Tuesday’s league round was played in four different locations.
JYP has not yet adopted Jukka Rautakorven’s game system. The result of the evening was a blunt four-goal loss. All Over Press/Tomi Jokela
HPK–Jukurit – Pekka Jormakka and the young people took responsibility
Mikkelin Jukurit, who parked their bus at Hämeenlinna’s Knight Arena, opened the game strongly and took it under the command of the youth section Joni Jurmon and recovered from the flu Niko Huuhtanen with goals. The head coach Jarno Pikkarainen the speeches at the break clearly woke up the home team, as the Club rose to the levels until the Jukurien’s konkar Pekka Jormakka took the people of Southern Savonia into the lead again.
In the third period, the head coach Olli Jokinen got excited whether Jukurit can withstand HPK, the home crowd and the Canadian powerhouse Michael Jolyn pressure. Quickly called to Mikkeli, injured Markus Ruusun fixer Karolus Kaarlehto continued his confident moves and kept a clean sheet in the final set. Final result 2–3.
Mikkeli had lost the last nine meetings in Hämeenlinna. However, the tribesmen proved that no one can beat them ten times in a row and took the points with them for the first time since 2017.
TPS–Pelicans – Lassi Lehtinen 18 saves
Goals were scarce in the Gatorade Center rink when TPS had visitors from Lahti. The net was waved three times and the 2–1 winning goal was scored by a member of the captaincy and voted best in the game Lauri Korpikoski Jonne Tammelan excellent preliminary work. Pelicans’ only hit Joni Ikonen. Pelicans tried until the last to get the equalizer and played with six field players for a while, but TPS Lassi Lehtinen had decided to take his fifth win from his sixth match.
Jussi Ahokas and the rest of the TPS team can send their thanks to Tampere, because the people from Turku will move up to second place in the standings, overtaking Oulun Kärppi, who lost on Tuesday at Nokia Arena.
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Niko Huuhtanen returned to Jukurie’s lineup after a week’s break and immediately succeeded in scoring. Tomi Natri / All Over Press
Lukko–JYP – Jyväskylä’s good start turned into an ugly defeat
The people of Rauma spent the first half of the game giving mercy to the visiting JYP. In the first set, the players from Jyväskylä kept up well with the hosts and also took the lead Robert Rooban with a man-of-the-match goal. Then Luko’s golden helmet entered the picture Andrei Hakulinen. “Uma” tied the game, was the pitcher for the next two goals and then scored another hit. The latter goal was a real show of skill when the man directed Matt Abt I drew a line effortlessly to the upper corner.
The final score was 5-1. Harri Kainulainen punished the JYP defense for a mistake at the end of the game. Thus, Lukko gets his revenge for the 5-2 loss two weeks ago.
JYP’s season has been difficult. Sami Nikulla and the Jyväskylä club, which started the season with new coaching, has won only two of its seven matches. The league standings are in line with that, and the team finds itself in 11th place.
Ilves–Kärpät – unlucky bounces killed by the people of Oulu
A goal rush was not expected from the top fight in the league, and in the end there was none, when the evening at the Nokia Arena ended with the Tampere people celebrating with a score of 3-1.
The puck bounced unluckily for Ilves in the first two goals of Oulu. Tommi Tikka was able to sail into the free goal after first getting possession of the loose puck and gave the hosts the lead. A moment later, Kärppien’s Teemu Turunen directed Matias Mäntykivin hard pass to own cage. However, Turunen corrected his mistake, narrowing the game, but Joona Ikonen an empty net goal decided the fate of the points once and for all.
Ilves is in the top spot of the SM league. It has lost only once in its seven matches. Kärpi’s loss was the first of the season.