Finnish teams Jukurit and Ilves played in the CHL on Friday. The Mikkeli community received bad news.
Olli Jokinen is the head coach of Mikkelin Jukurie. Tomi Natri / AOP
On Friday, Mikkelin Jukurit suffered a 3-4 loss to the Swedish team Lulaja in the hockey CHL.
Jukurit experienced a big setback in the match when the goalkeeper Markus Ruusu was injured in the second set.
The injury occurred in a goal-scoring situation. Ruusu blocked the puck, but the Swedish player knocked the Jukurie defender over him.
A teammate hit Ruusu in the neck and head. Veskari was frozen for a while, until he skated twice towards the bench.
Ruusu made it to the dressing room under his own power.
A 20-year-old was replaced between the posts Lukas Silvennoinenwho hasn’t even debuted in the SM league.
The TPS graduate moved to Mikkeli in 2020. He has played two matches in Jukurien A-juniors this season with a save percentage of 83.3.
In the previous season, Silvennoinen was between the posts in 27 A-juniors matches and saved with 88.7 percent certainty.
Ruusu played the previous three seasons in JYP, but also played in Sweden’s Allsvenskan.
Jukurie’s goalkeeping situation is dire, even though the season hasn’t really gotten going.
The club’s number one goalkeeper Frans Tuohimaa was not in the lineup against Lulea. According to C More’s narrator, Tuohimaa is suffering from “small ailments”. The two best defenders are now on the sidelines.
Jukurit bent
Markus Ruusu still represented JYP last season. Tomi Jokela/AOP
Jukurit was leading the match before Ruusu’s injury Niko Huuhtanen and Otto Mäkinen with hits 2–0.
However, Lulaja rose to the levels. Isac Brannstrom narrowed in the second set, and Leijonis familiar Juhani Tyrväinen tied the score at 2-2 right at the beginning of the third period.
The match remained exciting until the end. Jesper Piitulainen put Jukurit back in the lead when five and a half minutes had passed in the final set.
Luulaja, however, put flour in Finns’ mouths. Brännström, the biggest star of the evening, scored two more goals and completed the hat trick. Lulea won 4–3.
Brännström scored 3+1.
In addition to Tyrväinen, Lulea is represented by Finns Leo Komarov, Julius Honka, Joonas Rask and Olli Nikupeteri.
The lynx has its own paint
Among the Finnish clubs, Ilves also played in the CHL on Friday. The match was not successful for the people of Tampere, as the Swiss side Fribourg defeated the club 2–0.
The opening goal of the match was bitter for Ilves, because the puck went past their own defender Jarkko Parikan through to the finish line. A hit was scored For Sandro Schmid.
Friborg scored the second goal just 36 seconds later.
Ilves has won only one of its three CHL matches this season.