Complex sentence: The following season he turned it around, as he posted a 1.99 goals against average in 39 games and finished 3rd that year defeating HC Lugano in the quarterfinals in 6 games but lost to SC Bern in the semifinals in 5 games.
Split into simpler sentences: The following season he turned it around, as he posted a 1.99 goals against average in 39 games and finished 3rd that year. The team defeated HC Lugano in the quarterfinals in 6 games but lost to SC Bern in the semifinals in 5 games.