Gray clouds gathered in the sky of Oulu’s Kärppie, when the all-important Teemu Turunen hurt his leg. JYP, driven into a losing streak, is struggling with scoring.
Ranked fifth in the ice hockey league’s point exchange Teemu Turunen went to the locker room after injuring his leg as a result of a clean tackle by an opponent.
The Kärppi’s important attacker played just under two minutes in the losing 2–5 game against Kiekko-Espoo.
The Oulu team was silent about Turunen’s injury after the game. He goes for more detailed investigations. In the league table, runner-up Espoo struggled past Kärppi, who are among the champions’ favourites.
The guests Petteri Rimpinen was more advanced than Kärppien in the match between goalkeepers Niclas Westerholm. Peter Quenneville finished his sixth and seventh goals of the season with a shot and a wrister, and with his success, Espoo’s team won their third consecutive victory.
Flies power cannon Reid Gardiner continued his wild scoring streak, scoring his 12th and 13th complete hits of the season. In the first 11 games of the season, the Canadian has been held without a goal only twice. The home loss was Kärpi’s second in a row.
JYP’s downward trend continued in Vaasa
Having signed a two-year head coach contract with JYP of Johan Pennerborn the undercurrent of the proteges did not break when Sport was a number too big for central Finns in terms of gameplay and results.
Sport won Kalle Miketinac, Viljami Nieminen and Anton Stråkan with goals 3–1 in Vaasa.
JYP has won two of its nine matches and the loss was its fourth in a row. The people from Jyväskylä have scored the fewest goals – 19. Sport returned to winning ways after two losses. Alert Niilo Halonen stopped 20 shots in goal for the winners.
Finally a home win for HIFK
HIFK, who had lost their previous four home games, beat Niko Hovinen with enough saves, league jumbo Jukurit scores 2–1.
Hovinen, who was quickly transferred from “retirement” to IFK keeper, has allowed a total of only one goal behind his back in two games.
Iiro Pakarinen and Kristian Vesalainen made the necessary full hits for the reds. Defender of the Jukurs Kasper Soinin the second league goal of his career was a source of joy for the visitors, as was the three-game Ässät loan Karolus Kaarlehton puck stops performed by.
IFK’s track department Micke Asten played the 500th league game of his career. The loss for the Jukurs was the fifth in a row.
Akseli Mäkinen’s first league goal
KooKoo came from two goals behind in the winning goal race to a 4–3 victory over Ässi in Kouvola. Marcus Davidsson brought KooKoo to 2–2 and finished the decisive goal in the penalty shootout.
Passed two hits Vilmos Gallo there were also heroes of KooKoo. The Aces took the shots of the struggle 61–44.
KooKoo has won five of its last six matches. Striker Shaft Hilly22, ignited the people of Kymenlaakso to chase with his first career league hit.
SaiPa ended its losing streak
In Kisapuisto’s goal celebration on Wednesday, SaiPa shrugged off its four-game losing streak and was sharper than Turku Palloseura with 6–5 goals.
In the previous four games Raimo Helminen the troops had scored only three goals. Antti Kalapudas was the home team’s power pack with 2+2 points, Leevi Teissala collected powers 1+2 for TPS.
18-year-old defender of TPS Mitja Jokinen scored the opening goal of his career in the SM league.
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