National League: ZSC embarrassed with five foreigners against Ambri

Maxim Noreau. Marcus Kruger. Ryan Lasch. Teemu Rautiainen. Ryan Hayes. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The ZSC uses the “Lex Suter” for the first time against Ambri and uses five aliens. As part of the NHL’s new transfer agreement, the National League clubs decided in the summer that a team that loses a Swiss with a current contract with an NHL club can use an additional foreigner for two seasons.

The idea behind it: the departure of an NHL-quality Swiss star is generally no longer compensable on the domestic market. But that’s exactly what the ZSC Lions managed to do after National League top scorer Pius Suter signed with Chicago: They brought Andrighetto home. Nati’s striker now leads the National League scorers list, and the “Lex Suter” ad absurdum.

The Zurich-based company is only now using the option of deploying five foreigners for the first time. Why? Because they can and are authorized to do so. Krüger reports after a broken rib. GCK foreigners Rautiainen and Hayes stay in the team.

The banner that ZSC fans hung for the increase in the number of foreigners to seven since 2022/23, against which only the people of Zurich resisted, fits the absurdity. “The whole league wants to be crazy right now – it always means there aren’t four wins!” He says.
But the Lions were embarrassed with five foreigners against the troubled Ticino, who had lost seven times in a row, also in the third match. Or: five lose!

Andrighetto outnumbers them after stealing the puck from former Canadian-English striker Perlini. Seconds earlier, the ZSC Prassl forward is lucky that the referees missed his stumble with Hächler.

But Perlini tied the final stretch when he was able to run alone for the second time to the strong goalkeeper Flüeler. And then Berni makes an incredible own goal. The talented defender dribbles in front of his own goal and defeats Flüeler when he throws the puck back in front of the approaching Perlini. The previous scoreless in six games, Perlini scores again. And Ambri climbed back up to tenth place.

The best: Viktor Östlund (Ambri). The Swiss-licensed Swedish goalkeeper is a strong supporter for Ticino.

The plum: Tim Berni (ZSC). He was still the can opener against Langnau. This time he slides a flagrant own goal.

The objectives: 31. Andrighetto (SH) 1-0. 51. Perlini (Kneubuehler, I. Dotti) 1: 1. 56. Fischer (Berni’s own goal) 1: 2. 59. Perlini (Flynn) 1: 3. 60. Noreau (Rautiainen / no goalkeeper) 2: 3.