HC Franches-Montagnes also bends in front of its public

The HC Franches-Montagnes swallowed the teas sideways on Friday evening. The Taignons lost 4-3 (1-1 2-0 1-2) against Lyss in Saignelégier in MyHockey League. After three defeats on the road, this time they bowed their backs at home to take a fourth loss in a row. Michaël Neininger’s players conceded the opener in the quarter hour, but they were able to respond by equalizing less than three minutes later by Auguste Impose. Now 5th in the standings, the Bernese made the difference at the start of the 2nd third. They regained the lead 82 seconds after returning from the locker room, before taking a two-step lead six minutes later. The visitors made the score even worse 128 seconds after the second tea. The HCFM reacted and reduced the gap twice in the last ten minutes thanks to successes from Nils Sejejs, then from Karim Bouchareb when the Jura goalkeeper was out of his cage, but it was not enough. The “blood and gold” remain 10th, with four units less and one more game on the clock than the 8th and last qualified for the play-offs, while they have five rounds left to play during the regular season.