Round-up National League – Kloten’s fighters defy Zurich rivals – Sport
- In the 15th round of the National League, Kloten wins the Zurich derby against the ZSC Lions 2-1 in front of a home crowd.
- The Rapperswil-Jona Lakers initial it against Lugano to advance to second place in the table. You lose 3:6.
- Master Zug stumbles at the SCL Tigers. At 1: 3, the central Swiss had to accept three goals from the Finns.
Kloten – ZSC Löwen 2:1
The first Zurich derby for more than four and a half years in the Klotener Arena was atmospheric and hard-fought. Only in the final third did the combative hosts luck on their side. The promoted team opened the scoring thanks to Dario Meyer’s overtime goal in the 46th minute. After breaking his foot, the goalscorer only played his 3rd game since his comeback. The Lions were able to react through Alexandre Texier, who had already been successful on Friday. Miro Aaltonen advanced to the match winner with the 2:1 in the 57th minute.
SCL Tigers – train 3:1
Thanks to fin power, the Tigers came to a surprising victory against the champions. Harri Pesonen and Aleksi Saarela scored the goals in the first third for a 2-0 lead. Although the guests fired more than three times as many shots as the Emmentaler (48:15), they only scored the goal in the 56th minute through Dario Simion. Sami Lepistös Empty Netter (the third “Finnish goal” of the evening) brought the decision. After the 3:2 victory nP the day before against Bern, the ups and downs in Zug continue.
Freiburg – Ajoie 5: 2
Already in the 2nd minute Victor Rask brought Gottéron onto the road to victory. The Seattle Kraken’s Sweden signing scores for the first time in the third National League game. After Benoît Jeckers made it 2-0 in the 15th minute, things stayed quiet for a long time. Philip-Michael Devos brought Ajoie up twice to make it 1: 2 and 2: 3. But the risk that coach Filip Pesan took and he took out goalie Tim Wolf 4 minutes before the end took revenge twice. David Desharnais and Christoph Bertschy each scored into the empty goal. Freiburg celebrated the 5th full success in the last 6 games.
Lugano-Lakers 6-3
Mark Arcobello had to wait 818 minutes for his first goal of the season. With the anger in his stomach, the American redeemed himself after 13 goalless games with a full shot on the catch hand side of Rapperswil goalie Robin Meyer. The 2:2 initiated the turning point in the Resega in the 38th minute in the power play. Brent Connolly finally turned the party around before the third break. In the 3rd period, Arcobello and Co. then started to show off with three more goals. The Lakers missed out on taking second place in the table with a win.
Lausanne – Davos 4: 5 nP
Thanks to Enzo Corvi, who scored twice in the penalty shootout, Davos has returned to winning ways after losing three games in a row. Davos had already been the more compelling team in regular time and twice played a two-goal lead. Tim Bozon and Daniel Audette were able to equalize in the final third to make it 4:4.
Bern – Ambri 4: 3 a.e.t
In a tight game, only the fourth stroke of the Bernese should seal the point win for the host. Ramon Untersander became the match winner in overtime, crowning an attack with the remarkable goal to make it 4:3. In the regular season, the Leventine had three times an answer to a goal: first Johnny Kneubühler (11th) prompt Bernese lead, then Inti Pestoni (31st) again ensured the tie. André Heim countered the 3rd SCB goal by Simon Moser (50th) two minutes before the end.