According to JYP, the reason for canceling Rautakorve’s contract was due to gaming reasons. Mikko Heiskanen starts as the team’s head coach.
JYP, which plays in the ice hockey SM league, has been dismissed by its head coach Jukka Rautakorvin the contract that extended to spring 2025, the club informs on its website.
Also worked as a coach Ville Nieminen the contract has been terminated.
Chairman of the board of JYP Jukka Seppänen says that there are game reasons behind the decision.
– Jukka Rautakorpi introduced a very new level of physical requirements to the team, but in other areas of the game the pace of development was not enough to meet the club’s goals and the ship turned even after numerous meetings, JYP’s director of sports Mikko Viitanen said.
JYP is tenth in the SM league.
To start as the new coach of the team Mikko Heiskanenwho previously worked as an assistant coach in the coaching group.
Rautakorvi’s starting passes are the second dismissals received by the SM league head coach this week. On Monday, Kärpät, which is sixth in the league, fired its head coach Lauri Marjamäki. The basis was athletic success that did not meet the goals.