According to goalkeepers, there is a huge disadvantage in the Finnish reel that is not very much talked about.
Three times the Olympic visitor and one of the most famous names in Finnish female ice hockey Meeri Räisänen35, opened up in social media about the injustice.
According to him, in the Men’s Division II match on Saturday, the Gladiators of the Puli-Laukaa Gladiators were labeled too little of his tackles, and the whole thing was passed by the jury by a shrugging.
– This is already ridiculous. Missing at least half of this, and those present are able to prove it, Räisänen wrote with curse words On Instagram.
According to Räisänen, after the match, he received the team’s internal MVP prize after playing two rounds “wearing” and rejecting more than 50 shots.
However, the official minutes of the match showed only 19 tackles. This figure dropped his control percentage to 90, although Räisänen’s calculations said it should have been over 96 %.
Meeri Räisänen rejects discs in the men’s Division II. Linda Malmström
Räisänen says he has pointed out for a small amount of control after the first round to the judge, but he did nothing about it.
– The judge just said “it is like that now.” The matter was completely woolen, Räisänen continues on Instagram.
Räisänen emphasizes that this is not just one match or one mistake.
According to him, the wrong statistics directly influence the player’s ability to proceed in his career, especially in female sports, where every opportunity to show their level is valuable.
– What is the meaning of one game? After all, no one looks at the statistics, let alone make decisions. Shit speech. Everybody looks.
Räisänen says that after Saturday’s match, he also discussed with the opponent team representatives, albeit without success.
Räisänen also talked about it Blue linesite.
Logger
Deputy Chairman of the Finnish Player Association and an experienced goalkeeper Frans tuohimaa Does not cover up care.
– The challenges of statistics are somewhat at the main league level, and the lower the series levels, of course they still get there, says Tuohimaa.
He admits that at lower levels, human errors can be commonplace.
– It is not possible at the main league level that about many tackles will not be marked, he outlines.
Frans Tuohimaa won the Olympic gold in 2022. Pasi Liesimaa
Tuohimaa, who plays as a goalkeeper, knows what it feels like if his own work is not properly seen in the statistics.
– It doesn’t feel good. In my opinion, statistics are one of the most important things in professional sports.
The 34-year-old Tuohimaa remembers his own youth, when statistics were anything but professional.
-In the under-18s, it has been a parent of a player who has had the opening responsibility for the ice-hopping, and then it has calculated the goalkeepers’ accounts with the logist’s accounts.
“I would imagine that this system is also on the lower level of men,” he estimates.
He reminds us that the error can also occur in the other direction.
– I remember that on the junior side, it was also possible to pull home, for example, in the way that at the beginning of the game the home team goalkeeper already has ten tackles.
Statistics affect money
Tuohimaa has last represented Jukurs in the Finnish Champions League. Mikko Lieri / AOP
Statistics may have a direct link to players’ income, as many have different bonus clauses in contracts.
– Statistics must be fair because you can either lose or make money for yourself, Tuohimaa recalls.
– For example, I have had a control percentage bonus. It can be of a type that you get a bonus if the percentage is above 91.5 or 92.5.
Thus, wrong statistics can have concrete financial consequences, not just for players.
– Betting companies offer opportunities to bet anywhere. It is likely that how many tackles the away team goalkeeper has in the next round.
– If someone misses a betting victory because of the fact that some statistics are incorrect, then I think it’s a pretty big drawback.
Misconception
This season, according to Tuohimaa, who plays in IF Björklöven, the Hockeyallsvenska club, the idea that only the success of the team means is still in the Finnish team sports.
– If you complain about missing tackles after winning the game, someone might say, “Calm down, three points, but it matters.”
He remembers the incident from his own junior time.
– After one winning game, I had a bit of a bit of a few tackles, and then I remember they were finally missed. The answer was, what did it matter.
“99 % not enough”
The SM League uses intelligent hockey to automatically make match statistics. Jaakko Stenroos / AOP
Tuohimaa wants to see concrete changes so that the mistakes do not happen.
– I have no information on what the situation this season is, will it fall [SM-liigassa] On top of the intelligent hockey system, a person is fighting, but now it is at least such that you should definitely count.
According to Tuohimaa, smart hockey technology cannot always recognize, for example, situations where the goalkeeper fights the puck without clear shots.
– For example, Siru will not be able to recognize if you reject the pass by twinkling the puck off the opponent’s stage. This is because it lacks a shot before fighting. It is not a perfectly functioning system.
Tuohimaa is tight: half wool is not going.
– These can by no means be left untreated. They have to go 100 % correctly. 99 % is not enough.