SaiPa took a 1–0 lead in the hockey league in Tampere, but Ilves’ 19-year-old goal shark turned the tide Jani Nymanwho hit the second set in 23:48, 24:48 and 36:36.
– Well bounced today and the first hat trick of my career tasted good. Vali has better self-confidence in scoring, Nyman mused on Puhe’s broadcast.
Nyman is the 49th draft pick of the second round of the NHL club Seattle Kraken for 2022. Last June, he signed a three-year NHL rookie contract with Seattle.
The 191-centimeter and 98-kilogram winger showed off his versatile skills and made three different complete hits. The net swings in SaiPa’s end with a direct drive, control and timely hitting of the front of the goal.
Nyman is an excellent shot and is especially known for his sharp wrist shot. With skillful hands, he is also capable of passes that promote the game. Nyman has been compared sometimes To Patrik Laine. If you want to look for weaknesses in him, there is room for improvement in skating and consistency. Nyman’s goals often come in bunches.
Ilves’ top promise rose to eleven full hits and at the same time to a shared second place from 13th place in the Liiga goal exchange. There is only a teammate ahead of him Petr Kodytekwho has 12 goals.
Nyman now has 11+5=16 performances in 21 league matches. On Saturday, he also broke his single-season goals and points record.
After playing in Mestis, Nyman was awarded Rookie of the Year a couple of years ago. That’s when he forged the previous helmet trick.
In the current season’s U20 age group national team games, Nyman has scored 4+4 points in 7 matches. Without classification, he is part of the Young Lions’ turn-of-the-year World Championship team.
SaiPa’s game slowed down on Saturday against Ilves, when Valtteri Lipiainen in the third period drove at high speed towards puckless Kodytek from the back and in the situation also gave a transverse stick to the lower back of the Czech attacker.
Kodytek recklessly drifted to the end and took a nasty hit. After the video review, Lipiäinen left the big doors to mediate his shower judgments, while Ilves nailed the match with a couple of additional goals.
SaiPa has conceded by far the most rebound goals in the hockey league, a total of 92 in the 21 games they have played. Just three days ago TPS Aarne Intonen peaked his season’s goalscoring streak against Lappeenranta and immediately scored a hat trick against SaiPa.
39-year-olds Kontiola and Pihlström as deciders
In the top game in Helsinki, Tappara defeated IFK 3–2 in overtime, when the ice hockey season opened on Friday Petri Kontiola39, nailed the deciding goal in 61.27. Christian Heljanko was the guarantor of the winners between the posts after making 37 saves.
– There have been successes and it’s good that we won today. But I have to say honestly that it doesn’t feel so comfortable – rather heavy. It’s nice to play that the halls are full of people on the weekend, Kontiola, who collected 1+2 points in his two opening games of the season, talked.
HPK, who had lost seven of their previous eight games, managed a 3–1 home win over Sport. HPK’s 39-year-old age blocker Antti Pihlström finished with two hits.
Up-and-coming KalPa won its fourth match in a row after defeating Kärpät 2–1. Two consecutive KalPa losses were pulled by the Kärppie head coach Lauri Marjamäki dark.
– That is our current level. I’m a bit worried and even today we had attackers who had zero shots, Marjamäki told STT.
Jukurie’s winning streak ended in three games, when Rauman Lukko claimed a 3–2 victory over Mikkeli. The heroes of Rauma were the 30 Malayalam guards who stretched out to make a save Daniel Lebedeff and the defender who collected 1+1 points Niclas Almari.
The early season sensation Ässät has sunk into a small downward spiral. The people of Pori lost for the sixth time in their last seven matches, when TPS was more effective 2-1 in front of nearly 5,000 spectators in Pori.
Ice hockey league on Saturday:
HIFK – Tappara and 2-3 (1-1.0-1.1-0)
61.27 2-3 Kontiola (Kemiläinen, Levtchi)
HPK – Sport 3-1 (1-0,1-1,1-0)
Lynx – SaiPa 5-2 (0-1,3-1,2-0)
Jukurit – Lock 2-3 (1-1.0-1.1-1)
KalPa – Flies 2-1 (0-0.1-0.1-1)
Aces – TPS 1-2 (0-1.1-1.0-0)
KooKoo – Pelicans 4–0 (1-0.3-0.0-0)