HC Lugano U21 took a 4-3 decision in regulation at Geneve Future Hockey U21, built on a two-goal opening period that the hosts spent the rest of the night chasing. Lugano scored in all three periods, which was the difference in a game Geneve never led.
The visitors went up 2-0 after twenty minutes, then answered Geneve's push in the middle frame: the hosts scored twice, but Lugano's single reply kept it 3-2 after forty. Each side traded one in the third, and that 3-2 cushion held its shape all the way to 4-3.
The telling number is the period split. Lugano never allowed Geneve to draw level at any intermission, and a 2-0 first period meant the hosts had to win two straight frames outright and never did.