JYP was the only home winner of the hockey round. With NHL reinforcements in its ranks, SaiPa continued its wild winning streak.
SaiPa extended its club history’s longest winning streak to nine in Mikkeli. Raimo Helminen the protégés beat Jukurit 3–2. The match was largely decided by the away team’s two quick goals, which they scored in two minutes. The three-point win was SaiPa’s eighth in a row.
– Absolutely insane bet from SaiPa. The most recent loss is over a month ago on October 18th. The previous three wins are goal wins, that says a lot about the team. For a new goaltender, an ex-NHL goaltender To Michael Hutchinson 31 saves and especially mentally a very important victory, notes the expert Top Nättinen.
Mikko Kousa scored the third, ultimately decisive goal at the beginning of the final set. It was the second hit of the season for the defender and at the same time the second winning goal.
When a good third has been played in the hockey league, SaiPa, which is second in the series, has collected no less than 30 points more than Jukurit, the bottom of the series. That’s a staggering amount when you consider the starting points and expectations.
KalPa too much for TPS
Series three KalPa claimed a 3–1 away victory over Palloseura in Turku. Benjamin Korhonen, Patrick Curry and hit empty Konsta Kapanen were responsible for the full hits of the people of Savoia. Aleksi Klemetti assisted KalPa’s first two goals.
For TPS it was the second loss in a row, for KalPa the victory was the second in a row.
– Very hard points. A smooth and fast-paced game with an exciting ending. One TPS shot bounced down from the top tube – luckily for us. Every guy put his body in a good place and took bruises, praised the KalPa pilot Petri Karjalainen.
Aces came out of the hole in the third set
Ässät nujersi, who recovered from the crushing loss to Kiekko-Espo I flew to Hämeenahon with a 3–2 goal scored by the home team HPK in 53:07.
For the club, which led the match twice, the loss was the fourth in the last five matches. Ace pilot Jarno Pikkarainen praised the third set of the cauldron, which it won 2–0.
– A countdown game. The game-winning behavior didn’t last the full 60 minutes. We started well, but unfortunately we gave the Aces’ strengths to their use. The team’s play sagged, if it was already better than us in the previous two games, disappointed HPK coach Mikko Manner comment.
Mäntymaa: Hupsis goals
Lukko held the lead the entire time in Oulu and beat Kärpät 4–3. The winning goal was a Yankee striker I see Kuhlman’s handwriting. Captain Sebastian Repo (1+1) and Steven Jandric (0+2) were the power duo of the Romanians.
Ben Tardif was by three points (2+1) Kärppie’s bright spot, like the entire number one chain.
Ville Mäntymaan The most goals in the League have been scored in the net by the subordinates. For the 12th time this season four or more goals were scored for Kärpi.
– The better team took three points today. Sure, we had our moments. Hupsis goals came again, even though the team otherwise defended well, Mäntymaa said.
Ojantakane lifted JYP to victory in overtime
JYP crashed Valtteri Ojantakanen Sportin with a 3-2 overtime goal. The guts of the people of Vaasa was to rise from a two-goal deficit. It was awarded with a point.
20 years old Jere Lassila (1+1) and scored the opening goal of his league career, 21 years old Valtteri Aliranta were the other solvers of the Central Finns.
In the opening set in 5:57, quite a video inspection was seen. Lassila’s 1-0 goal was accepted based on the video, even though Sport’s goalkeeper’s mattress was crushed just moments before the goal. In the same situation Miroslav Svoboda injured and sidelined.
Expert Nättinen commented on Radio Suomen’s puck broadcast that in his opinion, the situation was even ready to reject the goal.
In the same situation, another setback was whistled for Sport, when For Johan Sundström a tackle on the head was judged, resulting in a 5+20 minute penalty.
– Came with an elbow directly in the face of Lassila, who was lying on the ground. I’ve never seen a player lying on the ground being tackled in the head like that. Sundström didn’t even protest in the situation, notes Nättinen.
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