The flies will host Ilves in the fourth match of the League semi-finals.
Stanislav Galimov returned for the fourth match between the Fly Poles – but only for less than 12 minutes. Tomi Mäkipää / AOP
Ilves, the third in the regular season, won the first two matches of the best of seven, but the sixth-placed Kärpät narrowed the winnings to 1-2 on Wednesday.
The 2–1 victory of the people of Oulu was decided in extra time Juhamatti Aaltonen to the chagrin of a home audience of more than 9,000 in the Nokia arena.
The victory for Ilves was only the first of the season for Kärpi. Before Wednesday, Ilves had won all six mutuals this season.
Friday night in Raksila started with a shock treatment given by Ilves: it hit two goals in less than two minutes in the middle of the opening round.
Balazs Sebokin after the opening paint of the flies Ville Koivunen reached the vacancy but failed. At the end of the counterattack Nick Babtiste shot defender David Sklenickan feet from 0 to 2.
That was enough for the Flying coaching leadership of the Flies, who replaced the young man Joel Blomqvistin an experienced Russian between the poles Stanislav Galimovin in place of.
Galimov was on target when the Flies lost the opening match 1–5. After that, in two low-key matches, Blomqvist was in the fight.
Ilves’ star striker at the opening goal Henrik Haapala fell into the same pile with Sklenicka and twisted his knees sadly. Haapala left the locker room, but later returned to the bench.
Nine seconds before the end of the batch Tuukka Tieksola overwhelmed by the 1-2 reduction of the Flies.
The story will be completed as the match progresses.