Fribourg-Gottéron takes a 1-0 lead in the playoff semi-final series against Lausanne. The Fribourg team wins the hard-fought opener 3-2 away from home.
29.03.2025, 22:35
29.03.2025, 22:43
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Killian Mottet, of all people, scored the winning goal to give Fribourg-Gottéron an early break in the French-Swiss derby. The 34-year-old Fribourg native, once a key player as a regular scorer but with little ice time this season, deflected a shot from defenseman Dave Sutter in the 36th minute. It was the third, but decisive lead for the visitors.
Prior to that, Lausanne had twice managed to immediately respond to a deficit in their own arena, which was once again sold out with 9600 spectators. After Samuel Walser made it 1:0 in the power play, it took 102 seconds before Tim Bozon equalized in the 16th minute. There were only 23 seconds between Fribourg captain Julien Sprunger's 2:1 and Raphael Prassl's 2:2 equalizer shortly after half-time.
Lausanne did try to create top chances in the final third. Coach Geoff Ward mixed up his forward line, but to no avail. Against a well-organized and composed Gottéron, the Vaud team couldn't find a way to get in front of the opposing goal on a regular basis.
And when they did, Reto Berra was on hand. The Fribourg goalie, who let himself be duped by a harmless, slow shot from Prassl at 2:2, put in a strong performance. Thanks in part to Berra's 27 saves, Fribourg coach Lars Leuenberger was able to celebrate a win on his 50th birthday.
Telegram:
Lausanne - Fribourg-Gottéron 2:3 (1:1, 1:2, 0:0)
9600 spectators. - Referees Tscherrig/Stolc (SVK), Altmann/Gnemmi. - Goals: 15th (14:03) Walser (Vey, Bertschy/power play goal) 0:1. 16th (15:45) Bozon (Sklenicka, Raffl) 1:1. 32nd (31:54) Sprunger (Walser) 1:2. 33rd (32:17) Prassl (Hügli) 2:2. 36th Mottet (Sutter, Ljunggren) 2:3. - Penalties: 2 minutes each. - PostFinance top scorers: Suomela; Wallmark.
Lausanne: Pasche; Sklenicka, Bayreuther; Glauser, Marti; Heldner, Frick; Fiedler, Genazzi; Riat, Suomela, Oksanen; Bozon, Jäger, Raffl; Rochette, Kahun, Fuchs; Hügli, Benjamin Bougro, Prassl.
Fribourg-Gottéron: Berra; Sutter, Streule; Rathgeb, Gunderson; Diaz, Jecker; Seiler; Sörensen, Wallmark, Schmid; Bertschy, Vey, Lilja; Sprunger, Walser, Marchon; Nicolet, Ljunggren, Mottet; Gerber.
Remarks: Lausanne without Hammerer, Holdener, Keller, Kuokkanen, Pilut (all injured), Pajuniemi and Perlini (both overtime), Fribourg-Gottéron without De la Rose, Dufner (both injured) and Borgman (sick). Lausanne without goalkeeper from 58:04.
