HC Ajoie only needs one more win to stay in the National League. The team from Jura celebrated its third win in a row in the league qualifier against Swiss League champions Visp with a 3-0 victory.
08.04.2025, 22:27
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Ajoie are now 3-1 up in the promotion/relegation play-off and can decide the outcome in front of a home crowd in Pruntrut on Thursday.
Having previously had to decide the winner three times in overtime, the fourth duel between the notorious bottom team in the top division and the champions of the second-tier Swiss league was decided early for once.
Ajoie led 3-0 after just 34 minutes and, uncharacteristically for the Jura side, for once none of the strong foreign players scored. The Swiss scorers were Matteo Romanenghi, Lilian Garessus and Cédric Aeschbach. The latter recently played with Basel against Visp in the Swiss League play-off final.
The Valais team, who once again started with only two foreigners after Adam Brodecki was ruled out in Game 2, put in a largely pale performance. There was no rebellion. In the 12th minute (with the score at 0:1), regular goalie Robin Meyer, who did not look fit, was substituted. His replacement, 21-year-old Alessio Beglieri, who trained in Biel, had last played in a serious match in November.
Telegram
Visp - Ajoie 0:3 (0:1, 0:2, 0:0)
4729 spectators. - SR Lemelin (USA)/Ruprecht, Altmann/Gnemmi. - Goals: 11. Romanenghi (Robin) 0:1. 22. Garessus (Maurer, Hazen) 0:2. 34. Aeschbach (Devos, Bellemare/powerplay goal) 0:3. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes against Visp, 4 times 2 minutes against Ajoie. - PostFinance top scorers: Nilsson; Devos.
Visp: Meyer (12th Beglieri); Pezzullo, Eigenmann; Grossniklaus, Gähler; Marco Forrer, Heinen; Jansen, Fuchs; Nunn, Nilsson, Brüschweiler; Lurati, Fuss, Sandro Forrer; Riatsch, Ritz, Burgener; Wüest, Mäder, Schwenninger.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Honka, Fey; Fischer, Aeschbach; Maurer, Nussbaumer; Thiry, Pilet; Robin, Bellemare, Romanenghi; Hazen, Devos, Schmutz; Sopa, Garessus, Pedretti; Frossard, Rundqvist, Pouilly.
Remarks: Visp without Brodecki, Rieder and Ryser (all injured), Ajoie without Bozon, Brennan, Nättinen, Turkulainen (all injured), Scheidegger (sick), Palve and Stukel (both supernumerary foreigners).
