Ilves’ number one chain continued its top form in its home arena. The Pelicans offered an amazing rise in the SM League.
20:48•Updated 20:53
Ilves’ first line, which shone in the early season of the Ice Hockey SM League, continued its high momentum on Friday at the expense of Jukurei. Ilves defeated Jukurit with 4–1 goals.
Jens Lööke caught two assist points and increased his points balance for the season to 5+13=18. Eemeli Finland with this advantage of one and rose to 16 points. When the center is included Matias Mäntykivin points 4+7, the first chain has scored 45 points in nine matches.
The entire trio was scoreless only in this week’s match against Ässi, when the Tampere team was scoreless anyway.
– This is completely exceptional. At least I don’t remember anything similar, Urheilu’s expert Top Nättinen wondered at the Ice Hockey tour.
The chain got the missing piece
Nättinen reminded that good twos and threes have of course been found in other teams as well, but Ilves’ first fist has been wild compared to them at a high level.
– There has been talk about HIFK’s first chain Jori Lehterä, Iiro Pakarinen, Kristian Vesalainenbut it’s not on the same wall either.
Nättinen pointed out that Mäntykivi has always taken steps forward towards the national team and foreign rinks. Finland, on the other hand, has proven its level and is an Ilves legend already in his lifetime.
– The game head with these two is quite magical. Small passes and all the time the game moves a little forward. It just screamed for a third run. Now Lööke came in, who brought the dexterity of the right, Nättinen summarized.
Amazing rise from the Pelicans
On Friday night, the audience was served plenty of goals. In Lahti, the Pelicans were already losing 0–2 against Tappara, but rose to a 3–2 victory in a five-minute power moment.
Finished the Pelicans’ winning goal with superiority Wyatt Kalnyuk in time 58.42. As the architect of the rise, it’s a mess Ryan Laschwho assisted Kalnyuk’s goal and completed the game tie. The people of Lahti got out of the jumbo place in the series.
HIFK keeper has a bad reaction
New flow, head coach Mikko from the mainland received HPK scored four goals against KooKoo already in the opening set. KooKoo’s rise started in the final set, but HPK took the points by 4–3.
Aces fell badly at KalPa’s feet in his home bowl. KalPa spun his mind to the limit and hit by Patrick Curry (1+1) in the lead already with three goals in the opening round. In the end, the people of Pori bowed with a score of 0-3.
In Jyväskylä, Kiekko-Espoo had a bad start, but in the end the team struggled to overtime. finished the 5–4 winning goal Arttu Tuomaala. The people of Espoo Cameron Hillis manufactured points 1+2.
In Helsinki, HIFK is in trouble against Kärppi. Kärpät already took a 3–1 lead in the second set, when Tommi Kivistön deadlift underpowered bounce HIFK guard by Rastislav Elias behind the back. The match is still in progress.
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