ruckus: While Lugano’s players provide information about the playoff qualification (thanks to Bern’s bankruptcy in Lausanne) after the derby defeat against Ambri, a few chaos try to gain access to the wardrobe. You enter a glass door. After a quarter of an hour, thanks to the intervention of COO J.J. Aeschlimann back under control. And all in a round in which no spectators were admitted …
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Mascot: In Lugano’s Corner Arena, a mascot (a shaggy panther) is hanging around in the stands, although mascots are basically a nuisance. What this mood igniter has to do in an empty stadium is a mystery. The assumption: there was someone in there who had no business in a ghost game in the stadium.
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Green: Friborg coach Christian Dubé is against Servette with a green tie on the gang. Green should have a calming effect. Nevertheless Dubé freaks out because of referee Daniel Stricker. There is another reason for the green tie. «My friend Lilly gave it to me on Friday after the game in Bern. Because we are green in teletext, »says Gottéron’s trainer and head of sports.
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Farewell adjourned: The Davos Ostkurve had planned a farewell party with a big choreo for the last qualifying home game against the Lakers, because in the playoffs you rarely know when it is the last time. This now prevented the corona virus. The curve will move west next season. There are seats in the east as part of the renovation.
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Blessing in disguise: At the showdown in Zurich, EVZ defender Dominik Schlumpf is missing. The 28-year-old was lucky in the accident the previous evening. Behind the gate there was a Rencontre with Langnaus Robbie Earl. On the ice, the US striker skated under the Schlüü menu (it remained intact) and inflicted a deep cut on the side of his stomach. The Zuger had to be sewn immediately and falls out for a few days.
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The timpani: EVZ captain Diaz gets off lightly in the 30th minute when he is punished by the referees with only a two for his check on Zurich’s Pedretti. The ZSC striker agrees. Because when the two players meet again on the ice a few minutes later, Pedretti really gives Zuger’s opinion until the refs take him away. Only on Tuesday in Friborg Diaz had cashed out a residual exclusion for a check.