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In the Swiss League game between Sierre and Langenthal, the gang suddenly gives way. This causes two players to fall into the pit, where the ice resurfacing machine would otherwise dispose of the snow.
Here Higgins and Montandon disappear into the ice bath trench.
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There was a funny incident in the Swiss League game between Sierre and Langenthal on Thursday.
Langenthal defender Tyler Higgins and Sierre striker Arnaud Montandon fall into an ice water pit.
Only with the help of their colleagues can the two players get out of their uncomfortable situation.
Crazy scene in the Swiss League duel between HC Sierre and SC Langenthal. The 14th minute is running at the Graben ice rink when Langenthal defender Tyler Higgins checks against Sierre striker Arnaud Montandon. Although it is not a violent intervention, the action has consequences for both players.
Because Higgins starts the check at the exact point where the ice resurfacing machine disposes of the scraped ice in the third breaks. But because the gang was apparently not properly closed again there, it suddenly gives way – and both players submerge.
Higgins and Montandon both fall into the five-foot-deep pit and involuntarily take an ice bath. Only with the help of their teammates and the referee can the players get out of their predicament. Both Higgins and Montandon appear to have survived the action unharmed.
Only with the help of their teammates can the two Swiss League professionals get out of the ice bath.
Pascal Muller / freshfocus
It happened on Thursday evening in the Graben stadium in Sierre.
(Pascal Muller / freshfocus)
Pascal Muller / freshfocus
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