Mulhouse had not won since December 20 against Cergy-Pontoise. The Alsatians put an end to six defeats in a row on Friday evening by winning Briançon (1-2), dead last in the Magnus League, with the added bonus of a current series of sixteen games without a win. The Scorpions owe this success to Latvian Emils Gegeris, author of a double. Mulhouse is eighth in the standings, in the position of last qualified for the play-offs.
At the same time, Nice won against Bordeaux (3-2 ap), more than a month after their last victory, against Briançon. On Tuesday, the Eagles lost on penalties in Anglet. This time around, they didn’t need to return to the ice after overtime. Finn Mikael Kuronen scored twice, including the winning goal to deliver the Jean Bouin ice rink.
Six minutes of madness in Gap and precious victory for the Raptors
For its part, Rouen played in Chamonix (1-5), with two goals from Loïc Lamperier and one from François Beauchemin, the most decisive player this season in Magnus (20 goals, 31 assists). The Dragons consolidate their second place behind Grenoble. The Brûleurs de Loups also wandered, at home against Anglet, winning 8-3. A double from Frenchman Damien Fleury, in particular, allows Grenoble to remain solid leader, with ten points ahead of Rouen.
Les Rapaces de Gap overturned a game that got off to a bad start at the Alp’Arena. Led 1-3 after only six minutes of play in the second period, the Haut-Alpins scored four goals in six minutes to end the period in a fireworks display and take a two-point advantage (5-3). The Frenchman Julien Correia worsened the score five minutes from the end of the match to give his team a good lead. Jake Horton made it 6-4 with 10 seconds remaining but Gap won and sat fourth in the Magnus League. Cergy-Pontoise remains sixth before receiving Chamonix Mont-Blanc on Sunday.
