Fribourg beats Lugano in tight game

21 Jan 2014 | Andreas Reiner

The game between Lugano and Fribourg was the match of the round with the better end for Fribourg.

In the Pista Resega in Lugano the first period passed by eventless, with a minor penalty on each side but no goals.

The second period finally saw some action when Tristan Vauclair in the 26th minute and Benjamin Plüss in the 27th opened the scoring for Fribourg. Lugano's Stefan Ulmer brought Coach Patrick Fischer's squad on the scoreboard.

In the third period it was Eric Walsky who scored the equaliser for Lugano in the 45th minute. It took almost another 10 minutes before Fribourg's Tristan Vauclair scored the second goal of the night and with that, the game winning goal.

Fribourg overtakes Lugano and is now second while Lugano finds itself on 4th place as Kloten won their game against Biel but have one game more on their sheet.

Attendance Pista Resega: 4'234

Shots on goal:

Lugano: Fribourg:
1.   9 1. 15
2. 10    2. 14
3. 10 3.   5

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