Kloten Flyers - Lausanne HC & EV Zug - SC Bern

In front of a half-filled Schluefweg-Arena (4'767), Lausanne HC, currently not placed on a Play-Off spot visited the Kloten Flyers for the 39th round of the Swiss National League A.

In goal for the still injured Martin Gerber was Michael Flückiger who played his 4th game of the season and was lucky the puck hit the goal post just 2 minutes into the game.

With the game going back and forth, it was Matthias Bieber in the 7th minute who faced goalie Christophe Bays but his shot was reflected and went out of the game. The second half of period one still didn't see any goals but shots fired on both sides. Then while Kloten was playing with a one-man advantage it was Romano Lemm with his 5th goal of the season in the 16th minute to give Kloten the lead. With a bit more than 3 minutes to play, Lausanne got their chance to score on a powerplay but couldn't get on the scoreboard yet. It was then Philip Schelling again with his second minor of the evening (one for hooking, the other for interference) giving Lausanne a chance to start the 2nd period with the advantage.

Lausanne wasn't able to capitalise on their powerplay and so the 2 minutes passed away with the game still going back and forth. Klotens Goalie Flückiger didn't always look good, giving away to many easy rebounds on the first shot but the romands couldn't score on the secondary chances. With 8 minutes to go in the second period Kloten tried to score their second goal of the evening, Bieber with a solo only got the goal post on a first shot though. The powerplay formation worked well, created a handful of good chances but in the end, the result remaind the same.
The rest of the period wasn't the expected firework the fans had expected and that's how the 2nd period ended goalless.

With less than a minute played in the last period it was austrian eagle Oliver Setzinger who stole the puck from the apparently still sleepling Flyers in their own Zone and got Lausanne on the scoreboard for the first time this evening. 8 Minutes were played when Johan Morant took place on the bench for 2 minutes + 10' for roughing. Again, the powerplay worked well with Kloten but in the end only a pair of shots resulted from the advantage. But that shouldn't be it for the Flyers as they were awarded another powerplay, this time it was Ralph Stalder who sat down for slashing. This time Kloten had more trouble creating chances and again, didnt' score. With the minutes counting down, both Teams became nervous, loosing pucks in their own Zone, relying on their goaltenders. With 8 seconds to go, Lausanne took a time-out and played the face-off in the Flyers Zone but the regulation ended 1:1. A 4 on 4 overtime and eventual shoot-out would have to decide today's winner.

With less than 2 minutes to go, it was Captain Victor Stancescu who scored the OT winner which gives Kloten 2 points, 1 point goes to Lausanne.

All in all, the game wasn't too attractive, too many mistakes on both sides, with exeption of both goaltenders who only let 1 shot passed their goal line during regulation. Both Teams will have to play better in their next games if they want to succeed.

Kloten Flyers - Lausanne HC 2:1 after OT

Best Player for Lausanne: Christophe Bays
Best Player for Kloten: Peter Mueller

EV Zug - SC Bern

1. Period: With only 35 seconds played, Lino Martschini scored the opening goal and that's how the standing was until 3 minutes before the first period ended when Flurin Randegger shot the equalizer for Bern.

Second period, within 4 minutes Byron Ritchie and Michael Loichat scored goals to put Bern ahead of EV Zug. But less than a minute later it was Alessio Bertaggia and 2 minutes later Lino Martschini again who scored and equalised the game 3:3. With a man advantage it was Zugs Santeri Alatalo with a goal as Zug went into the 2nd break witha  one goal lead.

With Fabian Sutter on the bench, SC Bern was able to start the 3rd period with a man advantage. 8 seconds were played when Hnat Domenichelli scored a powerplay goal and equalised the game a third time. It was then Reto Suri who scored the the game winning goal with only 10 seconds left in regulation to give Zug 3 points.

Attendance: 6'246

EV Zug - SC Bern 5:4

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