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Friborg coach Christian Dubé at the game against Servette in a Grinch costume on the gang.
The year begins as in a dream. Timo Meier scored five goals against Los Angeles. Club record with the San Jose Sharks. The bizarre thing about it: Because the Appenzeller has already struck five times after two thirds, one is almost a little disappointed at the final siren that Meier broke the NHL record of Joe Malonewho had netted seven times in 1920, was no longer reached.
Goal madness in NHL: Timo Meier scores five times in one game(11:20)
Olympic quarantine in February
Corona! At the Olympics, it got caught in the national team Denis Malgin and Darius Simion. They have to quarantine in Beijing. While Malgin is still enough for three games, the Zug striker is only in the out in the quarterfinals against Finland (1:5).
MediaSlot: ImageContainer #image_8_63aaddbab6ce6A health setback at the beginning of the year (cerebral hemorrhage and heart surgery) gives SCB boss Marc Luthi the crucial warning signal. At the sporting low point (rank 11) he announces his retirement from the operative business after 24 years with six championship titles. The new CEO is the smart one Raeto Raffainerwhile Lüthi now operates as President.
Bottle throws, makeovers and karma in April
April has it all. It’s almost forgotten that Head Daniel Stricker the second semi-final game (1:2) with a late, extremely petty penalty against Jesse Zgraggen for a harmless pursuit of the goalie Leonardo Genoni in the direction of the Zuger directs. The HCD coach’s tantrum remains in memory Christian Wohlwendwho throws several water bottles onto the ice and is fined 4,400 francs.
HCD coach rages: Wohlwend throws bottles around(00:21)
While the playoffs are in the final phase, Nati-Coach starts Patrick Fisher the makeover: the longtime captain Raphael Diaz (36, “I’m very surprised and disappointed”) and Simon Moser (33) are shaved. Later it also caught Dennis Hollenstein (33) and Yannick Weber (34).
Kloten manages promotion with a 1-0 win against Olten. Because relegation is suspended again, the number of NL teams increases to 14 clubs. The league can screw the number of foreigners per team from four to six through the back door.
Hours before the fourth final game, the lettering «Swiss champions» with the ZSC logo will light up in the Hallenstadion. A found food for Carl Klingenberg and his Zug colleagues. In the photo, which he later publishes, the Swede is laughing his head off. The Lions were the first team to lose a 3-0 lead in the final. The train captain stabs Jan Kovar also his brother Jakub in the ZSC goal after ZSC trainer Rikard Gronborg had said, “We have the better Kovar.” Karma?
Of Timo Meier was already mentioned. With 35 goals this season, he improved his Swiss NHL record. He loses his points record for this. Nashville Captain Roman Josi books 30 points more and sets a milestone with 96 points. It’s the highest score by an NHL defenseman in 29 years.
Celebration Suri and World Cup damper in May
After three final defeats, EVZ is finally a striker too Reto Suri (33) Master – in the end as a spectator. A clash with ZSC striker Marco Pedretti ended his season in the fifth final game. In order not to miss the master party, he postpones the necessary knee operation.
Without too Roman Josithat of his pregnant wife ellie assists, the Nati wins all seven World Cup preliminary round games in Helsinki and even defeats arch-rival Germany (4:3 a. P.). In the quarter-finals, there was a silent defeat against the USA (0:3).
World Championships in August
Because of Corona, ice hockey will be played in August. The Women’s World Cup (postponed) and the U20 World Cup (cancelled) will be rescheduled. The team around Lara Stalder loses the bronze game against the Czech Republic 2:4, while the U20 national team fails in the quarter-finals against eventual world champions Canada (3:6).
Blick TV premiere and Bärtschi scandal in September
The new season also brings new TV fun. Blick TV broadcasts a game live every week. At the start of the gripping game between Bern and Zug (1:2 a. V.), in which the new Bernese striker Sven Bärtschi shines with a parade.
Reversed roles: SCB striker Bärtschi shows the parade of the month(00:26)
In addition to games on Blick TV, there is now also the game of the week, which will be broadcast on TV24 on Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. At the premiere, there was a scandal during the first break. Kloten’s sports director Patrik Bärtschi, whose departure at the end of the season was announced four days before the start of the championship, says: “I saw no other option than to cancel at the earliest possible date.” No surprise: A month later, the early separation.
Genazzi as Terminator and new Temple in October
Because he is in demand as a defender when trying to pass the stick to his goalie against a train and defends himself in Terminator style with stick and goalie blade, Lausannes has to Joel Genazzi against Zug because of incorrect equipment in the penalty box.
Curious scene: Lausanne’s Genazzi defends with two sticks(01:15)
On October 18th the time has finally come: The ZSC Lions can inaugurate the new Swiss Life Arena with its gigantic video cube and finally have a real home.
Dismissal after victory, DiDo fines and nonsense in November
A dark month. First the National League lets the struggling Swiss League hang. Only the SCB president speaks in favor of the idea of reducing the 14-league back to 12 clubs Marc Luthi out. Otherwise, everyone is closest to themselves. Nobody wants to jeopardize their place.
Almost a month after Chris McSorley in Lugano, a second coach loses his job. Unsurprisingly, it’s Berns Johan Lundskog. What is surprising, however, is the timing. The Swede gets a leave of absence in 6th place immediately after a win against ZSC and then by the German national coach Toni Soderholm (Fi) replaced.
Speaking of SCB. striker star Chris DiDomenico is fined twice for too much theatrics, which means that he has already had to shell out CHF 22,000 in fines for swallows.
The nonsense of the season is doing the rounds for the first time: “Visual disability”. The referees denied Ambri a goal in Zurich because Dominic Zwerger just before goalie Simon Hrubec rushes through the gate area. Nowhere are the goalies protected as petty as in the National League.
Ambri at a disadvantage: Pestoni goal does not count after Coaches Challenge(01:56)
So yes: The SCL Tigers will get a training center with the long-awaited second ice rink (in NHL size), gastro area, 60 parking spaces, athletic center and eight cloakrooms on the site of the market hall for 19 million francs. The company of the visionary SCL boss takes over the lion’s share Peter Jacob, which takes on long-term debt for this. In March the excavators roll in.
Goal of the year and change of coach in December
The troubled Swiss League mourns its first victim: SC Langenthal announces its withdrawal from professional sport at the end of the season. It cannot be financed without a new stadium or patrons.
Travels with the Friborg city bus Connor Hughes (26) for his international debut in the FKB Arena. It is the provisional culmination point in the fairytale rise of the Swiss-Canadian, the one at Gottéron for the injured Reto Berra jumped in and convinced.
At the end SCB-Captain celebrates Simon Moser still the goal of the year. It was fantastic how the passionate Hornusser juggled the puck against Kloten and threw it into the goal in the air.
goal of the season? Dream hit from the air by SCB-Moser(00:51)
Provides the optical bang effect Christian Dube. For the Christmas game against Servette (2:1), the Gottéron coach is on the gang in a bright green Grinch outfit. “I like the character a lot. The Grinch is a little like me. People think I’m a little bit evil, but I’m actually the opposite. I think people laughed at my costume, »says the dazzling Canadian.
ZSC trainer Rikard Gronborg the Christmas jumper he wore in his last home game against Friborg (1-2) doesn’t help either. The Swede gets through Marc Crawford replaced. The 2014 champion coach returns to the Lions gang against Biel on January 1 after six and a half years.
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