The round of 16 of the Coupe de France saw the entry into the running of Ligue Magnus clubs. There were therefore three divisions between Dijon and Nice, but the Dukes were not ridiculous. They still held the score at 0-1 after 26 minutes of play, when the Eagles scored four goals in six minutes. In the end it was a quiet 0-8 victory for the Azuréens with eight different scorers (Rychagov, Esipov, Kuronen, Abramov, Salve, Babka, Kopta and Sutor). But we will also remember the 671 spectators who came to Trimolet, proof that the Burgundian capital still thirsts for high-level hockey. Remember that the Dijonnais are at the top of their division 3 group and are aiming to move up.
The biggest gaps came in the Division 2 and Magnus League confrontations. Évry/Viry, who are used to meeting the Rouen reserve (and beat them twice in pre-season), this time faced the “big” Dragons who had recently come out of their European journey. The French champions, who have three offensive injuries and only had eleven attackers on Friday against Gap, included two young players from their reserve for the first time: well surrounded, Paul Le Lem (17 years old) and Fabrice Riu (19 years old) each scored their first goal for the first team! Caen goalkeeper Côme Soghomonian (on loan from Caen) entered during the match to share the whitewash with Pintaric. Quentin Tomasino and Rolands Vigners scored doubles. Beaten 0-11, the Essoniens however did a little better than the Evry team alone (before the merger), defeated 0-11 by the same opponent in 2010/11. At the time, three months later, the Rouennais won the final at Bercy.
The biggest score, however, was for Amiens, who won at Courbevoie. There were thirteen scorers at the Picardy table, including Bastien Maia and Julien Tessier who found the net twice. The Roosters’ goal was scored by Palmyre Ligué, the multi-talented Swiss of Ivorian origin who had stopped playing hockey to take courses at the London School of Dramatic Art. “Bloody hell!” Do you think it’s easier to play me than a flute? », recited the Swiss artist when he played Hamlet.
This sentence, the Lions of Lyon could have chanted it in Grenoble, arriving as the big favorite with again two divisions of difference. But after scoring three goals in ten minutes (by Fleury, Bachelet and Flavian Dair), the Brûleurs de Loups did not perform. The great hope Matias Bachelet – pictured below – was the player of the evening and scored a second goal. But after being down 0-5, the Lyonnais came back to 2-5 during the third period, to the delight of the 2,123 spectators at Charlemagne. If this great performance can inspire them in the D2 championship, where they are currently last in their group with 3 defeats…
Although they did not score, the Sangliers Arvernes – sportingly relegated but drafted into D2 during the summer – held their own against Gap. The finalist of the last Coupe de France won 6-0 with 2 goals and 1 assist for the young Caen striker Raphaël Chauvel.
We knew that there would be one D2 team left in the race since two of them were facing each other. Trailing 0-1 then 1-2 (goals from O’Connell and Pampanay), Montpellier won the Occitanie derby against Toulouse-Blagnac 3-2, with goals from Hugo Montagut, Konstantin Lavryonov and Maxence Dedreux.
There were also fratricidal clashes in D1. Épinal continued its perfect start to the season with a 4-1 victory in Strasbourg with goals from Peter Hrehorcak, Florian Sabatier and Jaroslav Markovic twice. This Eastern derby between two teams who often clash was played in front of 1,165 people and was heated. Pears and Rapenne were sent off for a fight, Pierrick Hoehe for a charge to the head and Shanouk Boiteau for a throw against the boards.
The first penalties livened up the other 100% D1 duel between Brest and Tours. Pablo Maltas scored immediately after the first power play, and Peter Bourgaut during the second (0-2). But when captain Bourgaut went to prison, ex-Russian international Aleksei Mikhnov reduced the score. Tours broke away at 5 against 5 (1-4) and – after a reduction in the score from Théo Fourcade – scored another powerplay goal by Fabien Mallais (2-5). The game seemed decided, but Joe Dubé closed the gap. Three minutes from the end, a sting was whistled against Belley-Pelletier. Tommy Flinck used his timeout, released his goalkeeper, and Jonathan Avenel then struck at 6 against 4. Suspense restarted. It was only six seconds from the end that Julien Msumbu closed the Touraine qualification in an empty cage (4-6).
Great atmosphere for the Dunkirk-Valenciennes northern derby. The Red Devils responded to each of Antoine Torres’ first two goals, then to that of young Mathias Thomas. But when Bradley Stonnell and Corentin Cruchandeau scored twice two minutes apart, the gap was over. Parker Colley brought out goalkeeper Mathis Petit with the sixth goal and Joe Winkelmann beat his replacement Stiliadis cold. Félix Plouffe’s second goal of the evening only brought the score to 7-4.
In the clash between partners Cholet and Angers, the 960 spectators at Glisséo were able to dream until mid-match, because the score was still goalless. The Dukes ended up making the difference with goals from Anthony Bardaro, Nikita Shcherbak, Téo Sarliève and Nicolas Ritz (0-4). This is the number 1 goalkeeper Evan Cowley (pictured above) who played, and he gave himself a solid shutout, with 27 saves all the same.
In the other D1/Magnus duel, Meudon even had the luxury of leading the score with a goal from Andrew Shewfelt after 1’15 of play. A penalty from Gage Torrel on the following presence was the opportunity to drive the point home… but it was Cergy-Pontoise who equalized in numerical inferiority through Alex Barber. This added two other goals (against one from Joan Cerda) to put the Jokers in the lead, 2-3, at the end of the first period. In the second half, it was young hopeful Sayan Limtong who hit the nail on the head with a double (2-5). Final score, 4-7 with spectacle. This shows that we can even play an Ile-de-France derby with only seven penalties called in 60 minutes.
Same number of penalties, but fewer goals in the Aquitaine derby. In a full La Barre rink, we had to wait 24 minutes for Samuel Salonen to break the mark for Bordeaux. Charles-David Beaudoin doubled the lead on the numerical advantage, but Vincent Deslauriers rekindled the Basque flame. It was in an empty cage that Rudy Matima dampened Anglet’s hopes (1-3). Hormadi can concentrate on the championship where he must leave his last place.
3057 spectators attended the other clash between Magnus league clubs. Patrik Machac made it 1-0 for Marseille in the third minute, but Quentin Fauchon equalized at the end of the first third. The match remained balanced and undecided, but eight minutes from the end, Bryan Ten Braak gave the Spartans victory. Note that it was the young goalkeeper Florian Gourdin who held the cage for this victory. Will the Marseillais land in Paris? They still have three rounds to go for this.
The Coupe de France round ends Wednesday evening with the Metz-Chambéry, FV-Neuilly and Morzine-Chamonix matches.
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