Traktor – Jokerit | 1:2 (end) | | | Salavat Yulaev – Riga | 2:3 (1:2 after SO) | | | HC Lada Togliatti – Dynamo | 2:1 (1:0 after SO) |
Neftekhimik – Medvescak | 3:2 (1:0 after SO) | | | Ak Bars – CSKA | 1:3 (end) | | | Vityaz – Cherepovets | 2:1 (2:1 after SO) |
HC Sochi – Khabarovsk | 7:2 (end) | | | Spartak – Dinamo Minsk | 4:2 (end) |
Nitra – Stavanger | 2:1 (end) | | | Mlada Boleslav – Yunost | 3:2 (end) | | | Munich – Fribourg | 3:1 (end) |
Lørenskog – Liberec | 1:2 (end) | | | Ingolstadt – Lukko | 1:6 (end) | | | Rouen – Davos | 2:3 (after OT) |
Zug – Esbjerg | 3:2 (2:0 after SO) | | | Bern – Linz | 5:0 (end) |
after shootout (2:0)
EV Zug
3:2
(2:1, 0:1, 0:0 - 0:0)
Esbjerg Energy
Patrick Brand
Goals and assists:
8. Schnyder (Diem), 20. Holden (Diaz), dec. goal Holden – 10. Fiddler (Hjulmand, Nielsen), 37. Fiddler (Nielsen)
Referees: DiPietro (SUI), Nikolic (AUT) – linesmen: Kovacs, Kung (both SUI)
Attendance: 2844
Penalty missed:
Shootout:
1. series:
0:0 Knight (ESE)
0:0 McIntyre (ZUG)
2. series:
0:0 Martindale (ESE)
1:0 Senteler (ZUG)
3. series:
1:0 Curran (ESE)
1:0 Immonen (ZUG)
4. series:
1:0 Bruggisser (ESE)
2:0 Holden (ZUG)
EV Zug:
Haller (Stephan) – Grossmann, Fohrler, Diaz, Alatalo, Schlumpf, Erni – Klingberg, Immonen, Senteler – Rech, Suri, Holden – McIntyre, Lammer, Zangger – Diem, Peter, Schnyder
Subs:
Coach:
Esbjerg Energy: Soegaard (Seldrup) – Curran, Bruggisser, Christensen, Lidstrom, Krogsgaard, Vinther – Nixon, Andersen, Martindale – Knight, Nielsen, Fiddler – Hjulmand, Nielsen, Hardason – Bang, Jepsen, Clausen
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Esbjerg Energy: Soegaard (Seldrup) – Curran, Bruggisser, Christensen, Lidstrom, Krogsgaard, Vinther – Nixon, Andersen, Martindale – Knight, Nielsen, Fiddler – Hjulmand, Nielsen, Hardason – Bang, Jepsen, Clausen
Subs:
Coach:
Referees: DiPietro (SUI), Nikolic (AUT) – linesmen: Kovacs, Kung (both SUI)
Attendance: 2844
Good night. (22:55:26)
The Swiss side and fans of EV Zug can now look forward to the round of 32, starting with first legs on 4th October 2016.
Credit to the visitors who provided another proof of how much Danish ice hockey improved in the last few years.
Zug's fans were happy after the game, anyway. They saw a lot of their young prospects on the team roster tonight – and their team sealed the top rank in group G with a total of now 11 points from 4 games!
Forward Nolan Diem for EV Zug.
No hard guess in Esbjerg Energy's case – goalkeeper Mads Soegaard fully deserves to win this award with his brilliant performance!
Or will Zug's experience win this shootout?