Two away victories were seen in the ice hockey SM league.
Kristian Vesalainen stopped by Lucas Nordsäter’s gluing shop. Matti Raivio/AOP
HIFK lost to Mikkeli Jukurei in the match played in Helsinki by 1–3.
Joona Lehmus The 1–2 reduction in time 57.54 brought hope to the home team, but Patrik Puistola shot the puck into an empty IFK backpack in the last minute.
Lehmus’ goal ended HIFK’s 115-minute scoreless streak in front of the home crowd in the Nordenskiöldinkatu hall, as last Friday Tappara claimed a 4-0 victory over the capital. On Saturday, HIFK lost 1-6 to Sport in Vaasa.
With three consecutive defeats Ville Peltonen the team has finished tenth in the series. Jukurit, cool with three wins in a row, is in eighth place, two points ahead of the Helsinki team.
Aaltonen’s underpowered goal decided
Jukurit also struck at the end of the first and second set. The opening goal of the match was answered with superiority Niilo Huuhtanen. The 2–0 hit, which was the winning goal, was named after him Juhamatti Aaltonenwhich punished the hosts with an underpowered performance.
In the second match of the evening, KooKoo made a successful trip to Lappeenranta, where the host team SaiPa fell 4–3.
The spearhead of the Kouvola players had made the opening goal 1–0 after only 23 seconds of play and completed the winning goal in the third period Heikki Liedes. There were also men with two power points at KooKoo Kasperi Ojantakanen (0+2) and Charles-Edouard D’Astous (0+2).
For KalPa, which is fifth in the standings, the loss was the fourth in a row. KooKoo is 12th.