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Lassi Vanhatalo is moving from Ässi to the capital region. Mika Kylmäniemi / AOP
SM league clubs Porin Ässät and Helsinki IFK inform about the exchange of two players. According to the clubs, Ässät and HIFK have agreed on a player transfer, with which Canadian striker Sean Josling will move to Ässä and the smart winger Lassi Vanhatalo will switch to IFK Helsinki.
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Josling, 26, joined HIFK’s journey in the fall. He had time to knock in 26 matches, 6+5=11.
Vanhatalo, 28, scored 10+10=20 in 43 regular season matches for Pada last season. This season, 4+6=10 points have been registered in 36 matches for the two-meter-tall attacker.
Iltalehti already reported in November that Vanhatalo is switching to HIFK for the next season. Now the transfer was accelerated in a remarkable way.
The SM league clubs have made trades in recent days. Ilves and Kiekko-Espoo announced on Friday that striker Peter Quenneville will switch to Ilves, from which striker Lukas Svejkovsky is going in the other direction.
