Low-spirited Kärpät suffered their fifth consecutive loss in the hockey league. KooKoo got past the Oulu team in the final round.
Julius Hermonen took Kärpät to a 1–0 lead at the end of the second set, but KooKoo won the final set Akseli Mäkinen and by Marcus Davidsson with quick goals to a 2–1 victory over a team from Oulu in a low league, for which it was the fifth consecutive defeat.
– Big win. The team played maturely in the third set and is now starting to realize how to play in certain moments, KooKoo’s coach Joko Myrrä rejoiced.
– Karhunen (goalkeeper) gave us a chance to win today as a goalkeeper, but we didn’t answer the call, Kärppien pilot Ville Mäntymaa regretted.
KooKoo’s victory was the fourth in a row. Kärpät, who entered the series as one of the championship favorites, has finished 11th in the SM league. From nine games in November, Kärpät has scratched eight points.
– In the last eight games, Kärpi has only one win. In some way, Kärppien now has to improve the atmosphere. Either by changes in the goalkeeping department or by changing the coach, ‘s hockey expert thinks Top Nättinen.
Aces blocked Tapparaa
After two losses, Ässät returned to the winning position by defeating the champion Tappara 4–2 in Tampere.
The full hits of the aces were marked Lassi Vanhatalo, Jan-Mikael Järvise, Rami Määtä and for the blank at the end Dylan Fabre.
Ässä defender Määttä was responsible for the winning goal of the match and celebrated his second league goal in his career. He played 176 league games before hitting on February 2 this year against KalPa. Määtta scored his second goal today after 33 goalless games.
Tappara’s rookie striker Benjamin Rautiainen and the captain Otto Rauhala scored in less than 14 minutes, but after that the goalkeeper of Ässien Joni Ortio scored perfectly. Axesrinnat took the shots of the match 53–39.
A sweet goalkeeping debut for Masi Härkönen
Rauman Luko’s four-game point streak was broken in Vaasa, when Sport’s only 18-year-old goalkeeper promise Masi Härkönen made an excellent debut in the hockey league and cemented a 5–1 home win with his confident saves.
The 179-centimeter and 70-kilogram Härkönen substituted between the posts for the first time Miroslav Svobodanwhose season ended with an injury, according to Sport’s Wednesday announcement.
The winners excelled in scoring Martin Hanzl, Atro Leppänen (1+2), Sebastian Stålberg, Johan Sundström and Simon Hjalmarsson (1+1). Sport Cereal The promontory compiled two input entries.
Lukko shot in the match – 20 times more than Sport – a total of 57 times, of which it got 30 towards Sport’s goal.
KalPalla passes, Kantner again as the solver
Two goals Patrick Curry (2+1), Juuso Mäenpää and hit in overtime for the second game in a row Matyas Kantner led KalPa to a 4–3 win over HPK. Kantner also sank the Pelicans in overtime yesterday.
KalPa, who have risen to 46 points alongside Tappara, have won four of their last five games.
Jaakko Rissanen scored the 300th power point of his career in a KalPa shirt. He is the second in history (Tuomas Kiiskinen 312 points) the player who broke the three hundred point barrier in KalPa.
HPK’s scorers were Sami Päivärinta, Teemu Rautiainen and Eetu Tuulola.
Jukurie’s power trio depressed the tired Pelicans
Compiled by Hattrick Peter Abbandonato (3+1) and Jesper Piitulainen (1+2) led the Jukurs to a second consecutive victory, while the Pelicans, who were in a fierce match streak, lost from the lead to a 2–4 loss in Lahti.
Topias Hynninen (0+4) was the third member of Jukurien’s powerhouse.
Pelicans scored Elias Vilen and Johannes Johannesen. Ryan Lasch (0+1) increased his streak to nine.
For the Pelicans, the match was the fourth in the last five days.
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