HIFK’s dark curse in Tampere Areena continued – JYP striker in incredible mood

HIFK’s super promise Aron Kiviharju made a big mistake, but he made up for it later with the opening goal of his career. Jerry Turkulainen has scored ten points in three games.

Helsinki IFK’s dark streak at the Tampere arena continued on Friday, when Tampere Ilves defeated the Helsinki team 3–2 in the winning goal contest.

Ilves center became the solution Oula Palvewho scored two cool goals in the competition for the winning goal.

The loss was HIFK’s 12th in the history of Tampere Areena. It has never won a match in the new arena.

The game for the people of Helsinki started in a difficult way, when HIFK’s super promise Aron Kiviharju played a puck in front of his own goal at the beginning of the match, and Santeri Virtanen took Ilves to the lead.

Kiviharju made up for his mistake in a wonderful way at the end of the set. He got up from the left side in front of the goal and took the puck into the net in a wonderful way.

The hit was Kiviharju’s first in the SM league. He has been tipped as a first-round player at next summer’s NHL draft.

For the beginning of the third period Iiro Pakarinen gave HIFK a 2–1 lead, but Petr Kodytek tied the game in 57:44 with his seventh goal of the season.

Ilves, who broke their three-game losing streak against Tappara on Thursday, won the second game in a row.

Turku in top form

JYP striker Jerry Turkulainen continued in high spirits. The man from Turku scored three points again (1+2), when JYP defeated KalPa 4–3 after the winning goal contest.

Before this match, the native of Turku had scored a total of seven points in two matches. Thus, he has scored ten points in the last three games. The balance for the whole season is 4+7=11.

– It is indeed a fast pace. If we talk about flow mode, Turkulainen operates in such a state. The superiority game has been a big part of it, Urheilu’s expert Top Nättinen says.

– The native of Turku is known for his cunning passes, but now he has been able to use his shot with superiority and scored goals.

Career opening goals for young people

In the SM league, Friday’s round saw two other league career opening goals. Also KooKoon, to be booked next summer Veeti Väisänen KooKoo’s 3-2 goal with this heavy shot. It was little consolation for the people of Kouvola, as Lukko won the match 5–4.

Captain of the Young Lions’ 2019 world champion team Aarne Talvitie completed his first hit of his league career for TPS. Talvitie succeeded in an important place, as a last-minute hit took the game to overtime. TPS defeated Aces in the end Petrus Palmun (1+1) with a goal of 3–2.