End of series for Grenoble, beaten in Rouen in the Magnus League
Grenoble finally fell. Undefeated for 19 matches in all competitions (17 in the Magnus League) and a defeat at Anglet on November 15 (0-1), the Brûleurs de Loups were beaten this Friday evening in Rouen (5-3).
Led 3-0 at the end of a catastrophic first third, the Isérois very quickly reduced the gap at the start of the second, thanks to two achievements by Damien Fleury and Kyle Hardy in less than two minutes (3-2), before the penalties come the corks in their tracks.
It was also on the power play that the Dragons regained a two-goal lead in the middle of the second period, Florian Chakiachvili deceiving the vigilance of a masked Jakub Stepanek from the blue line (4-2). During the third third, the Czech goalkeeper but even the chalice to the dregs, failing to be able to quench his thirst with the help of his gourd, exploded by the close range shot of Dylan Yeo (5-2).
Despite a third Grenoble goal scored by captain Joël Champagne at the end of the match, the Normans, second six points behind the leader, canceled the reigning French champions from soaring to the top of the Magnus League and even two points ahead. additional on Angers (3rd), defeated by Cergy in overtime (4-5 ap).