National League: Round 50 – Thanks to a landslide victory over Freiburg: Lakers firmly in the playoffs – Sports

Freiburg – Lakers 2: 6

With 5 minutes and 33 seconds left, Freiburg’s goal was already empty. When the score was 2: 5, coach Christian Dube relied on the slogan “all or nothing”. But it was the guests of Rapperswil who decided the final result, thanks to Roman Cervenka’s goal on an empty net. Nevertheless, the match got off to a perfect start for the “dragons”: after 5 minutes Sandro Schmid scored the first goal of the match. Then, it was the Lakers who made the early decision by scoring 5 unanswered goals until the 34th minute. While the Lakers could no longer be pushed out of the playoffs, Freiburg missed air in the battle for sixth place.

Zog – Biel 3:6

Although they were the better team on the ice for the most part, the Zugs suffered a setback at home: After their last four straight wins, they lost 6-3 to Bell. Two double strikes from Seeland made the difference practically out of nowhere: in the first third they took a 2-0 lead within 33 seconds, in the second half they made it 4-2 in less than 4 minutes. Bale still has chances of winning qualification. In Zug, the damage is limited because Freiburg also lost – the playoffs are still only 3 points away.

Geneva – ZSC Lions 3: 4

A high-quality match took place at Les Vernets in Geneva, with a better finish for the ZSC Lions: the game was decided only in the third period when veteran Simon Bodenmann (54) successfully completed “Buebetrickli” to make it 4:3 . Zurich took the lead for the first time in the 46th minute thanks to a Powerplay goal from Chris Baltisberger, but Henrik Tömmernes (52) made the game even more exciting with an equalizer to make it 3-3. Thus, Geneva had to let EHC Biel close to within two points in the battle for the qualifying win.

Berne – Ogoe 2:3 am

The SCB continues to progress through the final stage of qualification. Against the bottom of the table Aguey was followed by a fourth successive defeat, and the club dropped to ninth place with two matches remaining. In the home match against Jura, the Bernese side were mostly in control, but were unable to convert their advantage into a comfortable lead. However, Ajoie used a brief phase of SCB weakness towards the end of the second half to make the game 2-1 within 58 seconds. Oscar Lindberg saved his team from overtime shortly before the end, but there Ajoie again took his chances better in the person of TJ Brennan and earned the extra point.

Davos – Lugano 2: 3 nP

After showing strength 4: 3 after the penalty shootout against leader Servette on Friday, Logano also showed his fighting abilities in Davos. After the Grisons took the lead thanks to goals from Matej Stransky and Dominic Igli, Luca Gianninazzi’s side were able to strike back. Marcus Granlund and Giovanni Moreni equalized in the 43rd minute. After a goalless extra time, a penalty shootout had to decide. And again Logano swung to the top because Marco Muller, Luca Fazzini and Chris Bennett used their attempts. Mathematically, Davos is not yet sure of the playoff spot. Lugano is in an exciting neck-and-neck race with Cloten and Berne (68 points each).

Langnau – Kloten 1:3

The SCL Tigers skins are swimming a little farther after their recent defeat in the big game against Kloten. A goal from Axel Holmström to make it 3-1 came in the 59th minute, so it was too late. Emmentaler no longer had a chance at a place in the playoffs. In addition, the twelfth position that saved shows is becoming increasingly unrealistic. The difference against Ambri is only 3 points, but Leventine has played 2 games less. For their part, Zürcher Unterländer stopped a negative trend of 3-game winless streak and returned to the second line. Kloten showed his power play: he outnumbered both 1:0 through Marc Marchon and 3:0 through top scorer Miro Aaltonen.