Iltalehti follows the traditional Boxing Day round of the SM league in this story. In the SM league, a full round of seven matches will be played in honor of Boxing Day. Top club Tappara will meet Ässät, in Oulu Kärpät and JYP, who shared the head coach sacks before Christmas, will measure each other. HIFK suffers from an acute shortage of players. Kristian Vesalainen, Joona Lehmus, Luke Martin, Petteri Lindbohm, Einari Luhanka, Kasper Kotkansalo, Niko Seppälä, Leo Komarov and Aron Kiviharju are on the sidelines due to injury or illness.
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