The battle for the position of the first goalkeeper of the Young Lions is going to be tight. Jani Lampinen brought victory against Slovakia, writes Timo Kunnari from Moncton.
Jani Lampinen is another of Finland’s playing goalkeepers. PDO
The Finnish youth hockey team has a traditional positive headache. Who is the number one goalkeeper?
Harvard’s tall man Aku Koskenvuo played in goal for the Young Lions in the opening game against Switzerland. Finland lost the game after a lackluster and confused performance in overtime 2–3.
Espoo-bred Koskenvuo was by no means to blame for the defeat.
In the second game, head coach Tomi Lämsä threw Jani Lampinen into the oven. Another man from Espoo played a victory for Finland.
The team in front of him played briskly better than the day before against Koskenvuo.
After one day off, Finland plays again. The opposite is Latvia. The playing goalkeeper is open.
If the rotation is even, Koskenvuo returns between the posts.
– The original plan was that Lampinen and Koskenvuo would both play one training game. And then we’ll see. Now we have to think about it and have a meeting about it, Lämsä said.
– I listen to Pekka Rinnett a lot when choosing a goalkeeper. This is a team effort, and the coaching staff has a lot of talent. My task is to bring out the know-how.
The goalkeeper is the most important player in the team. In any case, a hot guard must be found as the tournament progresses, if Finland wants to succeed.
There is no problem in Finland. Pekka Rintine has a big say in the selection. The man from Kempele makes decisions with the experience of 683 NHL games.
That’s enough in these roughs.
