Jukka Peltola opened from Tappara’s captain’s court

Tappara makes it look so easy.

The machine is not an oversized word to describe Jussi Tapolan to pilot the team level. When the real games of spring came, no stop was found for the ax breasts.

In the fifth final, TPS was not given a return. This is stated, among other things, by the finisher Joona Luoto. The people of Turku were completely left in the ropes.

The only hit made by Luoto in the match was enough to start the championship party.

When it was time to raise the Canadian bowl toward the roof of the Nokia arena, a great moment was experienced.

Appointed captain for this season Otto Rauhala asked my companion Jukka Peltolan I can create. The bowl rose into the air with four hands.

– Otto had already suggested that he ask me to join. Gesture just shows how great a gentleman he is. At the same time, he must be the captain of Tappara.

– It felt great. I remember when I raised the trophy myself together Pekka Saravon with. Valuation is always mutual, Peltola summed up.

Noises and difficulties

By no means did it come. Early in the season, Tappara went deep into the game when the wins didn’t come off.

In the summer, head coach Tapola made a tough decision when Peltola’s C-brand was transferred to Rauhala’s shirt. Surprising choices from backgrounds spread speeches to the public.

The media mute was complete. However, rumors of a break in the Tappara camp have been disputed to this day.

– The whole thing was pretty big. It started to spread wrong. Maybe there was something small about internal communication, but there was nothing wrong with the captain change. In the press, it was inflated, Peltola emphasized.

In a way, the change of captain also reflects the new Tappara. Peltola has not yet revealed the direction of his career, but after the final, there was a taste of farewell.

The enjoyment of spruce

Another badge of the deputy captain wore on his chest Kristian Kuusela.

The magician who saw and experienced everything reached the limit of 1,000 Finnish Championship matches in the regular season in the autumn.

It was followed by a spike in the all-time playoff statistics in the second to final.

Even after 21 league seasons, he was still able to surprise himself.

– At some point through this, there was such a piece when I enjoyed hockey more than a couple of years in total.

– There is certainly no single reason for that, but it felt great.

Kuusela also has an agreement with Tappara for next season.

– I have never considered quitting, the league legend said resolutely.

At the same time, several players admitted that the puck spring had unleashed the joy and feeling that had been pent up for the past two years.

The audience has found the halls in the playoffs. Nearly 12,500 spectators watched Tappara’s championship.

– This is special. Two years have skyrocketed, so you can’t hope that this same boom will continue next season as well, Veli-Matti Savinainen glowed and looked at the joint singing of the final audience.

So do we have to celebrate the whole two years?

– Let’s go one day at a time. My son is coming here with all sorts of cat baptisms, but let’s go ahead and enjoy it, Savinainen predicted almost like a story.