According to Ismo Lehkonen, EPN’s ice hockey expert, the US successfully took advantage of the Judge’s Line familiar from the tournament NHL.
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In their opening match of the NHL’s four -country tournament in the NHL’s four -country tournament, the USA’s feet clearly 1-6.
EPN hockey expert Ismo Lehkonen The US game plan was perfectly successful. The team, who played a resolutely, took advantage of a familiar judge from the NHL.
-You can play a lot, much more physically than in the World Cup, for example. The United States were clearly more malicious in the duels and in loose discs, says Lehkonen.
Finland, on the other hand, played in Lehkonen’s eye and seemed to be afraid to take the cold.
– We went a bit with their socks for duels, but the Yankees weren’t afraid of them at all. Thus, they were completely taken over by the reel game. I don’t remember because I had last seen such a breathless lion group. Those goals came in pretty bad places and that group couldn’t answer it.
The joy and relaxation was missing
At the time of the second break, the readings were moderately 2-1 for the United States, but Lehkonen thinks Finland was mostly hanging. He missed a bolder and more relaxed game from Finland.
– I think the team was completely missing. It was based quite a bit on the fact that it was a little shy so that not only would come.
In the final round, the Americans ran away from 2-1 to unavailable. The escape began a little luckily when Matthew Tkachukin a shot of a bundle Niko Mikkola From the club to the network.
– There are such “fun gigs” in the slack game, but the lion’s herd now has a pretty tough place to get the package together. For example, how to get the attackers’ game cheerfulness and relaxation? There was a minimum activity for the whole 60 minutes for one reason or another.
Chains new?
The only goal in Finland was struck by the defender Henri Jokiharju third chain Mikael Granlund from the feed. Number one Mikko Rantanen, Alexander Barkov and Artturi Lehkonen Spin at the corners, but did not make the result.
Other attack chains did not reach it for the better.
– Playing in Finland was more of a transfer hockey gaming, and there was a force to get some way to move the disc from its back. There was a little too much feared about the Yankee’s rectangular play.
Before the tournament, there was worry, especially the lions’ thin defense equipment when Miro Heiskanen, Jani Hakanpää and Rasmus Ristolainen They had to leave the tournament due to injuries.
According to Lehkonen, the Finnish packages played quite well, especially in the defense.
– Similarly, the actions that are prescribed work work, but the big thing is how to get disc control gaming to work against top teams in a small rink. If it is a transfer hockey game, the game will turn really fast from the middle.
Second chain of Finland Patrik Laine–Sebastian Aho–Roope Hintz It was also zero. In addition, Laine has a lot of expectations for overpowering.
To top it all off, the Montreal Finnish Star extracts outside the ice, such as overnight arrangementsare of great interest in the media.
– Patrik Laine is always being cooked. Laine must be allowed to be one member of the team. I always like to say “Team Spirit Is Everything” (Finnish team spirit is everything).
– Now here is Patrik Laine, Patrik Laine, Patrik Laine. Let the boy do his job and focus on what the team does, Lehkonen insists.
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