Eetu Tuulola couldn’t help but laugh at the situation.
Tappara had little sleep after the fourth SM league final played in Kouvola.
The seven-round marathon match ended at 00:28, after which Tappara took another bus to Tampere.
Luckily, Axe-breasts were able to travel home with a victory, when Oiva Keskinen tied the match series at 2–2 in 129.54.
– I’m so tired that I don’t even get tired. Of course, it’s a better feeling when you get a win, Kristian Tanus summed up his experience.
Eetu Tuulola made a brutal calculation about when he can sleep in his own bed. The interview was conducted in the corridor of the hall at 00:48.
– What will happen to Tampere now? It’s probably less than three hours. If four o’clock at the latest, he laughed.
– Let’s close the blackout curtains and the doors. Let’s sleep as long as the body allows.
Tuulola was going to close her eyes already on the bus. On Saturday, the match series continues in the Nokia Arena – only 16 hours after the previous game.
– I put my headphones in my ears and listen to some calm music. If only I could sleep for an hour.
Equipment back
Eetu Tuulola pulls the windows and doors into place. Pasi Liesimaa
The evening was also special for both teams in that the match was thought to have ended already in the first overtime. A large part of Tappara’s players had time to go to the locker room when KooKoo’s “winning goal” was disallowed.
For example, Joni Tuulola and goalkeeper Christian Heljanko stomped back onto the ice after already taking off their equipment in the booth.
– If there was a sauna here, Chrisu would probably have gone there already. Good thing he made it back, Tanus laughed.
Tanus made a surprising revelation after the match. He had practically eaten nothing during the game, although trays of pizza and hamburgers were brought to Tappara’s locker room to keep his energy up.
– I took a few cookies and candy. Lunch was served at twelve, and we are still here. Maybe it’s worth putting food in your mouth right now, so that you can go again after 16 hours.
Why didn’t you eat anything?
– I’m looking for a goal.
Kristian Tanus gave everything for Tappara’s victory. Pasi Liesimaa
