Tornado Luxembourg Flops In 7-1 Loss to Epinal Dauphins II

Photo by Mike Sinner



22 December 2012

The Epinal Dauphins II hosted the Tornado Luxembourg at the Poissompré on December 22nd, where the Tornado Luxembourg were resoundingly defeated 7-1 by their host. With this win, the Epinal Dauphins II now have a 4-game winning streak over the Tornado Luxembourg.



The home team was stronger than their opponent in the first period. Djamel Zitouni scored the opening goal of the game for the hosts at 5:17 on a feed from Grégory Zitouni. The hosts kept their pace and Guillaume Chassard scored only 3 minutes later on a feed from Djamel Zitouni and Guillaume Papelier. At the end of the first, the home team was leading 2-0.



The home team didn't give up on the lead and kept dominating the game throughout the second period. Nathan Ganz put another goal on the sheet for the hosts at 25:27 on a pass by Grégory Zitouni. Guillaume Chassard put another goal on the sheet for the hosts at 30:45 after being assisted by Grégory Zitouni. At 37:25, Romain Deletang scored another goal for the Epinal Dauphins II on an assist by Emeric Lanois. The Tornado Luxembourg responded only 13 seconds later, as Marcus Eriksson scored a goal on a breakaway. At the end of the second, the score was 5-1.



The home team held on to their lead and kept control of the game throughout the third and last period. At 45:02, it was Djamel Zitouni who then put the puck in the net for the hosts. Yvan Charpentier added another goal only 3 minutes later. At the final whistle, the score was 7-1.



Best scorers of the game were Djamel Zitouni and Grégory Zitouni with 4 points each. For the Tornado Luxembourg, tonight's game was not a reflection of their usual offensive and defensive standard. The facts that their 7 points against are above this season's average of 3.13 and the 1 points scored are below the average 7.47 points, show that they were simply not playing their game. Out of these two teams' last 8 encounters, Epinal Dauphins II won 62.5% of the games (5 out of 8). Next on the schedule for the Tornado Luxembourg is the Valenciennes on January 19th.