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Servette knows how to play with a player less

The Genevans reached victory in Zurich although they had a player less for 19 minutes. They scored both goals exactly in such situations, which is a real rarity. Biel doesn't play well, and no special reason for optimism is on the horizon

Servette entered badly the match against Zurich and in less than ten minutes was losing 2-0. In those moments, it did not look good on the ice and everything was pointing to another defeat. However, as the game wore to the end, they played better in a rarely seen way and ensured overtime. In fact, during the entire match the Genevans played very rough (Zurich had 19 minutes of powerplay), and when Cody Almond earned in the 44th minute a penalty for five minutes, it seemed there would be no way back. But by using a host's weak powerplay, in those five minutes they reached two goals with a player less. A rarity!

Coach McSorley's team played defensively very well considering the circumstances (the aforementioned number of exclusions), while in the attack there could not have been too much to expect. Moreover, the fact that they ultimately were equal in the number of strokes is more than good.

- Our victory in Zurich shows that we're going in the right direction. So far we have hardly kept focus all 60 minutes, and without that, it is difficult to get a result. We also have several new strikers and will need time to sort it all - said the attacker Kevin Romy ahead of today's match.

It is worth noting that in the ranks of Genevans debuted attacker Daugavins (assisted for the first goal), and immediately proved to be a boost for his team.

From the competition for the game in Zurich has fallen at the last minute attacker Hollenstein. Although the initial information was that he will only miss that game, there is still no confirmation that he will play today.

After the opening victory against Zurich, Biel is in a series of a few defeats. The last again Lausanne should be a red alert given that this is a team with whom they should fight a better position before the playout. From the playoffs they have probably already given up.

A lot of criticism of the games is directed to the foreigners. Goalkeeper Meili is not in top form even though the coach Schläpfer does not think about changing him, at least he ruled out auch a possibility before the last game. Now we should not be surprised if either in tonight's or tomorrow's game he gives an opportunity to Rytz.

As if there were not enough of bad results and games, they are also suffering from injuries. According to the situation at the last training session, coach Schläpfer today will not be able to count on defender Truttman and attacker Ulmer. Although they are not key players, their roster is already pretty short, so each additional absence can be a considerable handicap.
The good news is the return to the practices by Haas after surgery, but he should not be expected until the end of October.

The home team are much better in all aspects. Stephan is a better goalie than Meili and Rytz so it doesn't matter who will be on the goal. The defense of Servette is physically stronger and better while the forwards showed a much more diverse and dangerous play. In addition, the impression is that the home team still have a lot of room for improvement while for Biel this could be a difficult and troublesome season. The Genevans won't have one playey less for 20 minutes today (and they won like that against Zurich away) and I se them as much bigger favorites than bookmakers do.