Anton Levtchi and Kristian Kuusela scored for Tappara in the first Finnish Championship League final. They hadn’t hit the playoffs this spring yet. All three hits of the match were made with superiority.
20.4. 21:00 • Updated April 20 21:51
Tappara won the first final match of the Finnish Hockey League against TPS with 2-1 goals.
TPS shocked the Tampere audience when Juraj Slfafkovsky took the Turku team to the lead after five minutes of play. Tappara’s ice shots took revenge as TPS celebrated with the superiority of the two men.
Tappara’s gold helmet Anton Levtchi however, succeeded at an important moment, while TPS Eemil Viro took a cold. Levtchi fired an equalizer just 38 seconds before the start of the first set.
The second batch went without goals. TPS goalkeeper Andrei Karejev presented a top defense right at the start of the batch when knocked Waltteri Merelän bet with his glove. TPS was in the second round for a long time in the Tappara mangel, but the people of Tampere could not celebrate the goals.
In the final round, however, Tappara scored the final goal. A 39-year-old veteran striker Kristian Kuusela sivalsi to Tappara’s leadership. The hit came again with superiority.
Tappara’s goal scorers were also united by one thing: Levtchi and Kuusela, who flared up in the regular season, scored their first goals in the playoffs at the opening of the final series.
TPS head coach Jussi Ahokka according to the final opening, an accurate five-game was seen.
– The first round was defended quite well, but settled into small margins. A little silly cool thing you can’t take. Okay, the puck went off the legs of the packs, but we have to get those goals off, Ahokas described at the press conference.
Kuusela’s winning goal went down Eemil Viron through the skates behind TPS goalkeeper Andrei Karejev. Before that, TPS’s Mikael Wipe had been caught on the ice floe.
According to Ahokka, TPS is capable of much better than was seen on Wednesday.
– The series is young. Today we were not able to rob Tampere of victory. Once you have to do it. The fight continues.
Sports Expert Topi Nättinen according to Tappara played a very typical match for the team.
– Tappara took advantage of the superiority and tapped his own head. One child came under force, but a very typical Tappara match, Nättinen estimates.
Four victories are needed for the championship. The final series will continue on Saturday in Turku. Puhe will broadcast all the finals of the Finnish Championship League live.
Tappara – TPS 2-1 (1-1.0-0.1-0)
05.15 0-1 Slafkovsky (Nurmi, Lajunen) yv2
19.22 1-1 Levtchi (Tanus, Widow) yv 49.46
2-1 Kuusela (Luoto, Kinnunen) yv
Goalkeepers Heljanko 7+ 3+ 7 = 17 Karejev 4+ 6+ 6 = 16