Second goalkeeper Karolus Kaarlehto denied the Jukuri a forced victory.
Karolus Kaarlehto was commanded between the poles in a hard place. Mikko Lieri / AOP
Jukurilotisi Olli Jokinen made a tough decision against KooKoo in the sixth semifinal. A goalkeeper who played an excellent season Oskari Salminen got into the hatch, and was put between the posts Karolus Kaarlehto.
Kaarlehto only joined Jukuri’s strength from the end of the season. On Tuesday night, the stakes were huge – the Jukuri were forced to win.
It did, and Kaarlehto rose completely from the bush to become the star of the evening. Jukurit took the fight 2-1 and leveled the match to 3-3.
At the start of the second half, KooKoo was more than close to taking the lead, but instead of Kaarlehto, the defender saved Niclas Lundgrenwho threw himself into the path of the puck at the last minute.
After two paintless batches, the taps opened. There were ten left in the third set when the puck was dug from KooKoo’s finish. Oliver Larsen sent a punch from the blue line, and the game instrument sank Nick Malikin behind your back. Aatu Räty played an important role as a masquerade man.
Patrik Puistola got to finish the solution goal empty. 16 seconds before the final buzzer Heikki Liedes narrowed, but too late.
Kaarlehto got into a sweat until the end of the contract. KooKoo spun relentlessly but didn’t get a tie on the scoreboard. There were a total of 34 repulsions to the hero of the Jukuri.
The highly exciting series will be decided on Wednesday when the teams meet for the last time in Mikkeli.
“Simple game”
Immediately after the match, Kaarlehto got to interview C More to tell how the surprising command to the goal felt.
– It doesn’t matter – do or diea simple game, Kaarlehto laughed.
In the regular season, he defeated KooKoo twice.
– After all, that was just one game among others. We have a really high quality team, and of course it was nice to have a couple of wins below already from KooKoo myself.
Commentator Mika Saukkonen wondered who would start the finish in the standings on Wednesday.
Kaarlehto was not content to grind only jargon.
– Yes, I think I’ll take care of it tomorrow.