Lions & sheep of the Finland-Switzerland match: “Wow, what a beautiful pass”

On the opening day of the EHT tournament, Finland beat Switzerland 4–2.

Juha Jääskä was effective at the EHT opening on Thursday. Stock photo. Petri Saarelainen / AOP

Emil Larmi

Växjö Lakers

It was a difficult start, thanks to the kits, but played an excellent match. Made two real super saves at the end of the second period and kept the game level.

Lassi Lehtinen

Mod

At the end of the bench.

Rasmus Rissanen

Örebro

Strong base bone. Doesn’t show much on the ice, but does his job with almost clinical certainty.

Niklas Friman

Lynx

Reached from Nurme’s serve to the ball, but the shot hit the end wall.

Tarmo Reunanen

Lock

Courage backfired in the first exchange, when a loose puck fell on the Swiss’s shoulder and the net wobbled. Was also late in Switzerland’s 3–2 reduction.

Tony Sund

HIFK

Like Reunanen, he fumbled right away in the first change, but Larmi saved. Recorded an assist to Kaske’s hit.

Oliver Kaski

HV71

A controlled wrist placement from the line to the back corner took Finland to a 3–1 lead.

Valtteri Kemiläinen

Poleaxe

Wow, what a beautiful pass Kemiläinen served for Jääskä’s 2-1 goal. Malta, Malta – and Malta!

Brother Matti Vittasmäki

Poleaxe

The movement is not sparkling, but the lute playing was again of high quality and energetic. With his spread pass, he cleared the point for Jääskä’s hit.

Jesper Mattila

Sword

The leg moved fine. Built a spot for Erholtz at the beginning of the second period with a sharp thrust.

Eemeli Finland

Lynx

Tuhri overpowering the top spot. The dominance known from the league did not succeed.

Henrik Borgström

HV71

Was able to shoot freely from the middle at the beginning of the second period, but did not succeed in his painting intentions.

Sampo Beach

Mod

It took a few sparks to change, but the whole thing was a bit lacking.

Patrik Puistola

Jukurs

Was able to get familiar with the dexterity and structure of league players even in the fiercer EHT tempo. Was priming 3–1 and 4–2 hits.

Niko Huuhtanen

Jukurs

Only got excited in the final set. First made a quality mask on a 3–1 hit and crushed a 4–2 hit a little later.

Hanner Björninen

Örebro

The skipper twisted in his familiar style. At the offensive end, it was pretty thin.

Eemil Erholtz

Aces

Flashy movement throughout the match. Broke through and equalized 1-1 in the middle of the match.

Sebastian Repo

Lock

Served a nice pass to Suomen’s shoulder in the first yv situation and with his bullishness gained another superiority right after.

Juha Jääskä

HIFK

Owned the quick start that led to a 1–1 equalizer and shot a heavy wrist shot for a 2–1 lead. In addition to the power, there is excellent scraping and exploitation, familiar from Liiga.

Arttu Hyry

Flies

Motorize Nelonen’s actions in style. Freed Erholtz’s paint job with a clever knuckle tap.

Markus Nurmi

TPS

The movement is a bit angular to the EHT hiss, but expectedly strong in lateral and turning situations.

Antti Suomela

Lausanne

Would more puckish actions have been expected from the number one center? It would, absolutely.

Oliver Kapanen

Sword

Thirteenth as a striker.

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