EV Zug also wins its second game under Canadian coach Benoît Groulx - this time 3:1 and again with a late winning goal. These are the facts from Saturday's six games.
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Dominik Kubalik - one of four goal scorers now with 21 goals in the National League - first made it 2:1 for Zug in the last five minutes and later also scored the 3:1 into the empty net. Zug celebrates two wins in a row for the first time since mid-December.
The SCL Tigers are currently suffering from bad luck with their goalkeepers. First, Luca Boltshauser and Robin Meyer were both ill in January, then goalie Boltshauser retired injured after 25 minutes in Zug. The 20-year-old Martin Neckar made his third appearance in the National League. Although Neckar made another good save (19 saves, 1 goal against), he also lost his third game after two defeats against Ajoie.
Dubé's home win
The new (coaching) broom is also sweeping well at EHC Biel. The point gained in Lausanne was followed by a dramatic 5:4 home win for the Seelanders against the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers in the first home game under new head coach Christian Dubé. The Lakers were leading 3:2 and 4:3 until the 58th minute, when captain Gaëtan Haas and Petr Cajka scored two goals in 62 seconds to secure a 5:4 victory.
Stransky's double strike
Two goals within 188 seconds by Matej Stransky led HC Davos to victory in Lugano (.:.). Midway through the game, the Czech scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season to give the Grisons a 2-0 lead. No one has ever scored more than 21 goals in the National League this season. Lugano found no recipe against the Davos defense until the 57th minute. Luca Hollenstein ultimately missed out on his third shutout of the season as Carrick Connor managed to make it 1:4.
SCB on the upswing
Schlittschuhclub Bern is definitely on the upswing. After six away wins in a row, the Bernese are now even winning at home again. Although Théo Rochette - who also scored his 21st goal of the season - gave Lausanne the lead after 26 minutes, Mats Alge and Marco Lehmann turned the game around with two goals in the space of 92 seconds by the 34th minute. In the final period, Waltteri Merelä secured the 3:1 final score.
Fribourg's winning streak
HC Fribourg-Gottéron led 2:0 and 3:2 against the Lions in Zurich, but Jesper Frödén tied the game 3:3 for the ZSC Lions with six against five players 107 seconds before the end. In the penalty shootout, goalkeeper Reto Berra could not be beaten after 31 saves in the first 65 minutes. Christoph Bertschy scored the only goal in the shootout.
4 goals from 16 shots
Despite a shot ratio of 16:39, Ajoie won 4:2 against Kloten. Ajoie led 3:0 after just 14 minutes in Pruntrut and Kloten goalie Davide Fadani's working day was already over. Ajoie celebrated their fourth win in the last five rounds.
Table and match programs:
Bern - Lausanne 3:1 (0:0, 2:1, 1:0)
16'501 spectators. - SR Borga/Neva, Altmann/Thomann. - Goals: 26. Rochette (Oksanen, Riat) 0:1. 32. Alge (Müller, Untersander) 1:1. 34. Lehmann (Ejdsell, Sgarbossa) 2:1. 50. Merelä (Marchon, Kreis) 3:1. - Penalties: 2 times 2 minutes against Bern, 4 times 2 minutes against Lausanne. - PostFinance top scorers: Ejdsell; Czarnik.
Bern: Reideborn; Loeffel, Lindholm; Untersander, Kreis; Rhyn, Füllemann; Kindschi; Merelä, Aaltonen, Marchon; Lehmann, Sgarbossa, Ejdsell; Vermin, Baumgartner, Müller; Ritzmann, Graf, Alge; Schild.
Lausanne: Hughes; Heldner, Brännström; Baragano, Niku; Sansonnens, Marti; Haas, Fiedler; Riat, Rochette, Oksanen; Jäger, Czarnik, Caggiula; Fuchs, Kahun, Douay; Holdener, Bougro, Zehnder.
Remarks: Bern without Bemström, Simon Moser, Scherwey (all injured), Häman Aktell and Jakowenko (both surplus foreigners), Lausanne without Hügli (sick), Prassl, Suomela, Vouardoux (all injured) and Spooner (surplus foreigner). Lausanne without goalkeeper from 58:13.
ZSC Lions - Fribourg-Gottéron 3:4 (0:2, 2:0, 1:1, 0:0) n.P.
12'000 spectators. - SR Hebeisen/Ströbel, Stalder/De Paris. - Goals: 12. Wallmark (Streule) 0:1. 15. Schmid (Rattie) 0:2. 26. Balcers (Malgin, Andrighetto) 1:2. 34. Sundström (Gruber, Aberg) 2:2. 57. Biasca (Rathgeb, Borgström) 2:3. 59. Frödén (Andrighetto, Grant) 3:3 (no goalkeeper). - Penalty shootout: Malgin -, Rathgeb -; Sundström -, De la Rose -; Balcers -, Borgström -; Aberg -, Bertschy 0:1; Andrighetto -. - Penalties: 3 times 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Malgin; Schmid.
ZSC Lions: Hrubec; Kukan, Geering; Weber, Schwendeler; Trutmann, Marti; Ustinkov; Andrighetto, Malgin, Balcers; Frödén, Grant, Riedi; Aberg, Sundström, Gruber; Bader, Sigrist, Baechler; Baltisberger.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Rathgeb, Kapla; Glauser, Johnson; Nemeth, Streule; Jecker, Seiler; Rattie, Wallmark, Schmid; Bertschy, Borgström, Biasca; Reber, De la Rose, Marchon; Nicolet, Walser, Gerber.
Remarks: ZSC Lions without Hollenstein (injured), Lehtonen and Rohrer (both sick), Fribourg-Gottéron without Sprunger (sick), Dorthe, Sörensen (both injured) and Rau (supernumerary foreigner). ZSC Lions without goalkeeper from 57:38 to 58:13.
Zug - SCL Tigers 3:1 (1:0, 0:1, 2:0)
7429 spectators. - SR Lemelin/Stolc, Gnemmi/Obwegeser. - Goals: 20 (19:51) Wingerli 1:0. 39. Pesonen (Flavio Schmutz, Riikola/powerplay goal) 1:1. 55. Kubalik 2:1. 59. Kubalik (Tatar, Stadler) 3:1 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against Zug, 3 times 2 minutes against SCL Tigers. - PostFinance top scorers: Kubalik; Petersson.
Zug: Genoni; Sklenicka, Riva; Tobias Geisser, Mischa Geisser; Schlumpf, Stadler; Moret; Tatar, Wingerli, Kubalik; Vozenilek, Kovar, Hofmann; Künzle, Senteler, Herzog; Lindemann, Leuenberger, Eggenberger.
SCL Tigers: Boltshauser (25. Neckar); Meier, Riikola; Kinnunen, Mathys; Paschoud, Baltisberger; Erni; Julian Schmutz, Flavio Schmutz, Pesonen; Petersson, Felcman, Mäenalanen; Rohrbach, Malone, Allenspach; Petrini, Salzgeber, Lapinskis; Bachofner.
Remarks: Zug without Balestra, Bengtsson, Diaz, Fueter, Guerra and Martschini (all injured), SCL Tigers without Björninen and Meyer (both injured). SCL Tigers without goalkeeper from 56:36 to 58:08 and from 58:45.
Lugano - Davos 1:4 (0:0, 0:2, 1:2)
6614 spectators. - SR Tscherrig/Arpagaus, Cattaneo/Bichsel. - Goals: 29. Stransky (Lemieux) 0:1. 32. Stransky (Barandun) 0:2. 43. Tambellini (Frehner) 0:3. 49. Jung (Tambellini, Frehner) 0:4. 57. Carrick (Morini) 1:4. - Penalties: 1 x 2 minutes against Lugano, 2 x 2 minutes against Davos. - PostFinance top scorers: Fazzini; Stransky.
Lugano: van Pottelberghe; Alatalo, Mirco Müller; Aebischer, Brian Zanetti; Carrick, Jesper Peltonen; Meile; Simion, Thürkauf, Bertaggia; Fazzini, Sanford, Canonica; Perlini, Tanner, Sekac; Henry, Morini, Aleksi Peltonen.
Davos: Hollenstein; Guebey, Frick; Andersson, Jung; Fora, Barandun; Minder; Stransky, Nussbaumer, Lemieux; Kessler, Asplund, Zadina; Frehner, Ryfors, Tambellini; Knak, Waidacher, Gredig; Parrée.
Remarks: Lugano without Dahlström, Emanuelsson, Kupari and Marco Zanetti (all injured), Davos without Corvi (injured), Dahlbeck, Egli and Gross (all sick).
Biel - Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 5:4 (2:1, 1:2, 2:1)
6033 spectators. - SR Kaukokari/Ruprecht, Duc/Gurtner. - Goals: 7. Stampfli (Sever, Dionicio) 1:0. 11. Valentin Hofer (Taibel, Albrecht) 1:1. 16. Fabio Hofer (Sylvegard, Cajka/powerplay goal) 2:1. 21. (20:54) Lammer (Dünner, Wetter) 2:2. 30. Honka (Strömwall) 2:3. 40. (39:59) Kneubuehler (Haas, Sylvegard) 3:3. 57th (56:07) Lammer (powerplay goal) 3:4. 58th (57:05) Haas 4:4. 59th (58:07) Cajka (Sylvegard/powerplay goal) 5:4. - Penalties: 5 times 2 minutes against Biel, 3 times 2 plus 5 minutes (Jelovac) plus playing time (Jelovac) against Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. - PostFinance top scorers: Andersson; Strömwall.
Biel: Säteri; Hultström, Grossmann; Stampfli, Dionicio; Zryd, Blessing; Bichsel; Sylvegard, Haas, Fabio Hofer; Sallinen, Andersson, Rajala; Kneubuehler, Cajka, Sablatnig; Bärtschi, Christen, Cattin; Sever.
Rapperswil-Jona Lakers: Punnenovs; Honka, Larsson; Maier, Capaul; Henauer, Jelovac; Lammer, Dünner, Wetter; Zangger, Rask, Jensen; Moy, Maillet, Strömwall; Valentin Hofer, Albrecht, Taibel; Graf.
Remarks: Biel without Burren, Müller (both injured), Neuenschwander (sick) and Huuhtanen (supernumerary foreigner), Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without Dufner, Kellenberger, Pilut, Quinn (all injured) and Fritz (supernumerary foreigner). Rapperswil-Jona Lakers without a goalie from 58:31 to 0:00.
Ajoie - Kloten 4:2 (3:1, 0:1, 1:0)
Pruntrut. - 4422 spectators. - SR Dipietro/Stricker, Huguet/Meusy. - Goals: 3. Nättinen (Devos, Cormier) 1:0. 9. Hazen (Devos) 2:0. 15. Sopa (Wick, Mottet) 3:0. 17. Meyer (Gignac, Weibel) 3:1. 21. (20:37) Weibel (Meyer, Gignac) 3:2. 60. (59:45) Devos (Wick) 4:2 (into the empty net). - Penalties: 1 x 2 minutes against Ajoie, 3 x 2 minutes against Kloten. - PostFinance top scorers: Honka; Leino.
Ajoie: Ciaccio; Fey, Honka; Christe, Friman; Pilet, Nussbaumer; Thiry, Fischer; Hazen, Devos, Nättinen; Sopa, Wick, Mottet; Pedretti, Romanenghi, Veckaktins; Cormier, Cavalleri, Pouilly.
Kloten: Fadani (15. Waeber); Delémont, Lindroth; Wolf, Klok; Sidler, Steiner; Kellenberger; Ramel, Morley, Smirnovs; Meyer, Gignac, Weibel; Simic, Leino, Puhakka; Rafael Meier, Diem, Schäppi; Derungs.
Remarks: Ajoie without Bellemare, Berthoud, Bozon, Garessus, Gauthier, Antoine Keller, Patenaude, Robin and Turkulainen (all injured), Kloten without Hausheer and Simon Meier (both injured). Kloten without a goalkeeper from 57:53 to 59:45.
