Winner 5-2 of Fribourg-Gottéron at Les Vernets, Genève-Servette retains its 1st place. For its part, HC Bienne lost 6-5 to Rapperswil.
The Fribourgeois certainly came out of the ice with the feeling of having been wronged by the referees, but in the end Geneva was a little more hard-hitting.
The furious Friborg bench
The ire of Christian Dubé and his men originated in the 42nd minute when Noah Rod scored the decisive 3-2. What drove the Dragons’ bench crazy was the alleged offside position of a Geneva striker on the action. The referees spent time analyzing this sequence and did not have the certainty to change their basic idea.
The Dragons could however have returned to the game since in the 45th minute, Josh Jooris was sent back to the locker room for a knee injury according to the game directors. Freiburg unfortunately did nothing about this period of superiority. Galvanized to have held the score, the Eagles were able to beat Reto Berra twice by Dennis Smirnovs and Daniel Winnik. A good preparation before the Lake Geneva derby on Saturday.
ats/lper
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