Tampere’s Tappara and Oulun’s Kärpät have made it to the semi-finals of the hockey SM league. The match series between Helsinki IFK and Lahti Pelicans will only be decided in the seventh match played on Tuesday.
Tampere’s Tappara and Oulun’s Kärpät cleared their way to the semi-finals of the ice hockey SM league after some great stages.
Reigning champion Tappara defeated TPS 5–4 in the overtime in Turku and advanced to the top four with a 4–2 win. Christian Tanus scored Tappara’s winning goal in 62.22. Tanus directed Valtteri Kemläinen I bet on the goal.
Tappara cleared its way to the semi-finals for the 11th consecutive season. TPS offered fierce resistance, but had to go on summer vacation.
TPS was close to winning until the last minute of the third period, but Tapparan Anton Levtchi scored a 4-4 equalizer just 45 seconds before the end of the game. Levtchi celebrated a hat trick in the Turku evening.
Emotions heated up in the second set of the match, when TPS Leevi Teissala and Tapparan Brother Matti Savinainen settled their differences in a fist fight. Both received jet command.
Hermonen as the hero of Kärppie’s overtime
Kärpät celebrated a 4–3 overtime win over Jukurei and advanced to the medal games with a 4–2 win. Mikkeli was the great hero of the Kärppi Julius Hermonenwho scored a 4–3 winning goal in the opening minute of extra time (time 60:55).
Flies Teemu Turunen leveled the score at 3–3 in the early moments of the third period. Turunen was injured and had to be sidelined at the end of the third period.
The solution was sought in the overtime, where Kärpät was stronger than Jukurei. Thus Olli Jokinen The league spring of the protected Jukurs got a harsh decision.
HIFK stretched the solution to a stalemate
Saturday’s third quarter-final battle was only decided in the overtime. HIFK fought to a 2–1 home victory over Pelicans and leveled the match wins at 3–3. Jori Lehterä blew up the Helsinki ice rink in 68:26. The goal was Lehtera’s first in the spring playoffs.
HIFK already had a huge chance to settle the fight in the early moments of the overtime, but Iiro Pakarinen missed his penalty kick.
Pelicans were responsible for the goals in regular time Leevi Tukainen and HIFK Juha Jääskä. Both scored their goals already in the first period. Keeper Niko Hovinen shone again as the home team’s last lock.
The decisive seventh quarterfinal match will be played on Tuesday at Pelicans’ home court in Lahti. HIFK was already 0–3 down in the match series, but has risen from its predicament in an incredible way.
HIFK experienced a nasty setback in the match when he injured his leg Kristian Vesalainen dropped out of the lineup in the first round.
KalPa challenges Tappara in the semi-finals
The surprise of the league spring, Kuopio KalPa challenges Tappara in the semi-finals. KalPa knocked out Tampere Ilves, who were among the championship favorites, in the quarterfinals.
In the second pair of matches in the semifinals, Kärpät will face either Pelicans or HIFK. The semi-finals start in less than a week on Friday (April 5).
Jukurit–Kärpät je 3–4
(wins 2–4, Kärpät to the semi-finals)
11.17 1–0 Helenius (Jormakka, Batna) yv
20.38 1–1 Koivunen (Turunen)
25.03 1–2 Antti-Roiko (Tiivola, Jandus)
27.04 2–2 Häkkilä (Puistola)
31.26 3–2 Puistola (Jormakka, Soini)
42.38 3–3 Turunen (Antti-Roiko, Koivunen) yv
60.55 3-4 Hermonen (Koivisto)
HIFK–Pelicans je 2–1
(wins 3–3)
01.48 0–1 Tukiainen (Haatanen, Vilen)
17.09 1–1 Jääskä (Marleau, N Seppälä)
68.26 2–1 Lehterä (Martin, Nättinen) yv
TPS–Tappara je 4–5
(wins 2–4, Tappara to semi-finals)
04.16 0–1 Levtchi (Somppi)
08.13 1–1 Marjala (Lindroth, Wernblom) yv
22.55 1–2 Puhakka (Halloran)
25.46 2–2 Jasu (Salin, Dudas)
34.31 3–2 Turf (Palm)
42.48 3–3 Levtchi (Tanus)
47.20 4–3 Marjala (Lindberg) yv
59.15 4–4 Levtchi (Camper, Kemiläinen)
62.22 4-5 Tanus (Kemiläinen, Vittasmäki)