Atte Ohtamaa has played 500 SM league matches in one club. Ilves and Tappara experienced surprise losses.
Ilves and Tappara, who are at the top of the ice hockey championship league, experienced surprise losses in the last league round of the year. Before Saturday’s round, Koovola’s KooKoo, which was only ranked 14th, gave Ilves a hard time and claimed a 4–0 victory over Tampere.
Tappara, on the other hand, lost to Kärpi 2–5 in Oulu. Tappara started the match strongly and led the match at the beginning of the second period 2–0, but the home team eventually won a great victory.
The winner of the match was scored by the player who played his celebratory match Atte Ohtamaa in 51.03. For the two-time world champion, the league match was the 500th of his career. Connor Bunnaman was the guarantor of victory with his two goals.
– It was a little surprise. Tappara was really strong in the first set. In the second period, they scored an underpowered goal, but then Kärpät got strength from the home crowd, hockey expert Top Nättinen commented on Puhe’s Ice Hockey tour.
Last week Lauri Marjamäki replaced by the head coach Ville Mäntymaa the win was the third in a row. On Thursday, it defeated TPS. With his most recent win, Kärpät moved up to fourth.
– Mentally big scalps for Mäntymaa. Big three-point wins, Nättinen stated.
Points too
Ohtamaa has only represented Kärppi throughout his league career. In the KHL, he represented the Helsinki Jokers.
– Very rare. A respectable career, and he has been an important part of the Kärppie game for a long time, Nättinen praised.
Juhlakalu himself was not completely satisfied with his evening.
– However, we must be able to improve a lot. This gives confidence and credit that we can play better, Ohtamaa stated.
Ohtamaa is a reliable defensive end. Nättinen reminds us that this season he also has a big role in terms of pucks on the defensive end. He has scored the most points among Kärppi defenders, 21.
– He is on pace for 30 points, which is really important for the Kärppi, Nättinen added.
In other matches, HIFK beat Sport 4–1, HPK SaiPa in extra time 3–2, Pelicans Luko 4–3, TPS JYP in extra time 2–1 and Ässät Jukurit 3–2.
You can see the scorers and statistics of the matches in this link.