Zürich – Lugano 4:2 (end)
final
ZSC Lions
4:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0 - 1:0)
HC Lugano
Wednesday 09.11.2016, 19:45 • Hallenstadion • Champions League • 1/16 Finals
     
    Thank you and good bye from Zurich. (22:12:34)
     
    The Lions win 6-5 on aggregate and advance to the quarterfinals.
     
    This took a quick end but the Lions had the one-man advantage and Top Scorer Roman Wick scored his second goal of the evening.
     
    Overtime finished.
     
    61:07
    Goal for ZSC Lions!
    ROMAN WICK scores the series deciding goal with an assist by Severin Blindenbacher.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    The players are back on the ice for the face-off.
     
    If neither team is able to score in the 10 minute overtime a shootout will decide who wins.
     
    The overtime will be played as a 3 versus 3. But since Lugano have Martensson on the bench, the game will start as a 4 versus 3.
     
    The regular time ends. The series is tied at 5-5. This means that we'll get an overtime of maximum 10 minutes.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:16
    Tony Martensson is benched for hooking and the Lions take their time-out.
     
    57:41
    Blindenbacher hits the goal post with less than 3 minutes to go!
     
    56:11
    Roman Wick takes a shot from the left face-off circle but the aims directly at Merzlikins' stomach.
     
    54:03
    It's a wild game, the teams are going back and forth but the score remains 3-2 with less than 6 minutes left in the period.
     
    53:14
    Home team at full strength.
     
    51:13
    Wick is benched for slashing.
     
    50:41
    On the other side, Damien Brunner enters the zone with quick strides and takes a shot but Flüeler catches with his glove.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 15. Schäppi (Trachsler), 16. Blindenbacher (Sjögren), 30. Thoresen (Blindenbacher), 62. Wick (Blindenbacher) – 6. Reuille (Gardner), 37. Klasen (Martensson)

    ZSC Lions: Flüeler (Schlegel); Blindenbacher, Siegenthaler – Shannon, Wick, Thoresen; Geering, Rundblad – Sjögren, Herzog, Kenins; Seger, Marti – Nilsson, Cunti, Baltisberger Chris; Guerra – Schäppi, Trachsler, Küenzle, Pestoni
    HC Lugano: Merzlikins (Manzato); Wilson, Chiesa – Martensson, Zackrisson, Klasen; Vauclair, Sondell – Hofmann, Bürgler, Brunner; Hirschi, Sartori – Bertaggia, Lapierre, Walker – Ronchetti – Morini, Reuille, Sannitz, Gardner
    Referees: Sidorenko (BLR), Piechaczek (GER) – Borga, Fluri (both SUI)
    Attendance: 3'567
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    Goals and assists: 20. Hofmann (Bürgler, Brunner), 25. Chiesa (Wilson), 29. Klasen (Zackrisson) – 13. Rundblad, 14. Wick