Flyers one win away from playoff final

Flyers one win away from playoff final

03 Apr 2014 | Andreas Reiner
 

With a 5:2 win at home, Kloten demonstrates that last game was a fluke

 
 
 
 

The 4th game in Kloten started with a small handful of chances on both sides but Benjamin Conz and Martin Gerber both had no problems to keep their goals clean. With 8 minutes played Michael Ngoy was benched for Hooking and only seconds later Timo Helbling joined him for cross checking. It only took the Flyers 18 seconds to profit from the two-man advantage as Top Scorer Peter Mueller scored the first goal of the game and the first after 450 goalless minutes from a sharp left angle, assisted by Patrick von Gunten and Matthias Bieber. But through a quick breakaway Fribourgs Andrey Bykow, was able to fire a shot at Gerber, the puck went off the post, rebounded on Gerber's skates and rolled over the goal line. Kloten now seemed nervous and unorganised, many passes in their own zone were unprecise and at times they were lucky to even build up their attacking formation and enter the offfensive zone. With a bit more than a minute to go the Flyers for once were able to settle in Fribourgs zone when Micki Dupont aimed a shot at Conz. The goalie couldn't get the puck under control completely and had to watch how the puck rolled over the line.

Whatever Coach Felix Hollenstein had told his team during the break, Kloten started furious, created chances, and forced Gottéron to make mistakes. 3 minutes into the second period, Blum curved around the Fribourg goal and gave a pass to Janick Steinmann who stood perfect next to the post and got the puck past Conz. This goal seemed to have given the Flyers a boost, they were now in better control of the puck and creating better chances. Victor Stancescu was then sent to the bench for High sticking but within the next few seconds a scene from the first period repeated itself when the boxplaying team was on a breakaway and scored a goal. Tommi Santala was awarded the goal. The Flyers survived the boxplay by blocking shots and creating pressure on the attacking Fribourg players. A next chance to better up their boxplay came with a minor penalty for Michael Liniger for Holding the stick and again Gottéron didn't find the adequate way to score their first goal of the second period. 36 minutes were played when the Flyers got their chance to play with a one-man advantage and created some good chances but couldn't add another goal. Sebastien Schilt was then sent to the bench for Obstruction but before the powerplay was over, the 2nd period ended.

With the start of the 3rd period, Kloten continued where they had ended the 2nd period, with strong forechecking and good chances, 56 seconds were played when Simon Bodenmann and Janick Steinmann assisted Michael Liniger on his goal. This was the decision in the game, as Fribourg replaced Conz through Kevin Huber and Christian Dubé was sen to the cooler for Slashing and a minute later Alain Birbaum assisted him for boarding but Fribourg also, proved that their boxplay was in a good shape. With the minutes passing by, Kloten kept up the pace but more importantly, kept the puck under control. Both teams each received a minor penalty, first it was von Gunten for crosschecking, seconds later Julien Sprunger also for crosschecking sat down but with no consequences on the scoreboard. 13 minutes were played when the Dragons settled in Klotens zone and Nicklas Hagman scored the second goal for Fribourg with a nice slapshot assisted by Kwiatkowski and Christian Dubé. The last minutes were played down and with 9 seconds left, the fans even got some spectacle for their money as James Vandermeer and John Fritsche started their own little fight with Vandermeer leaving the ice with a technical KO win. Both players were benched for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Kloten now has a first match puck this coming Saturday in Fribourg and can advance to the final for the first time since 2011.

Spectators @Kolping Arena: 7'624 (sold out)

Head Referees: Marco Prugger, Daniel Stricker
Linesmen: Franco Espinoza, Andreas Kohler

SOG:
KF: 1. 6 / 2. 13 / 3.  8
HCFG: 1. 10 / 2. 8 / 3. 7

Kloten Flyers: Gerber; DuPont, von Gunten; Blum, Schelling; Randegger, Vandermeer; Hoffmann, Frick; Bieber, Santala, Mueller; Steinmann, Liniger, Bodenmann; Stancescu, Romano Lemm, Bühler; Aurelio Lemm, Jenni, Herren.

Fribourg: Conz, Huber; Kwiatkowski, Ngoy; Helbling, Abplanalp; Birbaum, Schilt; Huguenin, Hasani; Monnet, Dubé, Mottet; Hagman, Bykov, Sprunger; Plüss, Pouliot, Mauldin; Vauclair, Ness, Fritsche.

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