The only question is when and how often DiDomenico loses heart

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Dino Kessler Types:
Napkin (1st) – Lugano (10th) 4:2

By the end of qualifying, Servette was performing like the Harlem Globetrotters, while Lugano was able to practice the real thing against the somewhat toothless Fribourg. However, unlike Fribourg, Geneva has enough power to score a few goals from many chances, Koskinen or Koskinen. The power play (Geneva was number 1 in the regular season) will probably lose some of its influence as the refs also know and appreciate the playoff mode, but this does not invalidate all laws. Lugano could steal a game or two due to superior goalkeeping performance, but hardly a streak. The trainers? Gianinazzi and Cadieux are rookies in the play-offs, the premiere is a baptism of fire.

Marcel Allemann types:
Biel (2nd) – Bern (8th) 4:1

EHC Biel is too stubborn, balanced and stable as a team. In comparison, SC Bern is too unstable and inconsistent. And then there’s the ticking time bomb Chris DiDomenico and his numerous backgrounds at Biel. Compared to the gauntlet the stimulus character now expects, the pre-playoff series against Kloten was a children’s party. So the question is not if, but when and how often the hothead loses heart. There is no doubt in my mind that the Seelanders will prevail in a best-of-seven series. And if Bern fails to surprise the Seelanders in Game 1 and present the short-term rhythm advantage from the pre-playoffs, then it could end pretty quickly for the Mutzen.

Nicole Vandenbrouck typifies:
SCRJ Lakers (3rd) – train (6th) 3-4

The better and more consistent team throughout the season? The Lakers. By lengths. But the people of Zug have the right to win the third title in a row. So the pressure of having to win this quarterfinal should bounce off them. But the Lakers won’t make it easy for them. The SCRJ has the confidence to put the EVZ’s (recently regained) stability to the test. The Lakers have one of the best pre-checks in the league and can wear down the Zug defense and lead to fouls. Your Leitwolf is the top scorer of the league with Roman Cervenka. The compact appearance is unparalleled. But all arguments can be debunked with a single fact: EVZ goalkeeper Leonardo Genoni has not lost a playoff series since 2018.

Stephan Roth typing:
ZSC Lions (4th) – Davos (5th) 2:4

Anyone who trusts these ZSC Lions has only themselves to blame. The people of Zurich were never quite convincing all season. For a long time they did not find the balance between defensive and offensive – not even after the change of coach. Why would that suddenly change now? Especially since Davos has repeatedly proven his quality this season – even before the change of coach. HCD has won only one of the last 17 games against the Lions? That doesn’t say much. As a reminder, when ZSC and HCD last met in the play-offs in 2015, the club from Limmatstadt had won 5 out of 6 qualifying matches. But the title went to the Landwassertal. Incidentally, the coach at ZSC was then the same as now: Marc Crawford.

Source : Blick