Tappara hosted the KooKoo League semi-finals in the third match and won 4–2.
Tappara goalkeeper Christian Heljanko blocks KilleKoo’s Ville Meskanen shot Petri Saarelainen / AOP
KooKoo surprised at the opening of Tappara’s match series on Friday in Tampere with a 4-3 overtime win. Tappara, the number one in the regular season, set off the levels in the series on Saturday in Kouvola with 6–3 goals and now took the lead 2–1 in the match victories.
Oskari Setänen (pictured) took his turn with KooKoo’s goal. Vesa Pöppönen / AOP
After two rich matches, the teams invested defensively in the opening round, as expected. After the first, tactile ten, the game caught fire when KooKoo took the wrong change to the first ice of the match.
Tappara’s compulsive game spun spectacularly, but it was the turn of the visitors to score Oskari Setänen stretched to a few excellent fights.
KooKoon got the best place in the lot Leevi Aaltonenwhich got straight from the ice sink to a half – run and tapped it from the post – post to the puck post.
In the unpainted opening round, he returned to Tappara’s goal Christian Heljangolle 5 and 11 sets were recorded against Setänen.
Taps open
Right at the beginning of the second installment Ville Meskanen ran into the pass and shot KooKoo to the lead. Kim Strömberg rose by the entry point to the top of the playoffs (4 + 9 = 13).
Tappara’s leveling came in the middle of the batch at the end of a long offensive mill. Patrik Virran The hit was approved by the KooKoo coach Olli Salon despite the challenge.
At 33.33, the puck gods swarmed KooKoo. Defender Peetro Seppälä tried a corner kick from the back of the box. It bounced off the Chief Judge Sakari Suominen through the skate Tapparan To Veli-Matti Savinainenwho drove freely to the finish and skillfully lifted the puck behind Setänen.
The hit was already Fifth in the playoffs for Savina, and he rose to TPS Mikael Pyyhtiän alongside the top of the paint market.
However, KooKoo was not discouraged by the accident. The tie came Radek Koblizekin with a sharp shot from the post-start situation: 2–2.
In the third round, Tappara’s best playoff scorer Joona Luoto (4 + 6 = 10) scored from the penalty spot Kyle Platzer hit close with a 3–2 hit. It was practically created by force majeure, even though Strömberg had just had time to step out of the ice rink into the trough.
At the end, Captain Otto Rauhala finished Tappara’s 4-2 win. It can be considered well-deserved, even if one hit was made with the help of a lucky one.
The teams will meet for the fourth time right on Tuesday in Kouvola.
Today, both had assembly problems, especially in defense. The killer was missing a pair of packages Santtu Kinnunen – Joni Tuulola and KooKoolta Petteri Nikkiläwhose season ended on Saturday with an injury.