A podcast run by an NHL player shared a game clip from the SM league.
Kristian Vesalainen escaped to score with a clever pattern. Elmeri Elo / All Over Press
Last Saturday, Helsinki IFK stole two series points from Rauma Luko, when it rose from a 0–3 deficit to a 5–4 overtime victory. The game’s decisive goal came about in a way that has now been astounded even in North America.
At the beginning of the extension period Jori Lehterä won the start. HIFK got the puck for themselves and took it behind their own goal. The bower immediately became a decoy, which Lukon Sebastian Repo as expected observed. But when the striker unexpectedly went to the exchange, he was replaced Kristian Vesalainen “stole” important meters by jumping into the rink from the other end of the bench.
Vesalain ran away Luke Martin pass to drive through and scored a goal.
– It was even polished so much that I was quite sure that I would lose that start, Lehterä laughed after the match.
The rarely-seen substitution bench game took place appropriately in the gray area of the rules. This is also a puddle expert Janne Pesonen spoke on C More’s broadcast.
– A switch error is not terribly far. If it is a couple of meters, the exchange area, Lehterä is now on the exchange and Vesalainen is going on the red line. A bit cheesy, but brilliantly executed. Lehterä is dim with its grouping. Repo follows it and forgets what is happening in the background, “Pessi” analysed.
A former NHL player Paul Bissonnette The NHL podcast Spittin’ Chicklets hosted by Spittin’ Chicklets shared a clip of Vesalainen’s goal from Finnish in X (formerly Twitter).
– Big brains were used for that exchange, it was written in the social publication.
The Followers of the podcast that recently started the uproar about Mike Babcock didn’t quite swallow the glow of the goal. A couple of rulebook experts were also found among the praise.
– The guy left the bench too early, a follower comment.
– It should have been jähy (for a wrong exchange), another writes.
– That wouldn’t necessarily work in an NHL arena, the third thinks.
The comment field also reminds us of Lehterä’s NHL background. Last spring’s Finnish champion played in the years 2014–2019 for the St. Louis Blues and the Philadelphia Flyers.
Vesalainen also has NHL experience. The 24-year-old forward played 70 games for the Winnipeg Jets.