Finalissima: drama guaranteed

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The SCB missed a match puck in the hot series, but prevailed 4:2 in the 5th game in the Resega. For Bill Gilligan’s team around the axis with goalkeeper Renato Tosio, Finnish defender “Rexi” Ruotsalainen and Canadian Alan Haworth, it is the first title since 1979 and the start of three successes in four years.

Bern leads 2-0 in the series, but Gottéron equalizes. In the fifth final match in Fribourg, Patrick Howald became the master hero with the goals to 3:1 and 4:1. For Gottéron with the excellent Russian duo Slava Bykow/Andrej Chomutow it is the first of three lost series finals in a row.

Lugano leads 3-1. Blick is already mounting the clown nose on ZSC bus Huras. Joker Morgan Samuelsson then thumbs his nose at the Ticino – the Swede turns the series around with 7 scorer points. And in the Finalissima he scores after 70:07. Then there are riots in the Resega (without ZSC fans).

Only the final will be held in best-of-5 format. The SCB again gambled away a 2-0 lead in the series. The decisive game will be a thriller with a dramatic course: 0:1, 2:1, 2:3, 3:3 – after 74:20 minutes Marc Weber ends the season at 23:22.

Davos presents three times in the series at home. Bern is always right. In the Finalissima, the hero is called Robin Leblanc. The Chur-born Canadian with a Swiss license scored the only goal in the 45th minute, while goalkeeper Jonas Hiller was unbeatable.

The series goes back and forth. In the sixth game, Michael Liniger made it 1-0 in extra time and forced the “Belle”. HCD triumphed thanks to goals from Dino Wieser and Reto von Arx. After a two-match break, Arno Del Curto again favors Leonardo Genoni in goal over Reto Berra. It is the first of the 7 titles of the witcher from Kilchberg ZH.

Bern lost a 3-1 lead in the series, but held onto their nerves in the final despite trailing 1-0. It is the water carriers that make the difference: in addition to Jean-Pierre Vigier, Etienne Froidevaux, David Jobin and Pascal Berger also meet. The SCB celebrates its first title in six years.

The SCB awards a total of three match pucks. The first in front of his own audience, when ZSC captain Mathias Seger burst the party with the 2:1 in extra time. The Finalissima also ends very dramatically for Bern fans. 2.5 seconds before the end, Canadian ZSC defender Steve McCarthy manages the controversial 2:1.

The third strike of the Zurich team, who previously gambled away two master pucks, in a final. Everything is prepared for the big party in the Resega. But ZSC captain Patrick Geering curbed the euphoria with an early goal and “Mr. Game 7» Lukas Flüeler (6 games, 6 wins, 4 shutouts, 3 goals conceded) completes the title with a shutout. Finally, the retiring Mathias Seger comes on the ice on.

The Lions lose a Finalissima for the first time and EVZ completes the big turnaround to become the first Swiss team to win a final after trailing 3-0. The comeback at the last showdown is not that great. Zurich takes the lead after a minute. In the power play, however, Dario Simion and Fabrice Herzog took care of Zug.

Source : Blick