Ville Peltonen did not melt his player’s actions on the ice.
Ville Peltonen roared. Jussi Määtt / AOP
Helsinki IFK suffered a stinging 0–2 loss to Turku Palloseura in their home arena on Friday.
The most telling situation of the match was seen in the second period, when TPS’s Topias Haapanen tackled IFK Micke-Max Åstenia.
The IFK forward seemed to have accentuated the hit when he fell to the ice and continued his journey straight to the locker room. This is usually done when Taklaus is really in the end, but Åsten immediately returned to the rink in the third set.
IFK head coach Ville Peltonen didn’t digest his protege’s trick.
– We learned a lot of good lessons and one lesson is that I don’t believe, and in this club we don’t believe, that you can win something by faking. Today, in my opinion, something outrageous happened against our values and our team will deal with it strictly, Peltonen said at the press conference and continued:
– We don’t approve of what Åsten did. The tackle was clear and good A tackle to the chest. Today there were very competent judges and they also went cheap. It will never win.