SM League Second Final SaiPa-KalPa on Saturday 26.4. The live broadcast of the EPN hockey round starts at 4:30 pm.
The Finnish Hockey League finals began in Kuopio with a 6-2 away win in Kuopio.
Although the Sensation Bundle from Lappeenranta, who plays the first finals of his history, started even in the light of the most important numbers of the spring peak, even crushing, SaiPa’s head coach Raimo Helminen The estimate was straight.
– The numbers are completely lying, Helminen summed up both at a press conference and in front of the writing media.
KalPa took the first two rounds, although Helminen said KalPa’s strengths did not surprise SaiPa.
KalPa’s commander Petri Karjalainen He was on the same line, but admitted that SaiPa, of course, earned his victory because it was more efficient.
– We stayed well in our planning 36-37 minutes and left the away team.
– The direction of the game turned completely. Yes, we need to be able to wipe out what happens, whether negative or positive.
How did you giggle?
At the end of the second round, the turning point was seen at the end of the second round and at the beginning of the third round, when SaiPa fired four goals in less than eight minutes.
Initially Juuso Heikkilä leveled out of a magnificent quick attack, and 16 seconds later struck Antti Kalapudas with the attack head deprivation.
KalPa nitkahi was special and started the third round miserably. The last staple was Heikkilä’s 3-1 goal, which KalPa challenged the goalkeeper as a harassment.
The KalPa camp was still hot after the match and it was felt that Heikkilä skate hit Stefanos lekas the mattress. Based on the TV images, contact may have been outside the area, and Lekkas himself rushed to Heikkilä on his club.
Also an expert Topi Nättinen It considered the challenge to be weak.
– Lekkas clearly made the contact itself.
KalPa got his wrong challenge on the ice, and Heikkilä finished his hat trick with a fierce top tissue.
In any case, head coaches bundle of the opening final is easy to sign.
– The finale was very dual. KalPa really good for the first 35 minutes. SaiPa had a single moment when he could even play a little on the reel, Nättinen times.
In the first two rounds of SaiPan Kari Piiroinen took 25 tackles, Lekkas 11.
Still, KalPa did not reach the best scoring sites.
– SaiPa was weak in the reel, but of course he defended very hard.
Eventually, in the middle of the match, KalPa scored a very typical goal. In the bold reel control of Kuopio people, the places change quickly.
The paint was created when the defender Jesper Mattila toured SaiPa behind the goal and fed to a pair of paces against the blue line Lasse for Lappalainenwho sparked the opening of the finals.
After the KalPa leading paint SaiPan Otto Kivenmäki Hook the first match of the match.
Topi Nättinen sees that the picture of the match changed.
– The cooler, which SaiPa killed, was somehow a turning point. SaiPa received such a successful performance when they had never succeeded any more in the game.
SaiPa gained faith and at the other end started with a rhythm.
– Yes, they were a bit of gift paint. The handicap was SaiPa’s first decent place, immediately the paint.
– Then (Tanoma) Salmela It was confused, that’s a good gift paint. Then it somehow clicked.
SaiPa got on the spirit, while KalPa could not deal with two quick goals of her opponent.
It was noticed by the beginning of the third round.
– And not even paralyzed, but SaiPa just came with such a hard drive.
KalPa still got artificial respiration Matyas Kantner 2-4 reduction, but at that point SaiPa was already at its own.
– SaiPa was just the tough, annoying SaiPa that it is at its best.
Everything was crowned by SaiPa’s typical hit with the number one hit with a quick turn.
The team’s number one trader Kivenmäki sent his own end of the perfect “billiard feed” through the opponent to the opponent’s blue line Ville Petman on a blade. Petman pulled a 5-2-nail in the coffin under a lekkas.
What changes on Saturday?
The finals will continue on Saturday.
Nättinen emphasizes that SaiPan needs to make the 60 minutes more intact, KalPan takes 35 minutes from the opening final.
– But it worries in KalPa that the spiritual side was so bad.
– Even before his goals, SaiPa’s game began to be more energetic, more active. KalPa was clearly not aware of it or not just kept involved. When you go to the Kisapuisto Park, KalPa must be more mentally and playfully patient, you need to tolerate difficult moments.
In the end, SaiPa was a more patient and, above all, more effective party.
On Saturday, more bigger turning points can be expected. In the Finnish Champions League, the playoffs have rarely risen from a 0-2 loss.
– On Friday, both had their moments, and if they both take good things, there will be a tough game, but KalPa already has a forced win. Really, really big match.
SM League Second Final SaiPa-KalPa on Saturday 26.4. The live broadcast of the EPN hockey round starts at 4:30 pm.