Lausanne HC - ZSC Lions 2nd round 1/4 final

After the accident, a.k.a. the 4:1 home loss of the Lions, Zurich urgently wanted to beat the statistics, which, according to blick.ch, say a team that loses the
first game of a 1/4 final serie, loses the series in 74% of all cases.

To zsclions.ch, coach Mark Crawford said "We've got a great team who knows that It'll take a whole different performance". He believes that his squad
would show a reaction to Tuesdays loss at home.

Who expected the guest from Zurich to go full throttle at the beginning of game two was proven wrong once again as it was Lausanne's Juha-Pekka Hytönen, assisted by Benjamin Antonietti who showed how to score an early goal. Exactly 44 seconds into the game were played and the Lions found themselves trailling the Lions from romand.

With the beginning of the second period ZSC's Mathias Seger scored the equalising goal assisted by Mark Bastl and Dan Fritsche. It took another 20 minutes and the start of the 3rd period when Lausanne's Daniel Bang scored the second goal for his team. Then, with a little more than a minute to go, a penalty was called that very few times gets the attention. A deliberate incorrect player change during the last 2 minutes of the game was called against Lausanne. The head referee had no other choice than to give a penalty shot in this situation, Robert Nilsson didn't hesitate and kept the hopes of the Lions alive.

A 20 minute overtime didn't bring any conclusion on the winner and so a shootout would decide. 6 rounds of shootout with Oliver Setzinger and Colby Genoway on Lausanne's side and Marc-André Bergeron, Roman Wick and finally Robert Nilsson deciding he game on the side of the ZSC Lions scoring the goals.

Referees: Stefan Eichmann, Andreas Koch
Linesmen: Andreas Abegglen, Michael Rohrer

Spectators @Malley: 8'000

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