The condition of the ice was modest in the Lions’ Saturday games.
The ice in the Nokia Arena was in modest condition on Saturday night in Finland’s match against Germany. Jussi Saarinen
Arena staff took care of the ice in Saturday’s match between Germany and Finland. Jussi Saarinen
Marko Anttila completely unexpectedly went wrong. The same happened to the head judge To Jake Davis. The puck bounced strangely Kaapo Kako from the stage.
The ice of the Nokia Arena, which cost a good 120 million euros, was in poor condition during Saturday night’s World Cup match between Germany and Finland.
– We play three games a day and it’s warm outside, so it does its own tricks. The ice was quite bouncy. But of course the same for both, says the one who scored the 4–3 winning goal for the Lions Mikko Lehtonen.
In Tampere, the temperature dropped to freezing temperatures on Saturday. There was a full house of over 11,700 spectators. Along with the weather and the spectators, humidity came into the arena.
– When the puck bounces and spins, it’s not terribly comfortable. But there is no need to focus more on that, Lehtonen stated.
Of course, puck handling is more difficult when the base is not in the miter.
– The ice is soft. It was the same last season, the Lions forward Teemu Hartikainen stated.
Anttila is a modest man. He said that his own plunge was due to both a lack of skill and the condition of the ice.
– The ice is hard when it’s warm outside. It’s good to skate, but there will be loose snow, the Finnish captain said.
Already at last season’s World Cup, the pucks that bounced off the rinks of the Nokia Arena became a topic of conversation.
The same situation is now.
– The sides are strange. The puck sometimes bounces a meter into the air, Anttila estimates.
The lions’ den Jussi Olkinuoara the condition of the ice didn’t hurt.
– It was worse in the training hall during the morning workouts, he stated.