Ilves stayed in Oulu for the night when the semi-final match against Kärpp was interrupted after the ice of the Raksila hall was deceived.
Jouko Myrrä believes Ilves will be under attack on Tuesday. Jussi Saarinen / AOP
The sixth semi-final match of Kärpät – Ilves was 1–0, when the match had to be suspended after a break of more than an hour. The crack in the ice was not repaired despite the efforts of the field staff.
– On behalf of the team, the coaching and the management team, it cannot be said that it was force majeureIlves head coach Jouko Myrrä used the term contract law to mean force majeure.
– If the ice is not in 100% condition, then I don’t think the health of the players can be sacrificed. There the captain went to watch, and it crumbled beneath. The pace is so fast you can’t go to the trough to avoid any point.
Ilves stayed in Oulu for the night.
– Team leader Timo Peltomaa reacts quickly. We are now in a hotel and we are trying to build an identical game day morning and afternoon for tomorrow as it was today. It is hoped that the Flies will be able to arrange the morning ice for us.
According to Myrrä, Ilves does not exacerbate the problem.
– We have such a theme that the adapters will survive. It’s not about the little ones creaking here, but the focus on the things we can influence.
Ilves will lead the semi-finals with 3–2 victories, which means that he will have a semi-finals place when the match is resumed on Tuesday at 6.30 pm in Oulu.
– Then it’s a 50-minute game that starts after the goal. Everything is started to download what can be found on the machine. The credit is, of course, tough, that tomorrow the team will be on top.
– It is a so-called new game, even though a bit of the clock and the board have already been played, Myrrä stated.
A possible seventh match will be played on Wednesday in Tampere.