Tappara – Frölunda 1:5 (end) | JYP – Skellefteå 5:4 (end) | Kärpät – Vienna 3:1 (end)
TPS – Lukko 1:5 (end) | Sparta – Linköping 1:2 (end) | Fribourg – IFK Helsinki 2:2 (end)
Genève – SaiPa 2:0 (end) | Luleå – Salzburg 2:4 (end)
final
Tappara Tampere
1:5 (0:3, 0:1, 1:1)
Frölunda Gothenburg
Tuesday 04.11.2014, 17:30 • Hakametsä • Champions League
     
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    Frölunda's head coach Roger Rönnberg was happy of the result after the game. He also gave credit to Tappara.

    "I don't think that the score reflects the game. I think that Tappara was better than that and it was more even game. We were a bit lucky in our offense and we had a good goaltender."

    Rönnberg also gave credit to couple of his players.

    "Our young defender Jakob Larsson was good. Our goalkeeper was also good."

    Rönnberg also had a clear vision for next week's game against Tappara.

    "I think that we have to play better against Tappara next week in order to win that game. We have to play better over all, with the puck and without the puck. We have to keep focused and follow our game plan the whole 60 minutes."
     
    After the game Tappara's head coach Jussi Tapola admitted that Frölunda's quality was known beforehand by Tappara.

    "Frölunda is a team of high quality and we knew it. We were able to keep the needed level of doing at times, but nowhere near the whole game."

    Tapola also admitted that Frölunda was the better team in the big picture.

    "We put everything on the line, both mentally and physically. I assumed that we would have enough strenght for this kind of an opponent but as we could see in the beginnig, we didn't. Frölunda was this much better, there is no denying it."

    - We had troubles getting into the attacking zone. The speed and the readiness of our game wasn't enough.

    "Dominik Hrachovina played in Tappara's goal for this game although Juha Metsola has played almost all the other games this season. Hrachovina wasn't able to carry the team to victory and Frölunda's fourth goal was totally his fault. Tapola didn't still put all the blame to Hrachovina."

    "I don't blame Dominik for the goals. I thought that the team would be playing for him and would be fired up. Juha needs rest, especially now when he joins the national team for the Karjala-tournament. We need two goalkeepers all the time and tight spots are areas of growth. Now Dominik had them."
     
    Shots on goal: 19-38
    Penalty minutes: 8-10
    PP goals: 0-1
    SH goals: 1-1

     
    Tappara was better in the last period than in the earlier ones. Frölunda was still much better in all. Shots 10-11.
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:27
    Hrachovina covers the puck for a face-off.
     
    59:24
    Hrachovina covers a loose puck for a face-off.
     
    59:09
    Puck bounces outside the rink. Game continues from the middle zone.
     
    59:03
    Hrachovina covers the puck for a face-off.
     
    58:47
    Awful powerplay from Tappara.
     
    58:26
    Peltola shot on goal, Johansson saves.
     
    57:55
    "Hey guys, you are on powerplay!" echoes in the arena. Tells everything about Tappara's powerplay.
     
    56:39
    Larsson two minutes penalty for high sticking. Tappara powerplay.
     
    55:39
    Awful powerplay from Frölunda. They managed only to get a goal against them while scoring none themselves.
     
    54:49
    Goal for Tappara!
    A 2 on 1-attack while shorthanded. A nice pass and a deke. Scored by ANTTI ERKINJUNTTI, assisted by Jukka Peltola and David Kolomatis.
     
    53:34
    Mäkinen two minutes penalty for tripping. Frölunda powerplay.
     
    53:09
    Puck bounces around the goal and Hrachovina covers it for a face-off.
     
    51:38
    Kolomatis and Erkinjuntti shots on goal, to no avail.
     
    50:57
    Axelsson shot on goal, Hrachovina deflects the shot to corner.
     
    49:51
    Tappara offside.
     
    49:11
    Game stopped, puck outside the rink. A bit of an argument after that with the teams, nothing big though.
     
    48:46
    Game stopped, Frölunda hand-pass. Wrong call though. Game continues from their end.
     
    48:09
    Figren shoots in front of the goal, Hrachovina is able to stop it with his pads.
     
    47:40
    Goal for Frölunda!
    A nice pass in front of the goal and Janmark has an open net. Scored by MATTIAS JANMARK. Assisted by: Artturi Lehkonen, Robin Figren. 0-5
     
    46:24
    Kolomatis shot on goal, bounces wildly but Johansson handles it.
     
    44:59
    Gustafsson shot on goal, Hrachovina saves with stick.
     
    44:39
    Frölunda time-out. Tappara has had a strong start so Rönnberg might have wanted to release the pressure a bit.
     
    44:39
    Jormakka shoves the puck towards goal, Johansson stops easily.
     
    41:34
    Kolomatis shot on goal, easy save for Johansson. A bad powerplay from Tappara.
     
    41:08
    Kolomatis shot on goal, easy save for Johansson.
     
    40:43
    Frölunda offside.
     
    40:35
    Blidh shot on goal, blocker save by Hrachovina.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Shots 3-15. Frölunda doesn't give a real chance to Tappara. Tappara tries hard but their own mistakes cost them a lot. Third period starts at 19.14 CET, 20.14 EET.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    BLIDH - 0:4
     
    39:57
    Goal for Frölunda!
    Hrachovina screws up with the puck behind his own net. Loses the puck and Blidh has an easy job. Scored by ANTON BLIDH. Assisted by: Christian Bäckman. 0-4
     
    39:44
    Game stopped, a hand-pass by Tappara. Game continues from middle zone.
     
    39:34
    Gustafsson two minutes penalty for slashing. Tappara powerplay.
     
    38:43
    Tappara icing.
     
    38:21
    Quite bad powerplay from Tappara.
     
    36:16
    Lundqvist two minutes for slashing. 54 seconds of 4 on 4-play. A not-so-good powerplay from Frölunda.
     
    35:19
    Figren shot on goal, Hrachovina saves with pad.
     
    35:10
    Erkinjuntti two minutes for hooking. Frölunda powerplay.
     
    33:43
    Frölunda offside. Tappara is becoming quite frustrated.
     
    33:21
    Tappara icing.
     
    33:02
    Frölunda continues to have the upper hand. Tappara just isn't able to score goals.
     
    33:02
    Game stopped, Tappara's goal bounced away from its place.
     
    32:43
    An awful powerplay from Tappara.
     
    32:38
    Game stopped, puck bounced outside the rink. Game continues from Frölunda's end.
     
    32:19
    Game stopped, high stick by Tappara. Game continues from their end.
     
    30:43
    Olimb two minutes for hooking. Tappara powerplay.
     
    30:23
    Görtz shot on goal, Hrachovina blocks.
     
    29:39
    Frölunda offside.
     
    29:09
    A bit of a Frölunda's start, their last powerplay wasn't that good though. Tappara is also still fighting.
     
    29:09
    Lasu shot on goal, Hrachovina covers.
     
    28:31
    Frölunda offside.
     
    28:00
    Shot on goal by Peltola, Johansson saves with his chest.
     
    27:34
    Shot on goal by Kahnberg, blocker save by Hrachovina.
     
    25:50
    Järvinen two minutes for hooking. Frölunda powerplay.
     
    25:34
    Game stopped, Frölunda's player was in Tappara's goalkeeper's area.
     
    24:35
    Tappara offside.
     
    23:49
    Tappara icing.
     
    23:40
    Shot on goal by Görtz, easy pad save by Hrachovina.
     
    23:07
    Puck bounces outside the rink, game continues from Frölunda's end.
     
    22:48
    A double-shot on goal by Kahnberg, Hrachovina drops the first shot but catches the second one acrobatically with his glove.
     
    21:59
    A small chip towards goal by Persson, Hrachovina catches easily.
     
    20:24
    Puck drops down from the air, Hrachovina cathces and covers.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Shots 5-12. Quite an even period from playing-point-of-view, but Frölunda is absolutely destroying Tappara with their goal scoring accuracy. Game continues at 18.21 CET, 19.21 EET.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:22
    Bohm shot on goal from blue line, Hrachovina saves by blocker.
     
    18:39
    Two shots on goal by Frölunda, Hrachovina saves.
     
    17:59
    Kuusela dekes and tries to put the puck between the pads. Johansson saves. No goal.
     
    17:59
    Tappara penalty shot after Kuusela was tripped on a break-away.
     
    17:28
    Puck bounces from the end after a high shot. Hrachovina stops it an covers.
     
    17:21
    Blidh shot on goal from point, Hrachovina is able to save and cover.
     
    16:33
    Hrachovina covers a loose puck. Game continues from Tappara's ebd after a power break.
     
    16:29
    Bohm shot on goal from blue line, Hrachovina pad saves easily.
    JOHNSON - 0:3
     
    13:32
    Goal for Frölunda!
    A nice pass to the side of the goal and Johnson turns it into the goal. Scored by ANDREAS JOHNSON. Assisted by: Mathias Olimb, Max Görtz. 0-3!
     
    13:06
    A good powerplay from Tappara, no result though.
     
    12:15
    Mäntylä shot on goal from blue line on powerplay, Johansson blocks with his body and covers.
     
    11:06
    Persson two minutes for slashing. Tappara powerplay.
     
    10:06
    Goal for Frölunda!
    Shot from the front of the goal with no resistance. Goal scored by CHRISTIAN BÄCKMAN, assisted by Erik Karlsson and Mattias Janmark.
     
    09:24
    Puck went outside the rink, game continues from Tappara's end,
    GUSTAFSSON - 0:1
     
    08:43
    Goal for Frölunda!
    A shot behind a mask from blue line on powerplay. Goal scored by ERIK GUSTAFSSON. Assisted by: Andreas Johnson, Mathias Olimb. Great powerplay. 0-1
     
    08:06
    Kankaanperä two minutes for hooking. Frölunda powerplay.
     
    06:37
    Jormakka shot on goal, blocker save by Johansson.
     
    05:58
    Puck bounces outside the rink, game continues from Tappara's end.
     
    05:05
    Lasu shot on goal from point, Hrachovina saves with his pad.
     
    03:53
    Hrachovina catches a loose puck. Game continues from Tappara's end.
     
    03:24
    Tappara offside.
     
    02:53
    Both teams have really started out strong, very fast and interesting start.
     
    01:45
    Johnsson shot on goal, pad save by Hrachovina.
     
    01:12
    Jormakka shot on goal, Johansson saves with his head.
     
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Tappara Tampere: Hrachovina (Metsola) – Mantyla, Aalto, Saravo, Kolomatis, Kankaanpera, Makinen, Puistola – Palola, Jarvinen, Kuusela – Jormakka, Karjalainen, Malinen – Erkinjuntti, Peltola, Green – Kaksonen, Marjamaki, da Costa, Rauhala.

    Frölunda Gothenburg: Johansson (Fernstrom) – Falth, Persson, Backman, Djuse, Bohm, Gustafsson, Larsson – Axelsson, Karlsson, Lasu – Janmark, Figren, Lehkonen – Gortz, Olimb, Johnsson – Blidh, Lundqvist, Widestrom, Kahnberg.

    Referees: Wiegand (SUI), Wehrli (SUI) – Saha (FIN), Neva (FIN).
     
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    Tappara and Frölunda go head to head in CHL's first round of playoffs on Tuesday. Both teams were strong in the Group stage as they won their groups. Both teams are also strong in their own leagues as they both are second in Liiga and SHL.

    Olli Palola has been Tappara's lead scorer in Liiga while David Kolomatis has been the lead scorer in CHL. Unfortunately Kolomatis hasn't been able to produce in the same way in Liiga. Teemu Aalto has been the lead defender in Liiga. Juha Metsola has played all of the Liiga-games for Tappara and most of the CHL-games too.

    Tappara had a rough start for the season but now their form is quite nice. The team's overall play has been getting better and e.g. Metsola has risen to his normal high standard of play.

    Frölunda dominated group C in the Group stage with Geneve-Servette. They gathered 15 points and left the last two teams way behind.

    Frölunda has also been very strong in SHL this season. As said, they are second at the moment with the same amount of points as the leading Skellefteå.

    Frölunda's lead scorer in SHL has been Mathis Olimb as well as in CHL. Erik Gustafsson has been the leading defender in both leagues. Linus Fernström has played the most games in Frölunda's net in both leagues and he is one of the top goalkeepers in SHL. In CHL his statistics haven't been so great.

    All in all, Tuesday's game will be very close one. Both teams have a good form at the moment and won't back down for no reason. The game will start at 17:30 CET/18:30 EET so be prepared and come watch some excellent ice hockey!
     
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 55. Erkinjuntti (Peltola, Kolomatis) – 9. Gustafsson (Johnson, Olimb), 11. Bäckman (Karlsson, Janmark), 14. Johnson (Olimb, Görtz), 40. Blidh (Bäckman), 48. Janmark (Lehkonen, Figren)

    Tappara Tampere: Hrachovina (Metsola) – Aalto, Mäntylä, Kolomatis, Saravo, Mäkinen, Kankaanperä, Puistola – Palola, Järvinen, Kuusela – Karjalainen, Malinen, Jormakka – Erkinjuntti, Green, Peltola – Kaksonen, Rauhala, Marjamäki, da Costa.
    Frölunda Gothenburg: Johansson (Fernström) – Fälth, Persson, Djuse, Backman, Bohm, Gustafsson, Larsson – Axelsson, Lasu, Karlsson – Figren, Janmark, Lehkonen – Görtz, Olimb, Johnsson – Kahnberg, Lundqvist, Wideström, Blidh.
    Referees: Wiegand (SUI), Wehrli (SUI) – Saha (FIN), Neva (FIN)
    Attendance: 2546