Lugano defeats Ajoie 2:0. Calvin Thürkauf decides the game in the final minutes with his 9th and 10th goals of the season.
23.02.2025, 18:22
23.02.2025, 19:37
SDA
Thürkauf first deflected a shot from Jiri Sekac from an acute angle in the 52nd minute. 54 seconds before the end, Thürkauf made sure of victory with a shot into the empty net to make it 2:0.
After a lousy series with just two wins from eight rounds, Lugano kept its chance to make a difference in the final week and in the last few games. Lugano ends the regular season with games in Geneva and at home against Biel. Uwe Krupp's team can still pick up 69 points. This means that Servette (12th), the Lakers (11th) and Biel (10th) can still be overtaken.
For the time being, however, Lugano remains in 13th place, two points behind Servette. If Lugano loses to Servette in Geneva on Tuesday, the Ticino team will have to play Ajoie again in the relegation play-off.
Lugano - Ajoie 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0)
5374 spectators. - SR Wiegand/Dipietro, Cattaneo/Gurtner. - Goals: 52nd Thürkauf (Sekac) 1:0. 60th (59:06) Thürkauf 2:0 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Lugano, 6 times 2 minutes against Ajoie. - PostFinance top scorers: Fazzini; Nättinen.
Lugano: Huska; Aebischer, Dahlström; Jesper Peltonen, Alatalo; Guerra, Mirco Müller; Meile; Marco Müller, Thürkauf, Canonica; Fazzini, Arcobello, Carr; Zanetti, Zohorna, Sekac; Cormier, Verboon, Morini; Aleksi Peltonen.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Honka, Fey; Nussbaumer, Fischer; Maurer, Scheidegger; Thiry, Pilet; Pedretti, Bellemare, Nättinen; Hazen, Devos, Palve; Robin, Garessus, Romanenghi; Veckaktins, Rundqvist, Bozon.
Remarks: Lugano without van Pottelberghe (injured), Joly and Pulli (both supernumerary foreigners), Ajoie without Frossard, Patenaude, Turkulainen (all injured) and Brennan (supernumerary foreigner). Ajoie without a goalkeeper from 58:38 to 59:06.
Standings:
ZSC Lions - SCL Tigers 3:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0) n.V. Kloten - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1). Lugano - Ajoie 2:0 (0:0, 0:0, 2:0).
Ranking: 1. Lausanne 50/97. 2. ZSC Lions 49/90. 3. Bern 50/88. 4. Zug 49/85. 5. Davos 49/80. 6. Fribourg-Gottéron 49/76. 7. Kloten 50/76. 8. SCL Tigers 50/71. 9. Ambri-Piotta 50/70. 10. Biel 49/67. 11. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 50/67. 12. Genève-Servette 49/65. 13. Lugano 50/63. 14. Ajoie 50/46.
