the Zurich players came back to 3-2. And following having equalized in the 2nd third, Kloten passed the shoulder in the 48th. The LHC remains stuck in its 13th place.
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A Czech defender in Lugano
Lugano has hired a new foreigner. This is the Czech defender Lukas Klok from Rögle in Sweden.
At 27, this left-handed defender won a Finnish championship title in 2021 with Lukko Rauma. In Russia during the 2021-22 season, the Czech tried his luck last year in the AHL with the Tucson Roadrunners, the Arizona farm club, but he only played 4 games before heading to Sweden.
With Rögle, he registered one assist in 11 matches.
Lukas Klok also played in the Beijing Olympics with his national team, scoring 3 points in 4 matches.
Metsola and Zurkirchen extend to Kloten
Kloten will field the same goalkeeper duo next season. Both the Finn Juha Metsola and Sandro Zurkirchen have extended their contracts for one year.
Metsola, 34 in February, arrived from Russia. He played seven years in KHL in Karabovsk and Ufa. In 2018, he was part of the Finnish squad at the Olympics.
Zurkirchen (32) has extensive experience in Swiss hockey. He passed through Zug, Ambri-Piotta, Lausanne and Lugano before joining Kloten in the Swiss League last season.
