Tonight, the Nice Eagles played their second away game in the Ligue Magnus. After a fierce duel, the team from Nice emerged victorious from the encounter.
The Nice Eagles are unstoppable. After two impressive victories against Marseille and then Gap, the team from Nice played a third match in just five days. Riding on a wave of collective momentum, Pascal Margerit’s men headed to the ice rink of the Cergy-Pontoise Jokers. A team in difficulty, accumulating defeats in their last three games.
At the start of the match, this positive dynamic for the Maralpins translates onto the ice. The visitors take control of the puck and relentlessly shoot at the home team’s goalie. The Jokers’ defense bends but contradicting the saying, it eventually breaks during the first power play. A goal by the Canadian Mathieu Desgagnés, who scored his third goal in just five matches.
At the beginning of the second period, Nice extends their lead. Another goal scored by another Canadian, Nicholas Cherkowski, well set up by Jules Lefebvre and Henry McKinney (0-2).
A lapse that could have proven costly
But then, the Eagles’ advantage melts away like snow in the sun in just seven minutes. While the Jokers had only shot three times on goal in the first act, they score three goals in quick succession. Sayam Limtong, Philéas Perrenoud, and Louis Petit regained the lead for their team (3-2) after thirty minutes of play. The team from Nice had to start over, equalizing thanks to a goal by Loic Coulaud, who nets his second goal of the season (3-3).
The last period was more tightly contested and less open. Nice pushed hard but struggled to find a breakthrough. Until the 58th minute, when a goal by Charles-Antoine Roy sealed the deal. Another Canadian, usually an assister (four assists this season), turned scorer to secure the victory for the Nice Eagles (3-4)).
In the standings, Nice remains in fourth place thanks to this new success in the Ligue Magnus. No time to rest, as the team from Nice will head to Rouen on Friday before going to Amiens on Sunday. A tough schedule for the Eagles, which will set the tone for the season and highlight the club’s ambitions.
