Faced with Anglo fervor in the stands, the locals had no choice but to make a perfect copy. Winner of a chouïa in the first leg (4-5) in the Hautes-Alpes, Anglet misses from the start in rapid succession. The former home player Benjamin Bérard looks for a rebound to unlock the briançon counterattack (0-1, 6th). Then in powerplay, the Quebecer, Éric Leger breaks in front of a slumbering Basque defense (0-2, 12th). During a morbid first act, the pride of the locals arrives. They too in powerplay, thanks to Alexey Polodyan, reduced the gap (1-2, 18th) before the break.
Pottoka au hockey
At the resumption, spirits flared between angloys and briançonnais under the eyes of the guest of the evening: Pottoka. The latter who exchanged the oval with the puck for one evening, witnessed the technical feast of Alexey Polodyan who prepared coffee for the Red Devils’ defense, before seeing his shot hit the crossbar. The Basques who dominate this middle third, with more than thirty-five pitches, but fall on a lousy Jan Broz.
Angloys then enter the ice cube as hungry for the final twenty minutes and turn the game around. Face-off won by Robin Lamboley, then Olivier Dame-Malka, as usual, sends a praline under the crossbar (2-2, 42nd). Forty-two seconds later, Fabien Kazarine tackled Jan Broz on the break to blow up the 1,380 La Barre fans (3-2, 43rd) and forced Sedlak to take a break.
