Biel cracked in the seventh game of their National League quarter-final against Zurich. Antti Törmänen’s players lost 3-1.
The statistics did not speak in favor of the Seelanders before this decisive meeting. Since the introduction of game seven in the play-off in 1998, there have been 39 and the home team have won 32 times. We can now speak of 33 out of 40.
Led 3-2 in the series, the Zurich Lions managed to turn the tide. After literally stealing Act VI in Biel, Rikard Grönborg’s men counted on their stars to overcome the pitfall. The opener fell in the 22nd from the cane of Sven Andrighetto following a very good job by Denis Hollenstein.
The 2-0 was entered in the 48th via Denis Malgin in numerical inferiority with a nice pass from Pedretti. The Biennials reduced the lead to 51st thanks to Luca Cunti, but the New Zealand center should have been on the penalty spot after putting his cane in Yannick Weber’s face.
The referees were also mediocre in this decisive part by whistling imaginary punishments and trying to compensate behind. The pill is hard to swallow for the Bienne who had everything to do well and who almost equalized at the very end of the match. But they came up against a Jakub Kovar very much in his business.
Zurich is in the semi-finals and will face Friborg on Friday in St-Léonard.
While in the last quarter-final, it will also take a seventh game on Wednesday to decide between Rapperswil and Davos. Trailing 3-0, Graubünden came back to 3-3 after their 7-3 victory in the sixth act. Veteran Andres Ambühl, who scored the equalizer on Saturday, scored twice.
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