- Manninen has played a big role in winning Olympic and World Championship gold for Leijon.
- A week before Midsummer, the wedding of Manninen and his bride is celebrated.
Sakari Mannisen Markku’s father received congratulations on his son’s gold medals for the third time in three years.
As a continuation of the spring 2019 World Cup gold, Manninen has won both the Olympic gold and the world championship, which was decided late Sunday night.
– Great achievements have been made by the lions in front of Finland, Markku Manninen rejoiced while driving from Tampere to Oulu and the home in Haukipudas Kello on Monday.
– I was watching a game with my partner.
Markku Manninen is about Sakari and his brothers Samin and Simon divorced and socialized with his mother after 15 years Anneli Räisänen with.
In the auditorium of the Nokia arena, the finale was also followed by Sakari’s future wife Liisa Haukka. The wedding is celebrated during Midsummer in Oulu.
– Somewhere in between you should drink medal coffees. The party is after the party, Markku Manninen laughed.
He described his mood as tired but happy.
– I was able to sleep at four times.
That’s it! Sakari Manninen has just shot Finland’s gold paint, and the helmet is allowed to leave. Jussi Saarinen
When the festivities and ceremonies on the ice ended, those close to the lions took a bus reserved for them to Restaurant Tillikka, where the team arrived an hour and a half later.
– We ate in it and saw all the players and coaches and talked to them. Also Kalervo Kummola and the partners were there.
Congratulations have rained on the phone to the fullest.
– Certainly 50-60 messages have arrived and calls will be made to it, Manninen praises.
Feats in the Lion
The audience in the Nokia arena will explode into an outcry as Sakari Manninen airs his championship goal. Jussi Saarinen
In a few years, Sakari Manninen, 30, has risen from a fighting player in his Finnish Championship league to the first center of the Lions and a solver in tough matches.
He made his debut at the Championships in 2018 and played both the Olympics and the World Championships, but no notable success came yet.
Instead, behind the spring 2019 sensation championship, Manninen was already making a strong impact. He shot the extra time goal in the semi-finals against Sweden and was the best scorer in Finland.
Last February, at the Beijing Olympics, Manninen was again a Finnish power player, placed second on the points exchange and reached the All-Stars field.
He was also selected for the star field at the World Championships after being the best goal scorer in Finland with a power of 6 + 4. The most memorable of the hits was the overtime championship goal.
– Michael Granlund scored by Markku Manninen.
– It’s an amazing feeling when your own son does it and succeeds. Cold shivers go through in the body as the nation rumbles and rises. The atmosphere in the hall was quite insane!
The NHL is calling?
Sakari Manninen has no contract with any club for next season.
Among other things, the head coach Jukka Jalonen and the Lion Legend Veli-Pekka Ketola have asserted that despite his small size, he is a completely NHL-level player.
– Now the agent is starting to work on this matter, says Father Manninen about the contract situation.
– Then they wonder what is the right option for Sakari.