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On Friday, Sven Andrighetto returned to the ZSC Lions team against the SCL Tigers (3-0) and played for the first time this season. The amazing thing: his absence due to a long-term wrist injury went unnoticed at all during the first weeks of the season.
Even without the Nati striker, the Zurich team would have won after victory and scored goal after goal. The luxuriously equipped team, which has struggled to meet the high expectations over the past three years and has never really been able to convince, is playing lively and dynamic ice hockey again and overwhelms its opponents when it puts the pedal to the metal.
The stars take turns scoring goals. Sixteen players have already scored, five have already scored four or more goals. The four foreign strikers Jesper Frödén (2nd), Rudolfs Balcers (3rd), Derek Grant (6th) and Juho Lammikko (9th) are in the top ten of the scorers list. Last season, the best ZSC scorer (Lammikko) finished in 24th place.
Last season, six teams scored more goals than Zurich (150). Now they have the best offense in the league.
The addition of Zehnder to Langnau is a surplus
At the same time, the Lions have not lost their defensive stability. Just like last season under Rikard Grönborg, they conceded the fewest goals.
The ZSC edition 2023/24 has thrown the fear of failure overboard and found self-image again. This also means that the stars sometimes become arrogant.
Then they exaggerate with appearances or concentration is lost when you think you have everything under control. A horrifying bad pass from NHL returning Denis Malgin, who has now become a father for the first time, led to the first defeat after six wins in a row against Zug last week (2:3 nP). Or on Sunday it was the Latvian Balcers who carelessly lost the puck in his own zone against Davos (2:3).
But coach Marc Crawford will make sure complacency and austerity don’t spread unduly. But competition will also ensure that. Against the Tigers, newcomers Yannick Zehnder, Justin Sigrist and Phil Baltisberger sat out. Simon Bodenmann and Denis Hollenstein (after illness) were also previously reported as surplus.
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team
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SP
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T.D
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PT
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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 HC Fribourg-Gotteron
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13
|
20
|
31
|
|
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2
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 ZSC Lions
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12
|
25
|
27
|
|
|
3
|
 SC Bern
|
12
|
2
|
21
|
|
|
4
|
 HC Davos
|
11
|
13
|
20
|
|
|
5
|
 EV train
|
11
|
9
|
19
|
|
|
6
|
 Lausanne HC
|
13
|
-2
|
19
|
|
|
7
|
 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
|
12
|
0
|
18
|
|
|
8th
|
 Geneva-Servette HC
|
11
|
-10
|
16
|
|
|
9
|
 EHC Biel
|
12
|
-6
|
15
|
|
|
10
|
 HC Lugano
|
12
|
-9
|
15
|
|
|
11
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 HC Ambri-Piotta
|
10
|
3
|
14
|
|
|
12
|
 SCL Tigers
|
12
|
-15
|
14
|
|
|
13
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 EHC Kloten
|
12
|
-13
|
12
|
|
|
14
|
 HC Ajoie
|
11
|
-17
|
5
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
