After Kloten’s spectacular victory over Fribourg: Coach Mitchell receives the team’s match puck

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Nicole VandenbrouckIce hockey reporter

He’s beaming. Because Kloten’s interim coach Larry Mitchell knows: “The way we won this game can achieve a lot.” His premiere, the match against top team Fribourg, does not seem to have been a success for a long time. Only four shots on target in the starting third, whistle blowing from the stands after miserable power plays. The team is 0:2 behind, later 1:3.

“After our first goal,” Mitchell said after the match, “I felt a shock go through the team. We increasingly returned to our strengths.” Small system changes that initially do not work become more effective. “The players believed in themselves and won more and more matches.”

The Kloteners unleash a spectacular final furor. They secured the victory with three goals within six minutes. Axel Simic initiated the turnaround thanks to his game overview. “We haven’t seen such a good final phase for a long time,” says the top scorer. The 24-year-old hammered the 5-3 winning goal into the net himself. “I just went for it and didn’t think much about it.” Unlike the phases where his lack of goals stuck in his head and blocked him. “If Friborg does not have Berra in the penalty area, it gives confidence in front of goal,” said Simic.

Match puck for the interim coach

Is this the hoped-for liberation after the low point with the dismissal of coach Gerry Fleming? “It’s a victory,” says Mitchell, “I’m happy with the many goals. They are good for the players’ spirits after our self-confidence plummeted.” The hearts of the fighters are beating stronger again, “we must not forget where we came from,” says Mitchell, who is still beaming. For another reason: he holds the match puck of the spectacular victory in his hands – the team handed it to him.

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		team	SP	T.D	PT
	1	EV train	25	37	52
	2	HC Fribourg-Gotteron	27	16	50
	3	ZSC Lions	24	29	49
	4	SC Bern	25	3	43
	5	Lausanne HC	25	5	41
	6	HC Ambri-Piotta	24	8th	38
	7	HC Lugano	25	4	38
	8th	Geneva-Servette HC	24	-3	37
	9	HC Davos	25	5	36
	10	SCL Tigers	25	-22	35
	11	EHC Biel	24	-13	28
	12	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	24	-13	27
	13	EHC Kloten	25	-26	25
	14	HC Ajoie	22	-30	17

Source : Blick

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