JYP, who had been in the lead four times in Lappeenranta, succumbed to SaiPa in overtime in a 13-goal league romp, when the defender Santeri Airola completed the 7–6 solution to the delight of the home spectators in 64.37.
– If you like goals, then it was worth being here. It was colorful. I couldn’t keep up with everything that happened and happened there. The team was persistent and did not give up. We have to be grateful for that, says the SaiPa pilot Raimo Helminen.
In the second set, it seemed for a moment that SaiPalta’s game nerves had let him down with two penalty shots. SaiPan first Saku Salminen took a shot from a cross stick near the sideline and a good five minutes later SaiPan Mikko Petman drove the JYP goalkeeper Wine Vehviläinen on.
– A bit ugly Petman drove over Vehviläinen, I could have avoided the situation. Goalkeepers have to be protected, it’s the lifeblood of hockey. SaiPa is fooling himself now. Does the coach catch on Raimo Helminen “energy” and feel for the players in this way, the expert thought at that point Top Nättinen.
In the end, emotion was the factor that guided SaiPa to victory, even though the minutes in the ice room statistics were marked 54-18 for the yellow and black. More than 4,000 spectators were watching the entertainment.
In the last four sets, SaiPa’s shower decision was already the third, if you include Friday’s match and its third set Ville Petman’s 5+20 minutes from the transverse stick.
JYP’s power players were those who put together a hat trick Miska Siikonen (3+0) and Mikko Perttu (0+4) and Valtteri Ojantakanen (2+1).
HIFK’s winning streak continued
League leader HIFK secured their league lead by defeating tenacious HPK 4–3 in the Vl race. Ville Peltonen the protégés won their seventh game in a row and extended their point streak to nine games. For HPK, the loss was the third in a row. HIFK has now won the Club eleven times in a row.
The league’s top scorer Jori Lehterä continued to collect points and with one goal increased his power balance to 27 (5+22). Lehterä has gone without a point only once in the 16 matches they have played. Raised by ice figures, 19 years old Aatu Karjalainen sivalsi from the back post of the 3–1 goal. The hit and power point was the first of HIFK’s career. Kristian Vesalainen (0+2) worked out the solution that brought victory with the tough guys.
HPK took the third set 2–0 Olli Korhonen and Jesse Kiiskinen with goals, it brought the home team a point for their efforts.
KalPa beat the underdog Kärpät for the second time
Kärpät lost twice to KalPa in back-to-back games played in Oulu. by Filip Westerlund and Aleksi Klemetti with successes KalPa covered Kärpät 2–1 on Saturday. The win was KalPa’s third in a row, Kärpät have lost four of their last five games.
In the opening set KalPan Jaakko Lantta received a five-minute penalty for a tackle on the head and a game penalty on top of that. The center of the foursome and KalPa’s coaching protested the big ice.
– Flies Maxim Korpimäki was in the middle area with his head down, Lantta still decided to tackle him. I don’t think there is a reason for a ban because the person being tackled was crouching, but if you tackle the head (intentionally), then a big penalty is in order, argued ‘s hockey expert Nättinen.
– Sometimes the player is in a bad position on the ice, so you don’t have to go to the middle area to tackle. It’s strange that these often happen to the same players. Lantta, who is known for playing “hide and seek”, drove into the situation on purpose, the expert saw.
For Friday’s league match between the teams, the League’s disciplinary delegation had previously appointed the Kärppie striker Michal Kovarcic too and KalPa’s attacker Konsta Kapanen to a temporary ban.
The brave kiri to victory, the Jukuri pilot bitter from the cold
Jukurien’s goalkeeper born in France Matthieu Herpin tormented Tapparaa for a couple of sets, but the champion finally rose to a 5–3 home win with four hits in the final set, after having been defeated on three separate occasions.
Sakke Hämäläinen (2+1) kept the hopes of the people of Mikkeli alive for a long time. Tappara’s point guard improved Oiva Keskinen (1+2) and points 1+1 clicked Petteri Puhakka, Otto Sompi and Daniel Brickley. For Tappara, the win was the second in a row, Jukurie’s budding winning streak ended in two.
Head coach of the Jukurs Marko Tuomainen criticized his team’s last game, during which Puhakka nailed Tappara’s winning goal in 57.23.
– Our defender lifts the opponent’s stick and this opponent’s stick hits the side of the head, not even the face. The referee blows that high stick into the ice, which was an absolutely shocking decision and took away at least one point from us, Tuomainen stated on his club’s website.
Tappara scored an own goal in the second period when the defender Aleksi Matinmikko steered the puck from close range into his own net to his chagrin. A special hit was marked by Hämäläinen’s name.
With a season record audience, KooKoo came back victorious
Sport kiri trailed by two goals in the third period to 4–4, but collected the points 2+1 Jonne Tammela struck in extra time from a tough shot in 63.48 of Ässie’s 5–4 decision.
The night of nine goals was witnessed by Ässie’s record audience of 5,357 pairs of eyes. About 500 visiting fans from Vaasa had arrived, and the atmosphere was similar in Pori.
In the second period, it seemed that Roope Talajan (2+0) and Jan-Mikael Järvinen (0+2) superior powers already turned the game for Ässi, but Sport still came into the game Viljami Nieminen and Kalle Miketinac with the hits of the final set.
Jarno Pikkarainen led by Ässät is on a five-game point streak and has won four of the last five games. It was Sport’s third away loss in a row.
KooKoo, which lost its three previous matches, built a handsome 4–1 home victory over Pelicans Seth Barton’s with a solo goal and Teemu Engbergin with a dressing room match. Marcus Davidson (0+3) was one of the top players from Kymenlaakso. The victory was deserved, as KooKoo took the shots 66–38.
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