The second place in the hockey league regular season, Ilves does not melt the ban on defender Otto Latvala.
Otto Latvala and Tampere Ilves experience hockey league disciplinary delegation The three -match ban on the defender was unfair.
Last Saturday’s KalPa-Ilves match in the second installment of Latvala tackled the KalPan captain on the knee Tuomas from Kiiskiwho the sports director of the Kuopio club Anssi Laine The situation became clear with fright.
Although Kiiskinen tried to dodge and managed to avoid tackling in his upper body, the delegation drew attention to the fact that Latvala was in a wide branch position and pushed his knee forward in the end.
According to the delegation, discipline has not generally imposed a ban on knee tackling if the tackle has at the last minute dodged his upper body out of the tackle.
Ilves takes Latvala’s ban on the Sports Law Enforcement Board for evaluation.
– In our view, the opponent has not been neglected, as stated in the league’s disciplinary decision. Thus, we are looking for an outsider’s view of a situation where the responsibilities of the tackle and the backman are emphasized, Ilves says on his website.