In the Florida Panthers, the title of master of ceremonies belonged to Anton Lundell.
Florida still played on Finnish time the night before Tuesday and arrived in Finland on Tuesday afternoon.
Aleksander Barkov, who grew up in Tampere, was immediately excited that Lundell, who is from Helsinki, will be responsible for his team’s presentation of the city in Helsinki.
– I said that it’s ok, let’s take care of it. I’ll be happy to show them favorite places. It’s also great that they get a piece of Finnish culture, comments Lundell.
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After a couple of days of fun in Helsinki, the teams traveled to Tampere. There is hardly any getting lost there either, because knowledge of the city can be found especially from Barkov and in Dallas from Roope Hintz, who emphasized that at least “you have to go to the wings”.