Ice hockey | Kärpät claimed two points from Helsinki – a fatal mistake from HIFK’s young coach

HIFK–Kärpät 3–4 yrs.

A cloud of hurt Helsinki IFK, which is struggling in the middle, met Nordis on Friday night with Oulun Kärpät. A solution to the match was sought in a shootout, where Aleksi Antti-Roiko decided the victory for Oulu with a score of 4–3.

At the same time, HIFK’s losing streak grew to three matches. For Kärp, the win was the second in a row.

The most special moment of the match was seen in 27:35, when Kärppien Tommi Kivistön to everyone’s surprise, a high clearance puck from far from the central area hit the goal. Kiekko took the bounce a few meters away from the HIFK goalkeeper About Rastislav Eliaks and rolled from the equipment of the 20-year-old Slovakian veskar into the goal, at the same time giving Kärpät a 3–1 lead.

The team’s number one goalkeeper Roope Taponen was on the sidelines for the second match in a row. Taponen was injured in last Saturday’s game against the Pelicans when the goalie collided with one Miro Väänänen with.

Initial beats HIFK’s captain hit the goalpost with superior strength Ilari Melart in time 9.06. The 35-year-old Melart, who played his third game of the season, ended the red shirts’ long run of superiority by shooting the puck Leo Komarov input Tomi Karhusen to the upper corner of the guarded fly goal.

The Flies’ answer came just a few minutes later, when the Canadian striker Ben Tardif found his free countryman with his pass by Reid Gardiner.

Gardiner, who is playing in his fourth season in the SM league, shot the puck through the goal post and became the first player to break the ten-goal barrier in the current season.

In the second period, it was Tardif’s turn to score, when he hit the loose puck from Elias’ save.

HIFK joined the fight in the final set, when first Luke Martin brought the people from Helsinki to the end of the goal with his line shot and Iiro Pakarinen equalized four minutes later.

of HIFK of the main crew on the side were long-term injured Juhani Jasu, Daniel Mäkiaho and Tony Sund. Defenders too Einari Luhanka and Oskari Manninen and the attacker Vincent Marleau were absent due to injuries.

More headaches for the people of Helsinki came in the second set, when Kristian Vesalainen dropped out of the lineup.

HIFK’s lineup also saw new blood when the Swedish defender Fredrik Granberg debuted in the SM league. The 24-year-old large Granberg clocked 15:52 playing time in the match without any statistical markings.

HIFK’s season continues right away on Saturday, when the Helsinki team travel to Lappeenranta as guests of SaiPa. Kärpät, on the other hand, will face TPS in Turku. The matches start at 5 p.m.