Geneva regained the National League championship in the best possible way by winning at Davos in a “six point” match. A 2-1 success without many holders.
The Olympics barely digested, it was an important match for the Genevans and the Graubünden with this sixth place in sight for the Eagles. And as much to say that the task of Garnet did not look obvious in view of the absentees.
Jan Cadieux had to deal without his Olympic champions Valtteri Filppula and Sami Vatanen, who were finally expected in Switzerland on Wednesday night, and without Marc-Antoine Pouliot, still suspended, and Marco Miranda, injured.
But luckily, the Geneva coach was able to count on the return of his goalkeeper Gauthier Descloux. And the Fribourgeois delivered an excellent match against Davosiens who only had Pospisil as the only notable absentee. But Christian Wohlvend was still able to field four foreigners with Nygren, Bromé, Stransky and Rasmussen.
In a game that saw Andres Ambühl and Tanner Richard come to blows and go to the locker room in the 28th minute, Genève-Servette perfectly negotiated this altitude trip.
Because Henrik Tömmernes was able to forget the Olympic disappointment and this fourth place. “King Henrik” cracked an assist and the decisive goal on a floating throw that found the leg of a Davosien for a happy deflection.
But Jan Cadieux doesn’t care. And with good reason. His team signed an extremely important success to come back to within four points of Davos.
Lausanne with forceps
Opposed to Ambri, Lausanne took time to take the measure of the Leventines. We can even say that the Vaudois did not have a smile on Zwerger’s 0-2 in the 37th. And this despite a hell of a volume of shots with 40 shots on the Ticino cage.
Without Martin Gernat, who passed through Slovakia to celebrate the bronze medal and who will also miss Wednesday’s match in Fribourg, the LHC has relied on its captain Joël Genazzi. The one who has just celebrated his 34th birthday scored the goal of hope in the 39th. He then equalized in the 45th to completely restart the game. With the wind at their back, the Lausanne residents went for the decisive 3-2 thanks to Jiri Sekac on a perfect pass from Bozon.
But despite this advantage, the LHC trembled to the end against the Leventines who threw all their forces into battle. Fortunately, Tobias Stephan was able to hold the fort and allow his people to glean three essential points.
In the third and final match of the evening, Zug proved that they should clearly be counted on for the title. The defending champion won 5-2 in Zurich. Swedish defender Niklas Hansson scored twice.
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