Zug – Friborg 4-5 tab
After a solid victory in Bienne on Tuesday, Friborg Gottéron succeeded in its trip to Zug where it won on penalties 4-5 tab.
Trailing 2-1, Roger Rönnberg’s men turned the situation around in the second period in 183 seconds. Author of the first goal of the evening, Sandro Schmid equalized (33rd) before Marcus Sörensen opened his account this season by taking advantage of an opposing penalty (35th). Then Henrik Borgström also scored his first goal of the year (36th) to give the Dragons two steps ahead.
But Michael Liniger’s players came back in the third period and everyone went into overtime. No goal was scored and it was therefore on penalties that Gottéron won thanks to a final success from Sandro Schmid.
Thursday, the Fribourgeois will go to Geneva (7:45 p.m.).
Biel – Lugano 3-2 ap
In front of its home crowd, Bienne won its first points of the championship by winning against Lugano in overtime (3-2 after). Martin Filander’s men were trailing for a long time before making the difference.
We had to wait until the 37th minute to see the nets shake for the first time. David Aebischer deceived Biel goalkeeper Harri Säteri to open the scoring for the Ticino. They doubled the power play in the third period (49th) thanks to Zach Sanford.
Fortunately for the 5,321 Zealand fans, Petr Cajka (52nd) and Marcus Slyvegaard (56th) tied the two teams. In overtime, after 59 seconds, Toni Rajala scored his first goal of the season for a first victory.
Saturday, Biel will host Ambri-Piotta (7:45 p.m.).
