Carried by his magnificent supporters, Ambri-Piotta went following his dream. In Davos in front of 6267 spectators, the Ticino people won the Spengler Cup for the first time in their history by winning once morest Sparta Prague (3-2 tb).
It was Inti Pestoni, without doubt the club’s most emblematic player, who gave the victory to his team. Fifth and last shooter in this series, he unstoppably deceived goalkeeper Jakub Kovar. The eternal Dario Bürgler also scored during this session which saw Janne Juvonen achieve feats in the Ticino cage.
This success responds to a certain logic. Thanks to 2 successes from Alex Formenton (6th and 24th) including the second in numerical inferiority, the Ticino people led twice to the score. After the 2-2 scored by Roman Horak, they returned to the fight and they would have deserved to conclude this final before the shootout. Only they came across a Kovar in a state of grace. The former goalkeeper of Zurich, like his vis-à-vis, was really up to the event.
First Swiss club to triumph since Geneva in 2014
Ambri-Piotta is the 31st team to put its name on the list of winners of the Davos tournament, the 1st Swiss team to win since Geneva-Servette in 2014. Thanks to this victory, the people of Ticino have obtained the right to compete in this Cup Spengler a 3rd time. It must be recognized that their presence in Davos gave a real boost to the venerable tournament of the Graubünden resort.
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