Geneva leads the league

16 Sep 2012 | Luis Lopes

Rapperswil continues to surprise. Ambri with a excellent start.

Biel, Swiss- In Biel, the home team and Geneva start the game with 3 foreign players. Micflikier misses the second straight game with a infection, in Geneva side Canadian coach Chris McSorley don't want to take a risk with foreign licenses. Swiss NLA only admits 8 all season. And Geneva's coach is awaiting the lock-out. The Ice Stadium in Biel saw both teams play a physical game. It was Steve Kallenberger to score the first goal after a assist from Biel's captain Mathieu Tschantré. Julien Walker tied the game for Geneva. Dan Fritsche scores the victory goal at minute 59 in a shorthanded. Another great game from Swiss goalie Tobias Stephan (37 saves). Biel 0 points after two games, Geneva leads the league with 6 points.

Rapperwil confirms the good season start against Davos. Michel Riesen with the second goal in two games lead the team. But it was Robbie Earl in overtime to give a 3-2 victory in overtime. In Davos side Swiss star Reto von Arx lead he's team with two goals.

Great start for Ambri against Zug. First game of the season in front of 6132 persons Ambri outscored 5-2 Zug with a great collective effort. Foreign players Williams, Noreau, Park and Kutlak with a very good game. Ambri's goalie Schäfer made 32 saves. Zug continues to disappointing (second strait loss 0-3, 2-5).

In a Zürich derby, the Flyers and the Lions had offer a great game. Even if the home team played with only one foreign player(Dupont) they put a great collective effort to try a win against league favorites Zürich. The first 30 minutes they did it. But the line Wick-Shannon-Brulé, helped by Jeff Tambellini in Power-play was just to strong for the Flyers.

The biggest home-crowd in Europe (16041 tonight) saw a very solid game at Postfinance Arena by SC Bern. Swiss-Canadian Ryan score's two against Gotteron, well surrounded by Daniel Rubin and Ivo Rütheman with two assists each one. The 31 saves by young Swiss goalie Benjamin Conz was not enough to give Fribourg a chance to win.

After a great Thursday victory against Zug, Lugano wanted to confirm a good start at home against Langnau Tigers. But it was Lukas Haas to score the first of the game for Langnau. Rüfenacht and Steiner gave the lead for Lugano in the second period. Canadian with a Swiss license Robin Leblanc gave a tie (2-2) at minute 48. And Czech goalie Jaroslav Hübl gave the victory for Langnau Tigers in the shootout.