Ice hockey: Rouen – Amiens (Magnus League, 28th day) | Magnus League
It is with assumed excitement that Rouen supporters, deprived of the classic of classics on the banks of the Seine for more than one, awaited their crunch.
If Santa Claus is not junk, he has a lot of humor this year. Playing Rouen, in black-and-red, for the last match before the vigil of the nativity, against his best enemy, Amiens, this is caustic and adds salt, if necessary, to the derby of the plains which begins yesterday.
Indeed, the calendar posed two successive crunches in two days, sort of back and forth, without a break. Tuesday, it smiled on the Normans (3-4), who were however two goals behind at the end of the first third because of a too static defense and rather untenable Picards.
This evening, among the locals, Leborgne and Perret were preferred to Gueurif and Tomasino (the latter is on the bench and will replace Reynaud injured after an impact on the railing at 4’50). Visitors register Baazzi’s return. He will play on the second pair of backs intermittently with Leclerc and Pretnar. Guttig and Matima are still absent.
The RHE begins with a bang. For 9 minutes he stormed Buysse’s cage. During this time, no teammate of the tricolor goalkeeper can throw in the direction of the opposing cage! Gilbert (2’31), Vigners (3’55), Lampérier (7’47) and the Caron-Bedin tandem (8’18) have the best positions. Mark Flood’s teammates failed to take advantage of this long highlight (especially because of a goal denied to Hervé without video consultation (!?) at 3’56).
The two teams then negotiate two fairly short special games and a four-on-four. Finally Gilbert opens the score. In three-against-one, the winger is served between the ears, by Chakiachvili from the back. The Canadian finds the nets halfway above Buysse’s shield (1-0 at 12’28, photo below). At the end of the third, Rouen cannot take shelter on a complete power play. Thirty seconds from the first siren, Bault did not take advantage of an error by Chakiachvili (19’30).
The Amiens react as soon as they return to the ice. Two-against-one, conquered in the neutral zone, Sabatier equalized on a perfect pass from Naas (1-1 at 21’03). After a chance of Tessier (21’45), the fire of Rouennais died out little by little. The Goths first benefit from the largesse of the Dragons. Pearce finds the plastron of Pintaric two-on-two (22’10), then the apathy of historical superiorities. The HCAS, now much better grouped, does not relax its flow of counter-attacks, however. The mid-game is volcanic. Romand, camouflaged in the rear position (!), Does not fit (28’30). Boivin makes Pintaric work (30’01). Romand is still clumsy after a thoughtlessness of Leborgne (31’21). In front, only one crumb, Tessier, two-against-one with Lampérier, misses a second duel with Buysse (29’10).
The game is less spectacular, only the issue of the derby makes the public forget that the teams no longer produce. The crowd is silent. Sad, even as the Dragons need a boost. We even hear the chants of Gothic supporters fill the Lacroix island! Without reply.
Amiens is however nothing of a thunderbolt of war, just a regrouped army with sharp skates which fails to take the advantage in power-play. Simonsen on the right misses the target (35’23). Rouen will have two jumps before the second rest. Johnston lives badly (36’52) and Nesa is frustrated by Buysse (40’00).
On returning from the locker room, the Seino-Marins understood the danger and are buzzing around Buysse. A new two-against-one gives Vigners a chance, without result (40’34). Then, Flood, in front of Buysse’s zone, passes the puck behind the keeper with a startling backhand turning on himself (2-1 at 43’44). A last powerplay will once again extinguish the flames of Fabrice Lhenry’s men.
Baazzi is not far from leveling on this Samarian inferiority (46’17). The Normans’ passes are now very poor, they put themselves in danger at the mercy of turnovers and curl up. Pretnar makes Leborgne dizzy. On the launch of Naas which follows, Pintaric leaves a rebound adroitly in the top of the net by Pearce on the left of a very static defense (2-2 at 47’31, [photo ci-dessous])
The tenants of Péchalat are trying to react. Vigners gave Buysse a hard time (48’31 & 52’09). But they remain feverish, under the threat of Simonsen (55’39) and Pacheco (57’03). Rouen’s confusion turns into stupor. Simonsen with less than two minutes to play gives change the day before (2-3 at 58’03). Fabrice Lhenry calls for his time out immediately, then replaces his goalkeeper with an additional striker 27 seconds after his talk. The plume is black and red and bears the “C”. Flood hits a throw, deflected by Vigners (3-3 at 58’56). The coaching worked.
The last minute leads the two best enemies to five-minute overtime. The trios… Johnston-Chakiachvili-Vigners / Lopachuk-Pacheco-Boivin
Gilbert-Flood-Caron / Sabatier-Pretnar-Ouest
Lampérier-Guimond-Tessier / Simonsen-Baazzi-Naas
Bedin-Yeo-Nesa / Plagnat-Gibb-Bruche… follow one another without finding any fault with the opponent.
A long penalty shootout follows. Boivin, in extremis, year in the fifth Picard test, the victorious salvo of Gilbert [photos en bas d’article]. On the eleventh round, Naas [photo ci-dessous] finds the Rouen nets with a throw halfway up the plate side (3-4 at 65’00). A Merry Christmas from the Gothics to the Norman supporters!
Photos of Julien & Thierry Frechon
Rouen – Amiens 3-4 on penalties (1-0, 2-1, 0-1, 0-0, 0-1)
Wednesday December 22, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. at the Guy Boissière sports center. 3026 spectators.
Referees: Laurent Garbay and Geoffrey Barcelo assisted by Jérémie Collin and Nicolas Constantineau.
Penalties: Rouen 4 ′ (2 ‘, 2’, 0 ‘, 0’); Amiens 10 ′ (4 ′, 4 ′, 2 ‘, 0’)
Shots: Rouen 36 (11, 9, 12, 4); Amiens 26 (4, 12, 6, 4)
Superiorities: Rouen 0/5, Amiens 0/2
Evolution of the score:
1-0 at 12’28 Gilbert assisted by Chakiachvili and Cantagallo
1-1 to 21’03 Sabatier assisted by Naas
2-1 to 43’44 Flood assisted by Vigners and Yeo
2-2 at 47’32 Pearce assisted by Naas and Pretnar
2-3 to 58’03 Simonsen assisted by Lopachuk assisted by Leclerc
3-3 to 58’56 Vigners assisted by Flood and Yeo
Corn shooting winner: Naas
Rouen
Attackers:
Jordan Hervé – Andrew Johnston – Rolands Vigners
Loïc Lampérier (A) – Kelsey Tessier – Vincent Nesa
Joris Bedin – Joël Caron – David Gilbert
Kylian Leborgne then Quentin Tomasino at 4’50 – Joran Reynaud (then Leborgne at 4’50) – Tommy Perret
Rear:
Dylan Yeo – Mark Flood (C)
Florian Chakiachvili (A) – Enzo Cantagallo
Sacha Guimond – Marc-André Dorion
Guardian :
Matija Pintaric (23 stops)
Substitute: Valentin Duquenne (L). Absent: Anthony Guttig (agitation).
Amiens
Attackers:
Stanislav Lopachuk – Alexandre Boivin – Tomas Simonsen
Spencer Naas – Joe West (A) – Florian Sabatier
Baptiste Bruche – Antonin Plagnat – Jérémie Romand (A)
Taavi Tiala – [West] – Elgin Pearce
Ilies Djemel
Rear:
Skylar Pacheco – Romain Bault (C)
Nicolas Leclerc – Klémen Pretnar (alternately with Leclerc – Aziz Baazzi and Baazzi – Pretnar)
Yoan Coulaud – Dan Gibb
Guardian :
Henry Corentin Buysse (33 stops)
Substitute: Benoit Demazier (L). Absent: Lucas Savoye and Rudy Matima.