Rauman Luko’s handsome winning streak in the hockey league stretched to nine games, and the difference to the carrot pants in sixth place was already 13 points.
League leader Lukko knocked down reigning champion Tappara twice in less than a day, now with a score of 4-2 in Tampere.
Captain Sebastian Repo (1+1), Jakob Stenqvist (1+1) and Antti Saarela (0+2) were the power players of the winners.
Tapparan Juuso Nykänen21, got his name in the League’s goalscoring statistics with his first career success, and the club released Otto Rauhalan year’s graduate paper. That was the end of the home team’s joys.
Expert Top Nättinen in my opinion, the construction of the Lukko crew and the way of playing has been thoroughly reviewed, and it has been successful. All the foreigners are extremely committed and the evenness of the crew is particularly striking.
– Tomi Lämsän the second coaching season is starting to show – and also an excellent cooperation with the sports boss Kalle to Sahlstedt. These two are on the same map and they are top professionals at what they do.
– Luko’s cohesion is good, and all players are clearly satisfied with their roles. Of course, money has been invested, but that alone does not guarantee success. At least three good chains are required for the championship, Luko has what it takes, Nättinen analyzed.
Nättinen: Tappara plays with different rhythms
Depressed Tappara has suffered no fewer than seven losses in the last eight matches.
Around this time last year, Tappara also had a difficult period, when they lost 9 times out of 11 matches they played.
– I could see that there is a little more to this than the normal Tappara process. At least the virtuosity and surprise of attacking play is missing. The basic level of all the kits is also good, but it seems to me that the x-factor is missing, Nättinen enthuses.
– Rikard Grönborgin Tappara plays with three rhythms, as it were; with the rhythms of last season’s players, this season’s players and then mid-season acquisitions.
Expert Nättinen sees that Tappara still has potential, after all Tappara has scored the second most goals in the series.
– Winning must be repeated and difficult periods must be turned around quickly. It is clear that Tappara needs a “liberating blow” for this. Keeper Juha Metsola is not at the level at which he still fought in the fall, Nättinen adds.
All matches on Saturday
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