ZSC 6:1 GAP | ZSC Lions - Rapaces de Gap (Champions League)

Champions League

Tappara – Djurgården	2:3 (after OT)	\|	Kärpät – Krefeld	4:1 (end)	\|	Lukko – Fribourg	4:2 (end)
Litvínov – Grenoble	6:4 (end)	\|	Skellefteå – Nitra	3:2 (5:2 after SO)	\|	Salzburg – SønderjyskE	7:2 (end)
Linz – TPS	2:3 (after OT)	\|	Mannheim – Neman	2:1 (end)	\|	Zürich – Gap	6:1 (end)
Växjö – Ingolstadt	4:2 (end)

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ZSC Lions

6:1 (2:1, 3:0, 1:0)

Rapaces de Gap

Thursday 27.08.2015, 19:45 • Kunsteisbahn im Chreis • Champions League • Group 16

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:45.
		With 4 points out of 2 games the Lions have had a great start and can secure a spot in the knock-out stage with a win tomorrow against French representative Gap. Newly acquired forward Kris Foucault is second in the top scorer table of the CHL with 4 goals. The game will be played in Dübendorf instead of the Hallenstadion, game starts at 19:45 CET.
#Gameday! @CHLHockey vs @Lesrapacesdegap — ZSC Lions (@zsclions) August 27, 2015
French player is looking forward to the game. CHL -> game 2 -> Zurich #hockey #CHL #France #???????????????? — RECH Anthony (@AnthonyRech) August 27, 2015
		Starting lineups: ZSC Lions Zurich: Flüeler (Leimbacher) – Blindenbacher (A), Siegenthaler – Schäppi, Trachsler, Bärtschi – Geering, Bergeron – Foucault (CTS), Shannon (A), Herzog – Seger (C), Baltisberger Phil – Keller, Suter, Küenzle – Hächler, Nilsson – Cunti, Baltisberger Chris, Neuenschwander Rapaces de Gap: Bertrand (Fouquerel) – Kramar, Langlais – Takac, Golicic (CTS), Bernier – Maher, McEachen – Miettinen, Perez (A), Rech – Trabichet (C), Baridon – Richter, Bouvet, da Costa – Andre – Doherty Guiberteau, Rohat (A) Referees: Sidorenko (BLR), Koch – Fluri, Kovacs (All SUI).
		Good evening everyone, we're 15 minutes away from the third round game between ZSC Lions and Gap Rapaces.
		The players enter the ice
		The Lions are playing in their bright red sweaters tonight while the French are wearing white.
		The puck is about to drop! Both teams gather around their goalies and cheering at each other.
	00:01	Game started.
Hopp ZSC! @championshockey #CHL pic.twitter.com/Xoubbg8wMd — ZSC Lions (@zsclions) August 27, 2015
	01:18	There is a first face off in front of goalie Betrand but Gap can free themselves.
	02:47	The game is stopped after the puck goes over the glass in the Lions zone but the home team wins the face-off and goes for the attack.
	04:16	Goal for the Zurich! CHRIS BALTISBERGER scores the first goal of the game, assisted by Robert Nilsson and Jonas Siegenthaler.
Chris BALTISBERGER - 0:0
	05:31	Baltisberger had no defenseman to worry about and scored his first goal of this campaign with a nice wrist-shot.
	07:29	Robert Nilsson with a beautiful solo but goalie Betrand denies the Lions the second goal of the evening.
	07:41	After a powerbreak, the game continues.
	09:31	Gap have trouble now entering the offfensive zone, the Lions defensemen stand strong and are able to get back the puck.
	09:31	Gap are now one man short, Teddy Trabichet is benched for interference.
	11:39	The penalty ends with just one chance by the home team and that wasn't even considered dangerous
	13:22	Powerbreak and a penalty against the Lions, this time it's Patrick Bärtschi for Slashing.
	14:36	Gap trying to build up their powerplay formation but they're already stopped at the red line.
	15:16	Goal for Gap! And just as the penalty was about to end, PAT DOHERTY scores the equalizer, making it 1-1. Assists by: Patrick McEachen and Anthony Rech.
Pat DOHERTY - 0:0
	18:11	The one chance for Gap was enough to beat goalie Flüeler in his near right corner, this won't be a walk in the park for the Lions for sure.
	19:08	A minute left in the first period and the Lions with an attack.
	19:21	Goal for Zurich! There was some confusion in front of gaoli Betrand but in the end, LUCA CUNTI was able to score the second goal with an assist by Robert Nilsson.
Luca CUNTI - 0:0
	20:00	1st period finished.
		The Lions finish the first period with 16 shots and two goals while Gap Rapaces had 5 shots and 1 goal.
		If you look at the shots the Lions are the clear favourite but they struggled to create more dangerous chances. Gap so far made the best out of their chances and trail the Lions with just a goal. The second period will start at 20:30 CET.
2-1 for Zurich after first period. Fin du premiers tiers, Gap est mené 2 buts à 1 face à Zurich. #Chl #hockey @LeDLhautesalpes — Louis André (@LouisAndr3) 27. Srpen 2015
		The Referees enter the ice, two more minutes left in this first intermission.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	21:03	Ryan Keller is benched just a minute after the second period started. Slashing is the verdict by the Head Referee.
	22:30	Will Gap be able to score another powerplay goal? They're struggling once again to move the puck fast enough in the attacking zone.
	23:07	Keller joins his team mates, both teams complete.
	25:38	Maurin Bouvet with a scoring chance but falls a little short to get a good hold of the puck as it passes by the post by a few centimeters.
	26:43	Reto Schäppi gets a chance but his shot is no problem for Betrand who burries the puck in his glove.
	27:12	Goal for Zurich! Scorer is CHRIS BALTISBERGER! Unassisted.
	27:41	Goal for Zurich! And just half a minute later it's PIUS SUTER who scores the 4th goal for the Lions. Assisted by: Matthias Seger and Patrik Bärtschi.
2 quick goals for ZSC Lions Zurich. Dans la foulée, lancer de Suter sur un côté, Bertrand couvre mal son angle et ne fait pas le save. 4-1 pour les Suisses #ZSCGAP #CHL — Jean-Baptiste Court (@jbstwitt) 27. Srpen 2015
	32:00	Gap coach Basile took a time out to calm down his team and slow down the tempo game by the Lions.
	32:37	Goal for Zurich! Once again LUCA CUNTI strikes as he beats Betrand, assisted by Robert Nilsson and Chris Baltisberger.
	33:21	It's time for the next powerbreak.
	33:40	And it's getting worse for Gap as Matt Maher is benched for Holding.
	34:54	The Lions are able to rotate the puck in the attacking zone and firing a pair of shots but no further goals in this second period.
	35:46	Gap playing at full strength.
	36:50	Gap now have a powerplay chance as Siegenthaler is benched for hooking.
Not @zsclions main arena but a great @championshockey atmosphere! #chl vs @Lesrapacesdegap pic.twitter.com/dM6cJf0vTx — Nicolà Hofer (@nicolahofer) August 27, 2015
	37:27	And just seconds after the puck is back in the game the French create a good chance, Flüeler has to stretch go get that puck.
	38:27	Less than 2 minutes left in the second period.
	38:50	The Lions back at full strength.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		The Lions win the second period 3:0, the French were overwhelmed by the opposing forwards during the 27th to the 32nd minute.
		The Lions lead 5:1 after 40 minutes. The Lions had less shots (8) compared to Gap (11) in this middle period.
		3rd period starts in 11 minutes, that's 21:19 pm.
		Both teams enter the ice, we're ready for the last period. If the Lions win tonight, they'll reach the knock-out stage while Gap would remain pointless.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	41:53	The Lions have the slight upper hand in the starting minutes of the last period, goalie Betrand had to stop 2 pucks in the first 2 minutes.
	43:43	Luca Cunti with another nice wrist shot but it's deflected off the french goalie.
	46:28	It's been rather quiet inside the arena and also on the ice, it almost seems as if the French have accepted the defeat but at least try to score a second goal.
	46:42	And we have another power break.
	47:36	Goal ZSC! It's Marc-André BERGERON with the Lions' 6th goal of the game, he received a nice pass from Mike Künzle and Reto Schäppi.
	48:17	Phil Baltisberger is benched for Hooking.
	49:08	The Lions with a penalty shot, Pius Suter was given the chance to score but Betrand denied him his second goal of the night.
	50:15	Gap trying hard to circulate the puck in the offensive zone but there are no shots on goal as the penalty on Baltisberger expires in 2 seconds.
Still 6 – 1 for Zurich. Aurélien Bertrand sort quand même le TP de la botte. On en reste à 6-1 pour les Suisses #ZSCGAP #CHL — Jean-Baptiste Court (@jbstwitt) 27. Srpen 2015
	50:15	Morris Trachsler is the next Lion to take place on the bench for Tripping.
	51:35	Gap with the second powerplay in a row but so far the offensive lines have been unproductive with the man advantage.
	52:15	The Lions back at full strength.
	52:32	And we're taking the last powerbreak of this period.
	53:09	Chris Baltisberger is benched for goalie interference.
	53:53	And now Gap takes a penalty as well, it's Samuel Takac for Hooking. it's 4 on 4 for the next minute and half.
	54:31	Flüeler takes the safe road and holds the puck after Trabichet had a chance to score.
	55:05	And just as the Lions were about to play at full strength Ryan Keller is benched for tripping.
	56:05	Gap now at full strength and with over a minute of powerplay.
	56:05	Gap now with the two-man advantage, Morris Trachsler will cool down for Slashing.
	57:13	Keller returns to the ice.
	58:22	Gap wasn't able to capitalise on the powerplay as the Lions are now back at full strength.
	59:04	Less than a minute left in this game. The puck drops in the Lions zone.
		Game over.
		The Lions win this game 6:1 and will advance to the round of the best 32 teams.
		The Lions were too strong for a French team that had a good first period but then had to accept that last years Swiss Championship Finalist was on a higher level tonight.
Zurich won their third game in a row and advanced to the next round! Die #ZSCLions schiessen sich in die nächste Runde! Nach dem 6:1 über #Gap steht der 1/16-Final fest. @championshockey pic.twitter.com/jZORZzpmBM — ZSC Lions (@zsclions) August 27, 2015
		With this, we say goodbye and hope you will be with us when the Lions play their last game of the group stage next Friday against the Eisbären Berlin. (21:59:54)

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 5. Baltisberger (Nilsson, Siegenthaler), 20. Cunti (Nilsson), 28. Baltisberger, 28. Suter (Seger, Bärtschi), 33. Cunti (Nilsson, Baltisberger), 48. Bergeron (Künzle, Schäppi) – 16. Doherty (McEachen, Rech)

ZSC Lions: ZSC Lions Zurich: Flüeler (Leimbacher) – Blindenbacher (A), Siegenthaler – Schäppi, Trachsler, Bärtschi – Geering, Bergeron – Foucault (CTS), Shannon (A), Herzog – Seger (C), Baltisberger Phil – Keller, Suter, Küenzle – Hächler, Nilsson – Cunti, Baltisberger Chris, Neuenschwander

Rapaces de Gap: Rapaces de Gap: Bertrand (Fouquerel) – Kramar, Langlais – Takac, Golicic (CTS), Bernier – Maher, McEachen – Miettinen, Perez (A), Rech – Trabichet (C), Baridon – Richter, Bouvet, da Costa – Andre – Doherty Guiberteau, Rohat (A)

Referees: Sidorenko (BLR), Koch – Fluri, Kovacs (All SUI)

Attendance: 1450

1st period
	04:16
	09:31
	13:22
	15:16
	19:21
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:03
	27:12
	27:41
	32:37
	33:40
	36:50
2nd intermission
3rd period
	47:36
	48:17
	50:15
	53:09
	53:53
	55:05
	56:05
Final