Lausanne striker Jason Fuchs, after opening the scoring in this match 7 against Davos. Image: KEYSTONE
Lausanne won on Saturday in match VII of its quarter-final against Davos. Geoff Ward’s men will face Gottéron in the semi-final from Monday.
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The people of Lausanne experienced their “happy ending” at the end of the decisive match of their series against Graubünden. In their arena, full and boiling even before the first puck was released, the Lions played the game from start to finish.
Despite the Vaudois domination, goalkeeper Aeschlimann and his defense repelled the attacks for a long time. The LHC even squandered the opportunities during a 5-minute numerical superiority inflicted on Sven Jung (12th), author of a crude charge behind the back of Antti Suomela.
The Finnish top scorer left the ice without reappearing, due to a suspected fracture of the orbital bone, according to the MySports channel.
Lausanne ended up finding the fault just after the end of this penalty. Superbly shifted by Pilut, Fuchs opened the scoring with a perfect one-timer (17th). The Lions doubled the lead as soon as they returned to play in the 2nd period. Heldner took the back pass from the same Fuchs (22nd) to frustrate a not very dangerous HCD, despite a shot on the post from Bristedt at the end of the third.
The Vaudois continued to miss opportunities to kill the match in the final period, until Raffl managed to score 3-0 in the empty cage (57th), to guarantee the victory.
Lausanne’s joy just after the third goal sealed qualification. image: Keystone
Qualified for the National League semi-finals for the second time after 2019, the LHC will face Friborg Gottéron on Monday (8 p.m.), in a 100% French-speaking semi-final.
Zug victorious by the same score
The other series will pit Zurich and Zug against each other. The Central Swiss team also managed to win Act VII of their series against CP Berne (3-0). Goals in numerical superiority from Simion (19th) and Herzog at the end of the match (52nd), as well as a success from Wingerli in the empty cage (58th) were enough for the happiness of the Zougois.
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