Jarmo Kekäläinen is doing a study of what kind of serial system would best serve Finnish top hockey.
Jarmo Kekäläinen intends to do a comprehensive research on the League’s future series system. Petri Saarelainen / AOP
Tappara, TPS and HIFK, the Jokerit Mestis Society and the Ice Hockey Players’ Association, which will map the future series system.
The study is based on the main owners of these clubs, including Ilkka Paananen and Mikko Kodisoja, who has been wealthy through the Supercell game company, and Zabludowicz, a businessman and major investor in Tampere.
Jarmo Kekäläinen, who has worked in various NHL organizations for years, has been hired as the author of the study.
– I will do as constructive research as possible, which will hopefully help with the league’s own strategy work. If necessary, I am also critical, Kekäläinen tells Iltalehti.
At the same time, the league is doing its own strategy work, which will certainly include mapping of future series models. So, in a way, they do overlapping work.
– The league is aware of this, Kekäläinen says briefly.
Former Columbus Blue Jackets’ long -time General Manager does not yet want to open up the details of their work.
– We are in the early stages and now we’re starting to work.
The man worked for about six and a half years in club boss in Finland. The clubs were HIFK and the Jokers.
Economy and entertainment
For example, the main owners of TPS and HIFK are launching the work of the series system. Aop
Affiliate owners want to turn the attractiveness of Finnish series into the growth and thus develop a Finnish top hockey.
Four key areas are to secure the operating conditions, to work, the player path, entertainment and responsibility.
A strong economy is a key part of the equation.
In the last financial year, a large part of the league shareholders made a loss.