In Friday’s hockey round, four players scored their first career goal. Among the top teams, Ilves and HIFK won, Tappara experienced K-Espoo’s momentum.
11.10. 21:19•Updated 11.10. 22:02
The league’s top club Ilves caused Kärpi a second consecutive defeat Samuli Ratinen 4–3 with an overtime goal. For Ilves, the win in the home arena was already the seventh of the season.
Washed to become the powerhouse of the Kärppi for this season Michal Kovarcik had scored only one goal in 11 matches of the season, but the Czech talent came up nicely after being injured Teemu Turunen as a replacement with 2+1 power. Kovarcik brought the people of Oulu to 3–3 in 57.59.
Thirteenth league hit Reid Gardiner passed all the Kärppie’s hits and increased his season’s points to 19 (13+6).
Standstill pack Sebastian Soini completed a handsome 2-1 lead for Ilves, which was the first of his career for the 18-year-old from Tampere in his 11th league game. Ilves defender Simon Johansson improved with two hits, Matias Mantykivi your balance 0+3. Ilves took the shots in the fight 57–29.
Jyrki Ahon coached by Kiekko-Espu, the game is in full swing and the home stand is full of fans. The reigning champion Tappara, who got into Friday’s Espoo sauna, succumbed in the late game with 3–5 goals. The win was K-Espo’s fourth in a row.
The Tappara captain who completed 500 league matches last weekend Otto Rauhala got hard Ville Lajunen shot in the face. Kiekko-Espoo came fourth in the series and overtook Tappara, who played a couple of matches less, and has now lost two road matches in a row.
KooKoo runs
Bunch of Myrrh piloted by KooKoo, they got their sixth win in the last seven games by defeating Turku Palloseura 2–1 in overtime. Otto Paajanen nailed the solution in 61.47. Petter Emanuelsson gave KooKoo the lead in the second set until Lukas Wernblom brought TPS level three minutes later. The loss for Turku was the third in a row.
They are among the best paintsmiths of the people of Rauma Steven Jandric and hit hard Jami Krannila seemed to be the opening success of the direction for the Romanians. In the end, Lukko didn’t leave a single piece for HPK, but forged a clear 5–0 victory over the weakest visiting team in the series.
The loss was the club’s sixth away game. Tomi Lämsän the protégés have won three of their last four matches. Mikko Mannerin under him, the “bye game” was HPK’s first. Lock was dominant in shots with a score of 67–30
Played eleven opening matches without success Joonas Rask found his goals in Mikkeli, leading HIFK to a 4–2 victory over Jukurei with two goals. Chain mate Leo Komarov snapped three entry marks. The 18-year-old brought up by Jokipoikien, HIFK defender Niklas Nykyri scored the opening goal of his career.
Leader of the league’s point exchange, HIFK’s number one center Jori Lehterä broke the 20-point mark as the first player this season with 3+17. The loss was the sixth in a row for Jukurei.
JYP rose to a tasty victory in the derby
JYP said goodbye to their four-game losing streak by winning the last ten with two goals to a 4–3 victory in the Järvi-Suomen derby in Kuopio.
Jere Lassila scored his opening goal of the season for the guests in just over half an hour. JYP’s three-court defender Why Tumanovs? put the visitors up 3-3 in the 50th minute. The league win was the first of the 23-year-old Latvian’s career. Tuukka Tieksolan a snappy overpowering shot in 57.16 sealed the point pot for the guests.
KalPan Joona Saarelainen18, scored the first goal of his Liiga career. Other KalPa players who rocked the net were Patrick Curry and Andreas Okany. KalPa’s winning streak of four matches was broken.
In a good mood Antti Kalapudas (1+2) and Ville Petman (2+0) led SaiPa to a 3–2 away win over Sport. The defeat was bitter for the people of Vaasa, as they took Mittelö’s shots 59–26 and still remained scoreless in front of a handsome audience – 4,476. Kalapudas has collected 3+4 power plays in two games this week and has risen to 8th place in the points exchange with 6+8=14 points.
Raimo Helminen for the troops, the victory was the second in a row. Eighth in the league, SaiPa has collected only one less point in the first 12 matches than Kärpät, who were among the championship candidates before the season.
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