The Eagles of Nice were defeated by the Boxers of Bordeaux with a score of 5-3. The team from Nice is now in 6th place in the French Division 1 championship.
Despite a good start, the Azur team couldn’t hold on for the full 60 minutes. It was the Eagles who opened the scoring thanks to Martin Slovak. But at the start of the second period, the Bordelais quickly tied it up (1-1).
Midway through the match, Karri Koivu broke away and found the net (2-1). At the end of the second period, Francis Desrosiers scored his second goal, allowing Bordeaux to catch up.
In the third period, the Eagles couldn’t contain the best player of the evening, Desrosiers. First, it was Martin Obuch who gave Bordeaux the lead for the first time in the evening, and then Francis Desrosiers completed his hat-trick 48 minutes into the game!
With less than 4 minutes to go, Desrosiers again beat Lukas Skrecko.
At 5-2, the match was settled. Anthony Courcelles reduced the deficit at the end of the
match, but the 2 victory points were definitively lost for the
The team from Nice will have a chance to redeem themselves in front of their home crowd next Saturday when they host the Coqs of Courbevoie (match at 19:15).
