FRI 3:4 RAU | Fribourg-Gottéron - Lukko Rauma (Champions League)

Champions League

TPS – Linz	6:1 (end)	\|	Košice – Munich	2:4 (end)	\|	Djurgården – Tappara	2:4 (end)
SønderjyskE – Salzburg	4:1 (end)	\|	Stavanger – Třinec	4:1 (end)	\|	Storhamar – Sparta	2:3 (end)
Frölunda – Sheffield	9:1 (end)	\|	Växjö – Braehead	10:2 (end)	\|	Krefeld – Kärpät	0:2 (end)
Fribourg – Lukko	3:4 (1:2 after SO)	\|	Färjestad – Davos	0:4 (end)	\|	Gap – Zürich	4:5 (end)

after shootout (1:2)

Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland

3:4 (2:3, 1:0, 0:0 - 0:0)

Lukko Rauma

Thursday 20.08.2015, 19:45 • BCF Arena • Champions League • Group 11

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:45.
Morning! #Fribourg bound to see #Lukko vs #FribourgGotteron in #CHL :D @championshockey @TeamRaumanLukko @FrGotteron pic.twitter.com/EUq4gqrwCi — Juho Ruohola (@aliquisnj) August 19, 2015
		2 days left before the 1st official game of the new season (2015-2016) for Fribourg Gottéron. Game will oppose HCFG to the Finnish team of Lukko Rauma. Fribourg already played 3 pre-season friendly matches, with 1 win and 2 losses. Stay tuned for additional news!
		For information, Group N°11 (Group K) will be composed by Fribourg-Gottéron (Switzerland), Lukko Rauma (Finland) and Lulea Hockey (Sweden).
		Last year, Fribourg went out in the eighth-finals and Lukko Rauma in the quarter-finals against the Champions League winner Lulea Hockey!
Lukko's training in Fribourg Harjoitukset käynnissä Fribourgissa. #Lukko #Practice #CHL #CHLfi #Fribourg #Kiekkoareena @championshockey pic.twitter.com/UVfXC2HgNa — Rauman Lukko (@TeamRaumanLukko) August 19, 2015
		Good evening everybody!! My name is Paolo and I'm going to give you details about the match which will oppose HC Fribourg Gottéron to Lukko Rauma at BCF Arena (Fribourg, Switzerland). Stay tuned and see you tomorrow in 50 minutes! Lineups will follow soon.
		Starting lineups: Fribourg-Gottéron: Conz (Lory) – Abplanalp, Maret, Camperchioli, Rathgeb, Picard, Glauser, Wildhaber, Marchon – Pluss, Gardner, Neukom – Mottet, Bykov, Sprunger – Pivron, Pouliot, Salminen – Vauclair, Schmutz, Fritsche Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Rinne) – Mikkola, Virtanen, Niskala, Tommila, Koivisto M, Ahonen, Malkamaki – Nurmi, Gagnon, Lahteenmaki – Lahti, Koski, Koivisto T – Vauhkonen, Asplund, Piitulainen – Suuronen, Riska, Sipilainen Referees: Smetana (AUT), Mollard – Progin, Rohrer (All SUI).
		Warmup for both teams. Fribourg in Black and Lukko in Yellow. Starting six: FR – Conz, Abplanalp, Maret, Pluss, Gardner, Neukom Lukko – Zapolski, Mikkola, Virtanen, Nurmi, Gagnon, Lahteenmaki
		30 minutes left before the game starts.
Warming up in Fribourg. Warming up in @FrGotteron for their #chl game vs. @TeamRaumanLukko pic.twitter.com/ClouwAVBRH — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) 20. Srpen 2015
	00:01	Game started.
	00:01	Here we go! The match just started!
	00:38	Goal for Fribourg! Early goal! BENJAMIN PLUSS scored with the first shot. Assisted by: Ryan Gardner, Benjamin Neukom. 1-0
PLUSS - 1:0
	01:51	Goal for Fribourg! Second shot and second goal for Fribourg. What for a start!! Goal scored by JULIEN SPRUNGER, assisted by Killian Mottet and Jannick Rathgeb. 2-0
SPRUNGER - 2:0
	02:58	Goal for Lukko! First goal for Lukko. Slap from blue line deflected in goal by JANNE NISKALA. Unassisted. 2-1
	03:20	2 minutes penalty against Fribourg's Number 56 Glauser for hooking.
	05:20	Home team at full strength.
	05:40	Nothing special to mention for the 1st powerplay of the game. Just a few shoots for Lukko.
	06:20	Goal for Lukko! Second goal for Lukko, scored by OLLI SIPILAINEN, assisted by Jesse Virtanen. 2-2
	07:00	Commercial break. What for a start!! A few shot but a high percentage for both team!
	07:00	2 minutes of penalty against Fribourg's number 13 Pluss for elbowing.
	07:23	Goal for Lukko! Powerplay goal for Lukko. Scorer is EETU KOSKI. Assisted by: Janne Lahti and Toni Koivisto. 2-3
KOSKI - 2:3
	07:46	2 minutes of penalty against Lukko's number 18 Ahonen for holding.
	09:46	Visiting team at full strength.
	10:30	Blue line slap shot for Lukko with Niskala who hit the post.
	14:20	5 minutes left in first period. After 5 goals, the intensity reduced a little, but just now a nice attempt signed Fribourg. Shot so close to the post!
	15:55	Fribourg so close to the goal. Pass from back the goal and shot on the goalkeeper.
	16:25	2 minutes of penalty against Fribourg's number 17 Vauclair for cross-checking.
	18:07	Nice shot with Koski, stopped by Conz.
	18:25	Home team at full strength.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		End of the first period. What for a period!! Quick start of both teams, with Fribourg which was leading 2-0 and after a few minutes it was 2-3! High percentage of success for both team, a little less for goalkeepers. However, Conz and Zapolski ended well the period.
		Stats after the 1st period, in which Fribourg started better, but then Lukko Rauma increased in intensity and finally was better. Fribourg 2 goals out of 6 shots. Lukko 3 goals out of 16 shots.
		Goalkeepers save percentages: Conz 13/16=81% Zapolski 4/6=67%
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:10	Let's go with the second period of this pleasant game!
	21:21	Pressing Fribourg in offensive zone.
	24:35	Shot Lukko with N°47 Lahti, blocked by Conz.
	26:50	Scoring change for Lukko, with a first shot next to the goal which suddently came from the other side for a second and a third attempt, without success. Conz was ready.
	27:20	After the commercial break, it's possible to say that the second period started in the same way the first ended. Lot of intensity, and slight superiority of Lukko.
	27:55	Goal for Fribourg! Goal for Fribourg scored by number 97 NATHAN MARCHON, assisted by Flavio Schmutz and John Fritsche. 3-3
	28:46	2 minutes of penalty against Lukko's player Tommila for hooking, after Pouliot turned around the goal and created a good scoring chance.
	30:34	Goal of Motter for Fribourg, but the game was already stopped for 2 penalties. Therefore, score stay at 3-3.
	30:34	2 minutes of penalty against Fribourg's number 15 Gardner for cross-checking.
	30:34	2 minutes of penalty against Lukko N°28 Niskala for interference.
	30:46	Visiting team at full strength.
	31:19	2 minutes of penalty against Lukko's number Lahteenmaki for hooking.
	32:45	Nice powerplay chance for Fribourg.
	33:19	Visiting team at full strength.
	33:31	2 against 1 for Lukko, but they shot beside the goal.
	33:46	Commercial break.
	35:12	About 5 minutes left in second period.
	35:48	Icing Fribourg.
	36:25	2 minutes of penalty against Fribourg's number 97 Marchon for tripping.
	38:06	Nice attempt for Lukko N°12 Asplund, but Conz deviated the puck in the external net with his shoulder.
	38:25	Home team at full strength.
	39:00	1 minute left in 2nd period.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		End of second period. The match is still pleasant, but this period the goalkeepers did better than the forwarders.
		After 2 periods the 2 teams are in a tie.
		Number of shots in the second period: Fribourg 7, Lukko 10. Total shots after 2 periods: Fribourg 13, Lukko 26.
		Goalkeepers save percentages: Conz 23/26=88% (was 81% after 1st period). Zapolski 10/13=77% (was 67% after 1st period).
		Teams are back on the ice for the 3rd period which will start in a while! Who will be the winner? Will they go to the overtime?
		After 2 periods, the players with more shots are Pivron for Fribourg with 3 and Niskala for Lukko with 4.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:00	Start of third period. It's still a draw, so both teams will have to find a different solution if the want to win the match.
	41:53	Roughness on the ice, but judged fair by referees.
	42:20	Faceoff in offensive zone Lukko.
	42:27	Icing Fribourg.
	44:00	Any real dangerous change till now.
	44:20	1 chance for Fribourg, but shot was not good enough and Lukko's goalkeeper easily blocked the puck.
	45:10	3rd period is now hot! Check or something else on Fribourg's goalkeeper and fight between teams!
	45:10	Conz is back on the goal.
	45:10	2 minutes penalty against Fribourg's N°86 Sprunger for roughing.
	45:10	2 minutes penalty against Lukko's N°15 Suuronen for interference on Fribourg's goalkeeper.
	45:10	Spectators seems to disagree with Referees decision!
	47:10	Home team at full strength.
	47:10	Visiting team at full strength.
	47:30	Commercial break.
	47:30	2 minutes penalty against Fribourg's N°71 Mottet for hooking.
	48:10	Scoring chance for Fribourg in short-handed, but blocked by Zapolski.
	49:30	Home team at full strength.
	50:27	2 minutes penalty against Lukko's N°23 Vauhkonen for interference.
	51:20	Lukko plays well on blue line and it's difficult for Fribourg to enter in the attack zone.
	51:30	Offside Fribourg.
	51:50	Lukko so close the the 4th goal in short-handed. A player alone in face to Conz after a nice pass from the corner.
	52:16	Another scoring chance for Lukko in short-handed!!
	52:27	Visiting team at full strength.
	52:40	Official attendance: 3'089 spectators.
	53:24	What for a save signed Conz, when he was lied down on the ice! 3 fast passes of Lukko's player but the last skater has not been able to score!
	53:56	Commercial break.
	54:30	5 minutes 30 at the end of the 3rd period and the score is 3-3, but Lukko's players seems to have more energy than Fribourg's. They are putting the pressure and apparently will try to win the match before the overtime.
	56:00	4 minutes left.
	58:00	2 minutes left and a big chance for Fribourg.
	58:18	Offensive face off for Fribourg.
	58:20	Face off won by Lukko.
	59:04	2 against 1 for Lukko but he did not touch the puck.
	60:00	3rd period finished.
		End of 3rd period. It's a draw and therefore teams will play the overtime in 3 minutes.
		Total shots after 3 periods: 35-22 for Lukko.
	60:01	Overtime began.
	60:05	Start of overtime, with only 4 players per team. Overtime lasts 5 minutes.
	60:45	Great chance for Fribourg.
	61:22	Goalkeepers blocked 9 shots each one in the 3rd period, therefore: Conz 32/35=91.4% Zapolski 19/22=86.4%.
	62:40	Great scoring chance for Lukko.
	63:05	Pass-shot for Fribourg, but other player did not touched the puck.
	63:30	Shot Lukko.
	63:37	Game stopped. Nice and intensive overtime until now!
	64:00	1 min left!
	64:20	Pressure Lukko in final minute.
	65:00	Overtime finished.
		Shootouts in a while. Several chance to win the match for both teams during overtime, but probably players were too tired and therefore not enough accurate.
And the score is tied even after overtime. Intense game between @FrGotteron and @TeamRaumanLukko, tied 3–3 in the last period. #CHL pic.twitter.com/KVJvRFUw0C — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) 20. Srpen 2015
		Start of shootout.
	1. series 0:0	Puolliot fails.
	1. series 0:0	Koivistio T. fails.
	2. series 0:0	Bykov fails.
	2. series 0:0	Lahteenmaki fails.
	3. series 1:0	Sprunger scores.
	3. series 0:0	Gagnon fails.
	4. series 1:0	Mottet fails.
	4. series 1:0	Lahti fails.
	5. series 1:0	Vauclair fails.
	5. series 1:1	Gagnon scores.
		AARON GAGNON scores again.
	6. series 1:2	Sprunger fails and Lukko Rauma win the game.
		Game over.
		End of the first Champions League game in this new season, for the group K. Both teams started well and scored several goals in the first minutes, then goalkeepers did improve their level and were able block almost all shots. Shootouts told that Lukko won this game. It has been a pleasant game.
Lukko Rauma wins. .@FrGotteron and @TeamRaumanLukko took it all the way to SO, in the end it’s a 4–3 victory for the Finnish side. #CHL pic.twitter.com/GKRBw9aV8F — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) 20. Srpen 2015
		Total shots on goal: FR 28 Lukko 40 (22:47:47)

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 1. Pluss (Gardner, Neukom), 2. Sprunger (Mottet, Rathgeb), 28. Marchon (Schmutz, Fritsche) – 3. Niskala, 7. Sipilainen (Virtanen), 8. Koski (Lahti, Koivisto T.), dec. goal Gagnon

Shootout:

1. series:

0:0 Puolliot (FRI)

0:0 Koivistio T. (RAU)

2. series:

0:0 Bykov (FRI)

0:0 Lahteenmaki (RAU)

3. series:

1:0 Sprunger (FRI)

0:0 Gagnon (RAU)

4. series:

1:0 Mottet (FRI)

1:0 Lahti (RAU)

5. series:

1:0 Vauclair (FRI)

1:1 Gagnon (RAU)

6. series:

1:2 Sprunger (FRI)

Fribourg-Gottéron: Conz (Lory) – Abplanalp, Maret, Camperchioli, Rathgeb, Picard, Glauser, Wildhaber, Marchon – Pluss, Gardner, Neukom – Mottet, Bykov, Sprunger – Pivron, Pouliot, Salminen – Vauclair, Schmutz, Fritsche

Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Rinne) – Mikkola, Virtanen, Niskala, Tommila, Koivisto M, Ahonen, Malkamaki – Nurmi, Gagnon, Lahteenmaki – Lahti, Koski, Koivisto T – Vauhkonen, Asplund, Piitulainen – Suuronen, Riska, Sipilainen

Referees: Smetana (AUT), Mollard – Progin, Rohrer (All SUI)

Attendance: 3089

1st period
	00:38
	01:51
	02:58
	03:20
	06:20
	07:00
	07:23
	07:46
	16:25
1st intermission
2nd period
	27:55
	28:46
	30:34
	30:34
	31:19
	36:25
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:10
	45:10
	47:30
	50:27
After 3rd period
Overtime
before shootout
Shootout

after shootout