Ilves is once again the number one in Tampere. Tappara fell on Friday with 4–1 goals.
Petri Kontiola and Jori Lehterä twisted on Friday at the Nokia Arena. PDO
The head coach Antti Pennanen the debut match as head coach of Ilves started with the toughest possible match mentally, when on Friday it was the local rival Tappara.
The match didn’t really offer game-like subtleties, but the winner was found out this time as well.
Pennanen got the last laugh when the away team Ilves won with goals 4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1).
Ilves took the lead in the second set of the match in 25:54. Joona Ikonen sprinted after the puck, gave an accurate pass and Eemeli Finland shot the ax into the top corner of the goal.
The tassel ears doubled the lead with a bit of luck. by Les Lancaster the shot hit the club jungle in front of the goal (visible Tappara Patrik Virran bat) and bounced past Christian Heljangon. 0–2 in 39.46.
In the third period, within six seconds, Ilves was sentenced to two consecutive two-minute suspensions. The latter of them, Tommi Tikan a breakdown in the opening event, seemed surprising. Tappara grinded for a long time, tactically changed his jacket in between and took a timeout until Christian Tanus in 50.10 shot the black into the cage. Situation 1–2.
In time 56.09 Tapparan Ben Thomas took a careless second from a tackle aimed at the head or neck area.
Ilves Lancaster punished with superiority and took the yellow-greens to a two-goal lead again in 57:27. Tommi Tikka completed the final numbers 1-4 to blanks.
Kaukalo’s best player was Ilves’ goalkeeper Marek Langhamer.
12,600 spectators watched the match at the Nokia Arena.
Two weeks ago, the first Manse local of the season was won by Ilves 3–0.
Ilves has dominated the Tampere locals for the last three seasons: last season the series points went to Ilves 13–5, the previous season 12–3 and in the 2019–20 season 12–6. Before this, Tappara was crushing, as Ilves’ previous dominance was from the 2009–10 season.
The head coach of Ilves, who was fired on Wednesday Bunch of Myrrh The balance of Tampere’s local head coach is a handsome 13 wins and 4 losses.