Grigorijs Holodkovs, Tornado Luxembourg team;
Credit: Val Wagner via Tornado Luxembourg
On Saturday 15 February 2025, Tornado Luxembourg played their penultimate regular season match in Group A of Division 2 of the French Ice Hockey Championship (FFHG) against bottom-ranked Ducs de Dijon.
Christer Eriksson’s team are battling for fifth place in the standings and a victory would allow them to overtake Renards d’Orléans. The hosts wasted no time at the Kockelscheuer ice rink, scoring twice in the first period through Juris Upītis and Grigorijs Holodkovs. Their lead grew even further in the second period, reaching five goals. While Dijon managed to find the net through Quentin Mahier, Tornado responded with four more goals - Holodkovs netted his second, Cannon Colm added a brace and Julien Vogt also got on the scoresheet - 6:1. The scoring streak continued in the final period, with teams adding five more goals. Holodkovs completed his hat-trick and Justus Haavanlammi also found the net for Tornado. Meanwhile, Dijon struck back with goals from Josef Teuber, Lucas Lacroix and Simon Bourgin Ubiali, narrowing the gap but not enough to change the outcome. The match ended in an 8:4 victory for Tornado Luxembourg.
After the game, Christer Eriksson stated: "It was a good game overall, even if we were a bit nonchalant at times. Honestly, it was more of a 9:1 game than 8:4. We didn’t capitalise on some excellent sequences, and all four goals we conceded came on the penalty kill - some of them because we weren’t disciplined enough. But overall, it was another great team win."
The three points secured by Christer Eriksson’s team allowed them to climb to fifth place in the standings, moving two points ahead of Renards D’Orléans. Tornado’s current record stands at seven regulation wins, two overtime wins, two overtime losses and six regulation defeats, accumulating a total of 27 points.
With just one game remaining in the regular season, Tornado Luxembourg will play their final fixture on home ice. On Saturday 22 February 2025, they will face Dragons de Rouen 2, who currently sit in eighth place in the standings.
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