Lions win 11th derby in a row

After Sundays defeat on home ice, the Flyers were anxious to take the first derby win of the season.

But it was the home team who got on the scoreboard first when Reto Schäppi gave a pass from behind the goal and Mike Künzle burried the puck on the near goal post in the 8th minute. Unfortunately that was it for the first period, a powerplay possibility for the Flyers wasn't fruitful with 3 minutes left in the period.

The start of the second period was way more furious compared to the first. First Philippe Schelling got the Flyers on the scoreboard with less than a minute played but Sven Senteler of the Lions cared enough to apply the old 1 goal lead just over a minute after Schellings goal. He was fed by a nice pass from Dan Fritsche. The Flyers made their own lives difficult when two players were benched shortly after each other but Denis Hollenstein who just came of the bench was able to escape with a break away but young Luca Boltshauser blocked the shot with his leg pad. With 2 minutes left Blindenbacher saw Bärtschi standing unattended at the far post, passed the puck and easily scored the 3rd goal for the Lions.

Over 17 minutes were played in the final period but it didn't seem that the Flyers wanted to change anything about their current situation. The Lions controlled the game with little effort while Kloten had trouble to even settle down in the offensive zone. Coach Sean Simpson decided to pull goalie Müller and with 56 seconds left, Peter Guggisberg scored the second goal with a spin-around. But the late effort wasn't enough as the Flyers lost the 11th derby in a row.

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