Lausanne claimed a tasty away win.
Jesse Puljujärvi was ineffective when Geneve-Servette lost to Lausanne on Wednesday night. PDO
Geneve-Servette dominated the match, but experienced a clear 2-5 loss to Lausanne in the quarter-finals of the Swiss league on Wednesday in front of their home crowd.
Lausanne took a 2–1 lead in the series and took home advantage at the same time. The next match will be played on Friday in the home cave of Lausanne.
Geneve-Servette was third in the regular season, Lausanne sixth.
The teams got really hot towards the end of the final set. Also Jesse Puljujärvi and Markus Granlund thrashed and wrestled quite briskly Kevin Paschen goal, when Geneve-Servette was fiercely searching for narrow goals.
Geneva-Servette’s number one chain Puljujärvi–Sakari Manninen– Granlund missed points. Puljujärvi was priming with his mask work Vili Saarijärvi shot from the 2–4 taper.
of Lausanne Antti Suomela initially Austin Czarnik too shot at the end of the second period of a 1–3 hit.
In the other NLA quarterfinal matches, Davos leads Zug 3–0, ZSC Lions Lugano 3–0 and Rappersvil-Jona Friborg 2–1. A place in the semi-finals requires four wins.
