Switzerland starts “its” tournament badly. At home, the Swiss lost 3-2 after extra time against Sweden. The character of the men of Patrick Fischer is all the same to be underlined, returning twice to the score, the second time at 44 seconds from the final siren.
Already during the Karjala Cup in November, the selection of Patrick Fischer had shown character by seeking the equalizer in the third third against Sweden. There, it was Dean Kukan who turned into a hero by equalizing 44 seconds from the end of the third third.
Switzerland still ended up giving in in extra time on a goal from the duo of Gottéron De la Rose-Sörensen. The two men teamed up to give Tre Kronor the point after 3’05” of play in extra time.
An animated middle third
After a first third of observation, the debates became lively during the middle period. It was the Swedes who struck first via De la Rose in the 28th. Switzerland took about 6 minutes to react. After an unsuccessful power-play, it was LHC winger Damien Riat who decided to take matters into his own hands by finding the flaw.
Unfortunately, a loss of puck from Scherwey in the 38th gave Olofsson a 2-1. The Bienne striker was able to take advantage of this puck left in the middle of Swiss defensive territory to unstoppably beat Ludovic Waeber, who was also excellent and who stopped a penalty from Kovacs.
Disciplined Swiss
It should be noted that he missed the real centers that are Corvi and Haas, provided by Patrick Fischer. By force of circumstance it was men like Bertschy, used to working with Fischer, and Andrighetto, who played the airline pilots.
Finally, the Helvetians have also shown themselves to be very disciplined by carefully avoiding the penalty box. The Swiss now have a day off before facing the Czech Republic on Saturday evening (from 8:15 p.m. on RTS 2).
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