Lassi Vanhatalo’s penalty came at a fateful moment.
HIFK striker Lassi to Vanhatalo was given a one-game suspension for Tuesday night’s situation.
Vanhatalo hit KalPa with a cross stick Ville from Sweden towards the end of the fourth quarter-final match. Vanhatalo first hit the Swede on the back, after which the Swede turned and was about to strike back, when Vanhatalo hit the Swede again with a cross stick in the neck.
HIFK’s streak was broken when Lassi Vanhatalo went out in Tuesday night’s match, and KalPa evened the match series. Tiia Mahkonen / AOP
Vanhatalo transferred to HIFK from Ässi in the middle of the season. The two-meter power forward has scored a total of 10 power points in 13 matches for the Helsinki club.
Another HIFK gambler under investigation Jere Somervuori on the other hand survived without suspension. The disciplinary delegation considered that the KalPa goalkeeper’s move was suspected to be a kick Talyn Boyko does not fill the mattress with the hallmarks of a kick leading to suspension.
Somervuori’s skate ended up on Boyko’s mattress in a traffic jam, according to the interpretation of the discipline, unintentionally. According to the disciplinary decision the attacker does not put full weight on the leg, so the mattress was subjected to a small amount of weight. In addition, there was no kicking movement in the situation.
The decisive match of the playoff series between HIFK and KalPa will take place on Thursday in Kuopio. Both have won two out of four matches.
