Ilves set aside the men’s hockey league record when the team took its seventh consecutive three-point win since the beginning of the season.
Ilves crushed Sport 7-2. The Vaasa crew had beaten Ilves in Tampere twice last season. By beating Ässät Pori on Wednesday, Ilves would take the record under their own name.
Having risen to the top of the points exchange with powers of 5+11=16 Jens Lööke set his new single-game points record of 2+2) against his club from the previous two seasons. Lööke is Ilves’ best scorer, three players have scored four goals.
Chain mate Eemeli Finland Kärppien also collected four power points and became second in the points exchange Teemu Turunen before.
Ilves got three new scorers ie Juuso Könenen, Simon Stransky and Samuli Ratinen. Thus, 15 players have scored at least one goal this season. That’s one more than the second place shared by Sport and Tappara.
SaiPa stopped in Rimpinee
Kiekko-Espoo beat SaiPa 2-0. The main architect of the home team’s success was the 18-year-old goalkeeper Petteri Rimpinen. In addition, the hosts were decisively more advanced in front of the goal on the offensive end.
Raimo Helminen head coached SaiPa started the battle strongly, but Rimpinen endured an early landslide. The people of Espoo were hit Janne Hämäläinen and Ottoville Leppänen.
Rimpinen reached 22 puck stops this season as the fifth saver to keep a clean sheet.
A lock for victory at Äijänsuo
Rauman Lukko returned to winning ways by defeating JYP at home with goals 4-2. Both of the opponent’s goals were scored in Äijänsuo To Mikko Pertuwho had more than enough luck on his way.
Luko’s colors were more traditional. It was telling that three hits went to the defenders. by Anton Ohlsson blue line mouth puffer, defender Kalle Ervastin goal interference hit and Nuutti Viitasalo the bold drive to the goal was preceded by the attacker, who had already scored his third hit of the season Henri Ikonen solution.
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