HC La Chaux-de-Fonds continues its comeback in its semi-final of the Swiss League ice hockey play-off. The HCC won 3-1 against Olten on Tuesday evening at Kleinholz in the fifth act of this duel and thus returns to 3-2 in this series which is played in the best of seven matches.
The game got off to a perfect start for Les Chaux-de-Fonniers with a first penalty inflicted on a player from Olten which allowed Thierry Paterlini’s men to open the scoring quickly in the 3e minute by Oliver Achermann, on the lookout for the rebound after a shot at the blue line from Sandi Smons. The Solothurns reacted quickly, also taking advantage of a minor penalty inflicted on a Chaux-de-fonnier player and Stanislas Horansky could deflect a shot from Joel Scheidegger in the 10the minute to tie at 1-1. It is on this score of parity and logic that the two teams could return to the locker room, after twenty minutes of play.
Pure realism
Solid and efficient, Thierry Paterlini’s players made the difference in the second period where, moreover, Olten paradoxically dominated this intermediate period in terms of the number of shots on target (14-8). But dominating is not necessarily concluding or making a difference and the Solothurn mice have seen it the hard way. Les Abeilles des Mélèzes were masterful in cold blood and realism, first at the 26e on a magnificent construction led by Loic In-Albon and Patrick Petrini, which Devin Muller was able to conclude before registering the 2-1 in favor of the HCC. This goal was probably the most beautiful of this game.
For their part, the Solothurns began to get annoyed in front of their public, causing several faults and thus offering special situations for the benefit of the players of the watchmaking metropolis. Les Chaux-de-Fonniers did not take advantage of it but were quick to score a third goal 5 against 5, thanks to a superb foray into the defense of the mice, from Andreas Döpfner who served his attacking friend Daniel Carbis on a silver platter at the 39e for the 3-1, just before the second siren. Loic In-Albon analyzed this victory and the serenity of his team on Tuesday evening:
Serenity and Olympian calm
We feared the start of the last third time, on the side of the supporters of La Chaux-de-Fonniers who made the trip. And this mistrust was confirmed, with great pressure from Solothurn in front of Viktor Östlund’s cage (imperial and decisive on several occasions on Tuesday evening) but the defense at La Chaux-de-Fonnière was intractable and left very few possibilities for Olten to show himself. dangerous. The Bees thus perfectly managed their end of the match in a calm enough to startle a Vatican guard and won this 5e act, to come back to 3-2 in this Swiss League play-off semi-final series.
The Larches will thus be buzzing again on Thursday evening for Act VI of this breathless duel, at the stroke of 7:45 p.m. /dj
The summary of the match in video
The telegram
Olten – La Chaux-de-Fonds 1-3 (1-1 0-2 0-0)
Kleinholz ice rink: 3499 spectators.
Referees: Castelli / Ruprecht, Gurtner / Wermeille.
Buts: 3rd Achermann (Smons, Andersons / 5 against 4) 0-1. 10th Horansky (Scheidegger, Knelsen / 5 against 4) 1-1. 26th Muller (In-Albon, Petrini) 1-2. 39th Carbis (Döpfner) 1-3. Penalties: 6 x 2′ against Olten, 4 x 2′ against La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Olten leads 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Next game Thursday, April 7 at 7:45 p.m. at the Mélèzes ice rink
Another result: (1/2 play-off final): Kloten – Thurgau 2-3 ap (1-0 0-1 1-1); Kloten leads 3-2 in the series.