The first period was the most exciting 20 minutes of this year’s tournament so far. Hands down. More than most games. He finished 3-3 and was full of emotion thanks to the audience, who started chanting during a special ceremony before the match in honor of Ambuhl and never gave up.
Soon after the initial lift, however, they whistled as one of them, Timo Meyer, received a severe penalty for boarding. But then they applauded soon after, because the best chances during this Canadian advantage were actually from the Swiss. Goalkeeper Logan Thompson had to be sharp in the good shots of Michael Faure and Pius Suter, quickly saving the latter.
At the time, the Swiss thought they had scored, but a review of the video revealed that there was an intervention by the goalkeeper from Hisier, who hit the puck hard under Thompson to score.
“I probably pressed his pad a little,” Hisier admitted. “That’s how the puck came out. So I think that was the right call. Obviously I was going to take it, but on the other hand, we didn’t need it tonight. So it’s all right. “
Canada was the one to finish with the first result when Kent Johnson shot on the left side and shot against Leonardo Genoni behind the goal line at 11:52.
But we were just beginning. Just 59 seconds later, the Swiss equalized when Faure’s high kick from the slot escaped Thompson.
Canada continued for the second time at 14:11, scoring a short hand. Adam Lowry put the puck on his blue line after a turn and when he entered the door, he lost control of the puck at the bottom. This move, however, deceived Genoni and the puck slipped between the pads of the goalkeeper.
And for the second time, the Swiss reacted quickly. Dean Kukan received the puck in the slot and waited patiently as he moved to the left, hitting Thompson’s shoulder to the short side near the goal line.
The last minute led to two more goals, with Canada scoring first. This time, Matt Barzal kept the puck on the blue line and threw a smart pass to Drake Butterson, who moved forward and beat Genoni on the side of the stick with 56.6 seconds to go.
And for the third time the Swiss answered, this time after winning the match in the Canadian zone in a set game. Denis Malgin won the puck back to Suter at the top of the circle and he fed Jonas Siegenthaler, moving to the left. He defeated Thompson with only 8.4 seconds left.
The Swiss transferred their momentum to a much more controlled second. They continued for the first time in the game at 6:13 in the power game, when Hisier made another high shot, short side, this time a glove, but even more impressive was how the Swiss held Canada for the rest of the period. Genoni had several difficult situations, and his colleagues kept the game under control.
The Swiss rose by two at the beginning of the third during a situation with a deferred penalty. Suter went over the line in a two-on-one game and shot under Thompson’s glove at 3:41 to make the game 5-3 and send the fans into a rage again.
Canada had two strong playoffs later in the period, but the Swiss were firm on the puck and killed them. Mayer finished the score with an empty net at 18:01.
“We showed a lot of character,” Mayer added. “We have great leadership with the boys who stay calm and don’t walk like a train, but stay in the middle and emotionally strong. I think we can be proud of the character we showed today. But at the same time we keep our feet on the ground. We know there are two more difficult opponents and a long way to go. “
“You can’t win them all,” said Max Comtois philosophically. “I really believe you have to lose one in this tournament to put your team together. You know, we fought. It wasn’t good enough and now we’re focusing again. We have two more games and that’s it. ”
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