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Finland’s national team captain Jukka Jalonen was furious.
And completely scolded the star player Jesse Puljujärvi.
– He made a big mistake, says the hockey coach to Ilta-Sanomat.
Tre Kronor has been very convincing during the hockey World Cup and won six straight victories in six games in the group stage. It has been considerably tougher for arch-rival Finland, who have had to fight hard and are still in a bad way ahead of the last group stage match.
Finland in the WC
The Finns square off with Austria for the fourth and final play-off spot when everything is decided on Tuesday night. The blue and whites were also looking bad for a long time in the anxiety match against Denmark on Monday.
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Above all, it got really annoying during the second period when the Finnish WC star Jesse Puljujärvi lost the helmet in a gurgle. But instead of leaving the ice, Puljujärvi did what he was not allowed to do and put his helmet back on.
“Big mistake”
The national team captain did Jukka Jalonen pissed off and he then scolded his player in the Finnish booth.
– Jukka said, don’t put the helmet back on your head again, says Puljujärvi after the match.
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Jalonen calls the star’s actions “a big mistake” and Puljujärvi doesn’t even seem to have known that he made a mistake on the ice.
– It doesn’t matter how it goes, you don’t continue the game, he says to the Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat.
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The Finnish national team captain states that he has spoken to all the players that they must go and change immediately after picking up the helmet from the ice. And not continue playing or putting on the helmet.
– It should be enough to tell the players once. “Pulju” must have forgotten that. Or I don’t know if the NHL has a different rule. But he should have known. You shouldn’t have to be reminded of it every day. These are really smart guys, says Jalonen to the newspaper.
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