The Lions will face Switzerland in the Czech Euro Hockey Tour tournament on Saturday.
Petteri Lindbohm’s tackle was heavy. Jaakko Stenroos/AOP
Leijonat has lost 0–1 in the Czech EHT tournament against Switzerland.
Switzerland took the lead at four and a half minutes. The team took the puck away from Leijon and started a counter attack. Marco Miranda rose quickly Jussi Olkinuoran guarded towards the goal and scored a 1–0 goal.
Sakari Manninen got a good chance to score shortly after Switzerland’s success, but the shot didn’t go in.
The opening set had to take a long break when the side of the rink advertisement broke down Petteri Lindbohmin of the power of the tackle. Part of the ad came off completely. Several repairmen arrived at the scene with drills.
In the end, the side was fixed, and the game was able to continue.
New chains
Leijonat plays the EHT tournament. Elmeri Elo / AOP
Leijonat modified their chains quite a bit for the match against Switzerland. The first chain on Saturday is made up of Sakari Manninen, Kasperi Kapanen and Teemu Hartikainen.
Hartikainen did not play in Finland’s previous match against the Czech Republic. Kapanen, on the other hand, rises to the edge of the first chain from the second chain.
They got into formation Jere Sallinen, Juuso Riikola, Petteri Lindbohm and Nikolas Matinpalo
The match started at 13:00. Iltalehti follows the progress of the game in this story.
In its first match of the EHT tournament, Finland won the host country Czech Republic 3–2 at the end of extra time.