The EVZ also wins its second preseason game. In the Dolomite Cup semifinals, they secure a 2-0 victory over the German champions, Eisbären Berlin.
Goaltender Leonardo Genoni is named Man of the Match. In his first appearance since the World Championship final at the end of May with the Swiss national team, Genoni once again remained unbeatable after 60 minutes and over 20 saves. After a shaky start, Loris Wey opened the scoring by deflecting a Moverare rocket into the Eisbären’s net. The longer the game went on, the more Berlin pressed for the equalizer. But Zug had the game under control—and whenever things got dicey, Leo Genoni was there. In the final minutes, the Eisbären went on a six-on-five rush with the goalie pulled. After a masterful assist from Sven Leuenberger, Chris Egli, in his first game in an EVZ jersey, sealed the 2-0 final score with an empty-net goal.
With this win, the EVZ advances to the Dolomiten Cup final. There, they’ll face the Czech team HC Kometa Brno on Sunday evening at 8 p.m. You can follow the game here in our live ticker or via the paid livestream (see below).
EVZ – Eisbären Berlin 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
EVZ: Genoni, Birchler; Sklenicka, Diaz, Hofmann, Rohrer, Tatar; T.Geisser, Schneller, Kubalik, Kovar, Wingerli; Moverare, Bengtsson, Gredig, Senteler, Wey; Stadler, Balestra, Petrovic, Egli, Leuenberger, Antenen.
