After 33 minutes, ZSC leads 3-0, but then loses focus and the line again and has to admit defeat to the outsider again. Biel wins 4: 3 after extra time, but the Lions coach Rikard Grönborg still speaks of a “step forward”.
The Lions on the ground – EHC Biel works itself into a frenzy and wins a home game that was believed to be lost.
On Wednesday, the ZSC Lions lost 4:5 to EHC Biel at the start of the quarter-final series. They were puzzling in many ways, and as a collective they seemed oddly nervous. That was true of the players, who made amazing mistakes. And also for the coach Rikard Grönborg, who pushed his best forces so hard at the first opportunity that it raised questions: The top strikers Denis Malgin and Sven Andrighetto received more than 22 minutes of ice time.