In Tuesday’s clash between first and third, Grenoble left Rouen no chance. However, it was the Rouennais who opened the score by the Canadian Kelsey Tessier (15’00”) but the Brûleurs de Loups restored order in the second period thanks to two goals from Damien Fleury (31’52”) and Sacha Treille (36’17”). In the last third, the Dragons equalized through the Latvian Rolands Vigners (44’45”) before cracking at the end of the match on goals from the Finns Jere Rouhiainen (55’49”, 58’32”) and Markus Poukkula (58’46”). Grenoble remains the leader more than ever.

Crazy match in Angers where Chamonix won 5-4 after extra time. The Dukes had however believed in victory by reversing a badly embarked situation (0-3, 21’46 ”) but a goal from Canadian Phil Marinaccio at the very end of the match allowed the visitors to equalize and snatch extra time before to win on a goal by Finland’s Jarkko Harjula after 3’33” of added play. Angers remain second and Chamonix, with four wins in their last five games, can still dream of a play-off.

Bordeaux, which remained on seven consecutive defeats, punished Nice (5-2) and breathes better, Amiens remained master on its ice rink against Gap (4-1) and Cergy-Pontoise came to the end without trembling from Briançon, the bottom of the standings (4-0).