With that, the Bears and Genève-Servette HC surpassed the old record, which was held by EHC Kloten and the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (102:32 minutes), by 15 minutes and eleven seconds.
It was the first time in the series that the game went into triple overtime, but they had already gone on to double overtime. While the first time around the Grenats emerged victorious, this time, Mark Arcobello scored the game-winner for the Bears. With that, SC Bern moves on to the semifinals.
Genève-Servette HC - SC Bern 2-3 OT3 (117:43)
EHC Kloten - SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 3-2 OT3 (102:32)
SC Bern - Genève-Servette HC 2-3 OT2 (95:49)
HC Lugano - EV Zug 4-5 OT2 (95:33)
HC Thurgau - HC Ajoie 3-2 OT2 (92:42)