Bellinzona Snakes vs Ambri-Piotta

Ambri-Piotta's overtime winner came barely a minute into the extra session. Landry's quick strike gave Bellinzona no time to mount a response in the shortened format, punishing the lower-league hosts moments after they had successfully battled back to force overtime.

• L. Landry (Ambri-Piotta): Scored the game-winning goal 62 seconds into overtime. Landry, a Swiss-Canadian forward who has been with Ambri since 2023, provided the decisive moment in a match where clear chances were at a premium.
• T. Muggli (Ambri-Piotta): Opened the scoring in the second period with a well-taken finish. Muggli has been part of Ambri-Piotta's setup since 2022 and showed his value in the pre-season run-out.
• W. Hedlund (Bellinzona Snakes): Pulled the hosts level in the third period to force overtime. The Swedish forward, who plays in the Sky Swiss League for Bellinzona, was the standout performer for the home side.

The betmana match page shows three goals from 62 total minutes of play across four periods. The goalless first period reflected the early-season rhythm of both teams. Ambri-Piotta's second-period opener and Bellinzona's third-period equaliser bookended a 0-1, 1-0 pattern through regulation before overtime delivered the winner inside the first 120 seconds.

Ambri-Piotta's perfect 9-0 head-to-head record against Bellinzona includes 68 total goals (7.6 per game), with both teams scoring in all nine meetings and over 2.5 goals landing every time. Saturday's 2-1 result was the first single-goal margin in the fixture's nine-match history, which dates back to 2016.

This was Ambri-Piotta's opening pre-season fixture ahead of the 2026-27 National League campaign. The Biancoblù, who avoided relegation via the playout in the 2024-25 season, face EHC Kloten in their next friendly on 2 September at the Centro Sportivo in Bellinzona.

Bellinzona Snakes, competing in the second-tier Sky Swiss League, face a hectic pre-season schedule. They play Visp on 13 August, then continue with friendlies against SC Langenthal (14 August), EHC Basel, and EHC Arosa through September before the Swiss League season begins.

A standard pre-season opener for Ambri-Piotta — missing imports and still finding match sharpness — but the quality gap to a second-tier side still showed in overtime. Landry's early extra-period winner was the class difference. Bellinzona can take encouragement from pushing a National League opponent to the brink.