Teemu Pulkkinen overthrew the Jokers.
Teemu Pulkkinen has received a lot of criticism of his decision to continue playing in Russia, even though the country is war in Ukraine. Atte Kajova
A hockey player who returned to Finland Teemu Pulkkinen On Friday, he overthrew his breeding club Jokers.
Pulkkinen scored the second highest league-level in Mestis’s match with all three goals in his team, while K-Vantaa fell the Jokerit in the Helsinki Ice Hall 3-2. K-Vantaa’s victory came in overtime.
Pulkkinen plays for the first time in Finland after Russia expanded its brutal attack war in Ukraine in early 2022.
Pulkkinen was the only Finnish ice hockey player who stayed in Russia at the time.
Because of his background, Pulkkinen received a lot of loud feedback from the Joker supporters. The home crowd whistled and booked for Pulkkinen throughout the evening, not least when Pulkkinen settled the match in overtime.
“You have to be happy with the victory here from Nordis and the Jokers – the series overwhelming pre -favorites and the best team in the series,” Pulkkinen said in an interview with MTV Katsomo after the game.
Pulkkinen admitted that the loss could have come.
– In the name of honesty, the Jokers might have fired three times in the overtime, and we sank into the finish.
K-Vantaa has won all five of its first matches. There are 13 points. The Jokers have scored 11 points from seven games.