Ice hockey | HIFK won a sweet victory, the head coach of TPS put his own spin on it: “Only some did their job to the fullest”

Strongly Turku Palloseura, who performed at their home arena this season, suffered their second defeat of the season in the hockey league at Turkuhalli on Friday. HIFK broke Turku’s five-match home winning streak and took full points to Helsinki with a 3–0 away win.

The win was HIFK’s third in a row, and the team continues its climb from the tail end of the series.

Head coach of HIFK Ville Peltonen thanked the goalkeeper in particular Niilo Halonen great performance.

“A good and persistent fight from the whole team, and Halonen kept his goal clean nicely. Our defense worked brilliantly, and the team looked really confident”, Peltonen rejoiced.

Otto Paananen took the Helsinki team into the lead midway through the second period. Paajanen surely placed the puck that bounced off the goalie’s save into the backpack. Eetu Koivistoinen increased the guests’ lead in the final set and at the end sealed HIFK’s victory with an empty net goal.

“A really weak performance from us. Only part of the team did their jobs to the fullest, and our fighting game was simply miserable”, lamented the head coach of TPS Jussi Ahokas.

Ice hockey league the surprise result of the league round came from Lahti on Friday, where KooKoo, a visitor from Kouvola, claimed the league points from Pelicans, who have been in a good mood in recent weeks, with a score of 5–1.

KooKoo didn’t slow down in Lahti, but took a 4–0 lead in just over 15 and a half minutes. Top hockey player of the second generation, Swedish striker Emil Molin scored 1+1 points for the away team.

The Pelicans guard had a good fall Patrik Bartosak had enough in the opening set in a 0–4 situation, and he was replaced with a goal Jasper Patrikainen.

The home loss was a big surprise, as the Pelicans were the league’s top team in the fitness scale of the previous ten matches.

KooKoon’s Emil Molin’s father Ove Molin played in the SM league in the season 1996–97 in Helsinki IFK.

Lynx ended their five-match away tour in Jyväskylä with a 2–1 win over JYP. Lynx Joona Ikonen scored 1+1 points.

The loss was JYP’s third in a row. Ilves finished third in the standings, up two places.

Tampere’s other team, Tappara, was also victorious. It also defeated Vaasa’s Sport 3–2 away from home. Defender Brother Matti Vittasmäki and the attacker Jori Lehterä scored 1+1 points each from Tappara. After Ilves, Tappara is fourth in the standings.

HPK lost to SaiPa 1–2 in their home hall after the winning goal contest. SaiPan scored the decisive goal Valtteri Ojantakanen.

After initial difficulties, Kärpät defeated KalPa in the winning goal race 4–3. The winning goal was scored by Kärppien Ville Koivunen. Flies Teemu Turunen basically two goals with his passes