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Küsnacht is a wonderful place: afternoon sun, a fantastic view of Lake Zurich, low taxes. Those who can afford it settle on the Gold Coast. But ice hockey? The KEK is not a magnet for hockey professionals. Anyone who plays in the Swiss League with the GCK Lions, the ZSC farm team, will soon want to go higher or will have already had their prime.
If you want to watch a game, you don’t have to worry because now only two-thirds of the seats can be filled. The crown capacity of 708 seats is also sufficient for the GCK Lions. Here you are among yourself. In the cup against Ambri yesterday there were 228. It’s family. There are only two drummers who, like little Oskar in Grass’s novel “The Tin Drum,” create the atmosphere.
For this club, however, someone who dominated the National League last season also plays: Pius Suter. With 30 hits and 53 points, Nati’s forward was both top scorer and top scorer. As a result, the 24-year-old landed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. With the last NHL season just ending due to Corona and it is not yet clear when the next one will begin, Suter is now playing in Switzerland again for now. It seems paradoxical that he does not do this with the ZSC but with the GCK Lions.
“That has probably never happened before”
A top scorer in B? “That has probably never happened before,” Suter says with a smile. ZSC sporting director Sven Leuenberger justifies this with the fact that you don’t want a player on the team who’s gone when it comes to hot dogs. Due to Suter’s jump to the NHL, the ZSC can use an additional alien, which it has not done so far. Never mind that Suter had an exit clause in the contract and that the Zurich-based company could sign a Swiss replacement with Andrighetto.
So Suter now plays on the farm team. With the coup against Ticino as 2016 it will not work, although the ice hoppers with Tyler Benson (21) have another loan from the NHL (from Edmonton) in the team. Suter & Co. are as tireless as the drummers. The first goals are scored by Biancoblù, who were scoreless in two championship games. Horansky hits twice, against the Suter-Benson line.
“I admire Pius”
As in the start against Thurgau, Suter cannot avoid defeat (2: 5). His 1: 3 assist briefly gives hope, his power play goal is just a results tweak.
It’s a “great thing” for his team to have Suter on the team, says coach Michael Liniger, who did not expect to be accepted by the national team. «I admire Pío. It shows greatness that it is not so bad to play with us. “
For Suter, it fits the way it is. Also because she did not want to leave Zurich and would have taken a place from her brother Kaj (22) during assignments at the ZSC. He is currently back with the GCK Lions. In addition to training and playing with the B-Team, he is preparing for the NHL adventure with a personal trainer.
The cup can also be ruthless. EV Zug puts Leonardo Genoni in goal and he bounces back against second-division Raron, but probably not even with the last resort. But in this case the class difference is too great. Goals fall almost every two minutes, after 40 seconds EVZ is already in the lead with two goals. In between, the NL representative probably takes his foot off the gas. In reaction to Wyer’s 1: 6 in the 22nd minute of the game, the pace increases enormously, in the middle of the game it is already 1:12. The rest? Exhibition in progress, target shooting. Zug arrives without penalties, Lino Martschini is a six-time scorer.
In Zug himself there is almost a big surprise at the same time. The EVZ Academy fails against the superior SCRJ Lakers (2018 Cup winners) after a tough battle of attrition only in overtime.
EHC Biel, who has an easy game against the first division team in Sion, made it to the second round effortlessly. The 11: 1 does justice to the course of the game, although the New Zealanders take their foot off the gas in the last stretch. Huttwil only smells for a short time (MySports League) against the SCL Tigers a surprise then the NL club lives up to its reputation and appropriately wins with 9: 3. Friborg-Gottéron is located in the legendary hall of the moat of Sierre In front of 1707 spectators they did not ask for lengths either and won with 8: 2. Double scorers: Bykow and Schmid.
