Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his first NHL goal of the season, Guillaume Leclerc is already decisive with his new club, HC Ajoie finally breaks his black series while Jordann Perret is back and already decisive. Discover all the latest adventures of our Blues abroad.
Photo credit: Guntis Lazdans
USA
NHL (PE.Bellemare)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his first goal of the season against Columbus last Friday in the Lightning’s 4-1 win. Victorious 5-1 on Sunday, Tampa Bay then lost twice to end the week. The franchise is now sixth in the Eastern Conference, and will resume against Montreal in a week.
🇺🇸 The first goal of the season for @bellsy78 🤩 (🎥 @TBLightning) pic.twitter.com/o25usfn1vd
– France Hockey teams (@Hockey_FRA) December 17, 2022
NCAA (L. Boudon)
The Lake Superior Lakers won for the first time this season on shutout against Michigan (3-0). The team then lost the next day despite a goal from their French international Louis Boudon, who has 7 goals and 7 assists in 18 games this season.
Louis B gets one for us! Thanks, captain! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/burKcVoMVt
— Lake State Hockey (@HockeyLSSU) December 18, 2022
FINLAND
SM-Liiga (A.Rech, H.Gallet)
Anthony Rech’s TPS Turku have won their last two meetings and will try to complete the three-game pass next Monday against Ilves. Still deprived of Hugo Gallet, suspended, KalPa had more difficulty with a defeat and an overtime victory against KooKoo (2-1).
Results and standings
SUISSE
National League (K.Bozon, T.Bozon, A.Texier and T.Thiry)
Alexandre Texier continues to score in Switzerland! The #42 opened the scoring in the victory of the ZSC Lions against the SCL Tigers (4-2) before delivering an assist this Thursday during the loss against Freiburg. He is only one point away from reaching the 20-point mark in the league. Maybe tonight against Ambri-Piotta?
Lausanne has been doing better lately with six successes in its last 10 meetings. The latest, against Bern (5-2), will have to be confirmed this evening against HC Ajoie, bottom of the championship.
HC Ajoie, club of Kévin Bozon and Thomas Thiry, is already 14 points behind on the penultimate place. Reason for hope for the club: it has just regained success against Ambri-Piotta, after 14 consecutive defeats!
Results and standings
— ZSC Lions (@zsclions) December 20, 2022
Throwback to last night’s victory at home 💛🖤
📸 @colingirard20 pic.twitter.com/yMB0lCnsE9
— Hockey-Club Ajoie (@HC_Ajoie_off) December 23, 2022
Swiss League (E.Guebey)
Double defeat at home for Enzo Guebey’s teammates this week, one in overtime (4-3 against Basel) and the other in regulation time (4-3 against Sierre).
Results and standings
CZECH REPUBLIC
Extraliga (J. Perret)
Jordann Perret is back! After three months of unavailability, the #72 of the French team returned to the ice in the lost quarter-final of the Champions Hockey League against EV Zug (2-1prl). He also provided assistance there, as in his first Extraliga match (4-3 against Viktovice). The Hradoc Kralove club is now eighth thanks to these two wins of the week.
Results and standings
💬 Jordann #Perret jumped into action after three months and was immediately involved in Hradec Králové’s only goal 👍
“I’m happy to be back with the team, to be able to spend some time with my teammates again,” reports the nice Frenchman 🙂https://t.co/xTupMQKOFp
— Mountfield HK (@MountfieldHK) December 14, 2022
GERMANY
DEL (C.Bertrand)
Ingolstadt and Charles Bertrand first won an important duel against the fourth Straubin Tigers (6-3). Beaten last weekend on the ice of Bremerhaven (4-1), the teammates of the Frenchman, still the club’s top scorer with 10 goals, reacted this Wednesday by beating Schwenninger 5 goals to 2. Next meeting this Friday against Frankfurt .
Results and standings
HUNGARY
ICEHL (G.Leclerc)
Arrived in Hungary in mid-December after a start to the season at Östersunds in the Swedish second division, Guillaume Leclerc has already scored his first goal in his new colors. His team, Hydro Fehervar, plays in the Austrian championship and has just suffered three consecutive defeats. Fehervar is counting on his new international striker to react.
Results and standings
Guillaume Leclerc leaves ÖIK.
Neither Guillaume nor we are satisfied with his performance so far and therefore we are now going our separate ways.
We thank “G” for his efforts in the ÖIK jersey and wish him the best of luck in the future! 💚💛
Photo: Peter Hedman pic.twitter.com/sG7wpYB8vP
— Östersunds IK (@OstersundsIK) December 10, 2022