KooKoo, Tappara and Ilves won their semi-finals in the men’s hockey league on Monday. KooKoo and Tappara lead the match series with victories 1-0, Ilves leads their own series with victories 2-0.
28.3. 22: 03 • Updated March 28 22:17
Jukurit humbled his home loss by 1-3 goals. KooKoo’s winning goal was controlled by a 26-year-old who jumped in the second set of masks Aleksi Ainalifor whom the goal was the first in the playoffs.
– The puck hit the tip of my skate. This was a fighting game as expected, said Ainali, who had already celebrated the A-Championship gold at HIFK a decade ago.
– It really had to be a long way to get a goal in the playoffs. I would give myself a school grade of 6.5 in the regular season, but I like these games, Ainali grew up growing up at the Nummela Ball Club.
KooKoo won the Jukuri ten times in a row, until the people of Mikkeli turned their course by taking a win in two KooKoo matches at the beginning of the year. Eagle goalkeeper who moved from KooKo to Jukuri Oskari Salminen22, still lost no profit to his ex-club.
– We had a little bit to do. Maybe it had the goodness of KooKoo. For many of us, these are the first games like this. A little nervousness was reflected in the quality of the feeds, the coach of the Yukuri concluded Olli Jokinen.
Ilves struck with the superiority of the extension batch solution
Ilves’ fourth superiority game of the evening brought a 2–1 overtime solution against Kärppi in the second semi-final game on Monday in Oulu. Ilves took the lead in the series 2–0.
In the time 62.34 Petri Kontiola played the scene To Henrik Haapalawhose bet took off Atte from Ohtamaa and surprised that the Flies had played with paint Joel Blomqvistin. Sitting on the ice Juhamatti Aaltonen quickly disappeared into the locker room shelter.
– We try to move the puck with force, but I don’t reveal too much, both flies are reading this stuff, the experienced Kontiola winced.
The flies would go in the opening round in a 1-0 lead Ville Koivunen with paint. Ilves challenged the goal because Troy Bourke was in the goal area, but the goal was passed.
The leveling came quickly. The flies forgot Simon Johansson alone on the back post, and the Swedish defender was allowed to move the end of the bouncing puck to an empty goal.
Like the opening game, Ilves dominated the game most of the time. In the third set, the Flies started to get a grip, but the game turned back to Ilves after the Flies got cold from the wrong substitution.
It was a tough place for the Oulu audience and Kärpi that the referees did not whistle any guest ice in the game. The judges left the field, accompanied by a whistling concert.
Tappara softened Luko’s champion to replace Lehtinen
Tappara, who started the semifinals of the men’s hockey league with a win, managed to force Luko to fight for the Finnish Championship gold last spring. Lassi Lehtinen exchange immediately at the first meeting on Monday at Tampere Arena.
The hosts hit three goals in the second set for six minutes and turned Luko in favor of a two-goal run.
Although it was difficult to put the goals directly on Lehtinen’s spike, he was sent by the head coach of Rauma Marko Virtanen Artem Zagidulinin to the paint.
– I don’t know if it went to Veskari’s spike, or what the idea was, but it’s good that goals were obtained, Tappara fired with the opening goal Kristian Tanus said.
Tappara eventually took the first semi-final 5–3, but the evening could have become really sticky without Tanus ’handsome individual performance early in the second set.
– It had a bit of bad superiority below, and I thought about trying it through simple. I tried not to rub it, and happened to go.
Lock Sami Päivärinta, Miska Kukkonen and Vili Saarijärvi and Tapparan Tanus and Joni Tuulola hit the first playoff goals of their career on Monday. The semi-final will continue on Tuesday in Rauma.