“The pressure was enormous” – Olli Jokinen Jukurit believes in a miracle

In front of head coach Olli Jokinen, Pekka Jormakka, who scored Jukurie’s winning goal, sits on the bench. Elmeri Elo / AOP

– Everyone knows our situation: nothing else was enough for us but a three-point win, Jukurie’s head coach Olli Jokinen stated at the press conference.

– It showed in the first set as nervousness. A big goal at the beginning of the second period was a bit of a relief.

Defender by Oliver Larsen after the hit Pekka Jormakka increased the lead from a drive through to two goals.

– We are still alive, and big points for us, Jormakka rejoiced after the game in an interview with C More.

– The movie Do You Believe In Miracles is our motto, he revealed, referring, I guess, to the USA’s miracle at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics: a team made up of college players sensationally knocked off the Soviet Union and won gold.

Lock remained the only one Otto Sompin reduction at the beginning of the final round.

– In the third, the big theme was to start defending and everyone to play, Jokinen said and said that he was very proud of his players.

– They were able to perform, even though the pressure was enormous.

The playoff spot is not in Jukurie’s own hands, but it is close if Kärpät falls in Saturday’s final round in Oulu in regular time.

Lock in slide

Lukko, who continues in third place, has taken only one full-time victory in the last nine matches, and that was with difficulty against league jumbo SaiPa, 1–0.

Still, even SaiPa is above Luko in the nine-match fitness scale, where the team from Rauma is 14th, and only Sport, which has sold out, can be found below.