Ice Hockey. Coming back from afar, Caen loses on the wire in Cholet
By Aline Chatel
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In ice hockey perhaps more than in other sports, you should never declare victory too soon. The last seconds are often decisive. Caen saw it to its cost, Saturday November 26, 2022, losing 5-4 to Cholet after leading 4-3 82 seconds from the final bell.
Caen trailed 3-1
“It’s quite infuriating,” observes coach Julien Guimard. After a goalless first period, the Drakkars got on the right track by opening the score by Thomas Carminati (35′). Nevertheless, they sank in the space of a big minute just before the end of the second period. The three goals conceded in this interval can seem fatal to a team that is sometimes limited in attack (3-1, 40′).
A big pass in the third third
But in this very cyclic match, the visitors did not abdicate. Jonathan Janil (45′), Marc-Antoine Gagnon (48′) and Marc Beckstead (48′) scored in turn. Caen uses the right end… until the fateful end of the match. “There is disappointment, recognizes Julien Guimard. On a hot and cold soufflé. We were capable of very good things as well as really bad things, especially defensively. »
Not enough defensive discipline
Five goals conceded, it’s not really in Caen standards. “It’s been a long time since we’ve suffered so much defensively. We weren’t tough enough in front of our goal. We weren’t disciplined enough defensively to hold the score when we had the advantage. There was room, on had our chances. »
A series of four consecutive successes ends for Caen in a championship which confirms its homogeneity from day to day. Before receiving Nantes on Saturday December 3, the HCC is sixth in the D1 ranking.
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