National League: ZSC shines – Davos without conceding a goal

Lausanne has established itself in the Belle Etage of Swiss ice hockey. But that also means for a long time that the top dogs in the National League scratch their hooves when they meet the MacTavish team. The Romands felt that Tuesday in the first of three major fights in four days, when Zug made a show of force (4: 1). The next day, Lausanne was able to boost morale and intercept Zug after a 1: 3 deficit (4: 3 nP).

Again, it looks different against the ZSC. Inspired by the return of seven crown victims, the Zurich-based company shows its best performance of the season and achieves its seventh consecutive victory. Unlike in Lausanne, they are immediately wide awake. Captain Geering launches Krüger with a wonderful pass and Sweden’s Stanley Cup winner and world champion defeats Stephan after 35 seconds as if nothing could be easier.

The Lions are doing a great job, but they can’t get away. This is how Lausanne compensates. Marti, defender of the ZSC, is the godfather. He first separates teammate Andrighetto from the puck with a check and then deflects Bozon’s shot with his arm so that goalkeeper Waeber cannot catch him.

The second third begins with a déjà vu. This time Hollenstein plays the home run pass and Pius Suter, in which each could be the last game before leaving for Chicago, hits. And this time the Grönborg team did the same. Sender: Pettersson with his seventh power play goal of the season.

Unlike Wednesday, Lausanne has no turning back. Too stable, too robust in duels and too well organized is the ZSC, which leaves a mark and jumps to the top of the table. It wasn’t until the very end, when Lausanne brought out the doorman and shortened him, that the guests hesitated for a moment. (Mr)

The objectives: 1. Krüger (Geering, Morant) 1: 1. 15. Bozon (Douay) 1: 1. 23. P. Suter (Hollenstein) 1: 2. 32. Pettersson (Noreau, Roe / PP) 1: 3. 58. Gibbons (Malgin, Barberio / PP / Lausanne without goalkeeper) 2: 3. 60. Andrighetto 2: 4 (towards the empty goal).

The best: Marcus Krüger (ZSC). The Swedish striker set the course early with 1-0 and remains an advantage afterward.

The plum: Mark Barberio (Lausanne). With 0: 1 the Canadian captain is too late and with 1: 3 he is in the penalty area.

Good humor in attack, seriousness in defense. And Robert Mayer with alert reflexes. After this sense of accomplishment with the SCL Tigers, you can blow a bit with the HCD.

However, it takes a bit of patience and nerves for the forwards to gain enough momentum to unhinge the Emmental defense. The HCD survived the opening phase, in the end often the breeding ground for early delays and defensive capers, thanks mainly to Mayer’s saves without conceding a goal. That is the basis of success.

After that, aggressiveness and enthusiasm dominate. Frehner’s first goal leads to a downpour in the Tigers defense, there is no longer any recipe against heavy pressure from Graubünden. As in the game against Freiburg (0: 5), all the dams break at the first escape.

From Davos’s point of view, most of the questions that arise are the power play, which with some insertions of antics creates unnecessary danger in front of the box itself. With one more man, Graubünden’s aggressiveness seems at the push of a button. A hit is achieved in excess, but it is more a matter of chance than of serious intention.

With the first win to zero of the season, Davos managed a correction. Aaron Palushaj and Enzo Corvi each scored their second goal of the season. That should also contribute to relaxation at Landwassertal. (dk)

The objectives: 23. Frehner (Baumgartner, M. Wieser) 0: 1. 34. Guerra (Baumgartner) 0-2. 37th Palushaj (Lindgren) 0-3. 52. Corvi (Palushaj, Nygren / PP) 0: 4. 59 Baumgartner (M. Wieser, Frehner) 0: 5.

The best: Mayer (Davos). Zero is there, mainly thanks to its parades in the first section.

The plum: F. Dirt (Tigers). The pomadic defensive work and a negligent loss of the disc, he has to conceive two goals.

After 20 days without a match, Lugano has returned from Corona’s break. Tooth problems? He has at most Biel opponents.

Bürgler overwhelms Fey and puts Ticino in the lead after just 63 seconds. Joren van Pottelberghe in the home team area has to admit defeat from the first shot after his crown disease (as well as minor back problems).

Bertaggia doubles for the bianconeri and then after eight minutes, even after Rathgeb wants to push the puck out of the zone a little loosely and then forgets to go backwards.

But the Zeeland team, who shot Ambri 7-1 out of the hall three days earlier, are making a comeback. Ösi Komarek, whose contract runs until the end of December, with his first goal for EHCB and Rajala 15 seconds after the first level of rest, equalizes again.

As a result, the game seems pretty messy, the stadium DJ trying to entertain the empty hall with music by Ballermann. In the third section the intensity increases again, but there are no more blows.

Then extension. There, Biel Pouliot’s forward’s stick is broken in the first meeting, Arcobello serves Heed, who shoots Ticino to victory after seven seconds of overtime. (cs)