HC Ajoie beat EHC Basel 3-2 in overtime in a Club Friendly Games matchup, completing a comeback after regulation ended tied at 2-2. The away side needed the extra session to settle it after trailing through the opening 40 minutes.
Basel carried a 1-0 lead out of the first period and made it 2-1 by the end of the second. Ajoie answered with a 1-0 third period to force OT, then delivered the decisive goal in the extra frame.
The numbers show a tight contest: neither side led by more than one goal, and Ajoie's late push flipped a one-goal deficit into a win. The OT goal was the difference in a 2-2 regulation game.