The Turku club was found to have failed to comply with statutory premiums.
TUTO has financial problems. Jaakko Stenroos/ AOP
TUTO, who plays in Mestis, loses six series points. In addition, the Finnish Ice Hockey League License Committee launched a penalty fee of EUR 3,000.
The reason for the point reduction And there is a neglect of statutory players’ insurance premiums and financial offenses that violate numerous licenses.
As a result of the point reductions, TUTO will drop eighth in the Mestis regular season.
The Turku club is in bad financial difficulties. Already in September, Iltalehti reported that the club’s background company had defaults that had been dealt with until the district court.
– These were no surprises, but we know what our cash situation is. The problem is that things are not communicated. Now it’s a big deal that the creditors have not been communicated and not kept up to date, the chairman of the TUTO Board of Directors Tuomas Haanpää said in September.
In order to obtain a license next season, Mestis or even the Suomi Series TuTO must be able to pay all statutory premiums for this season.