OUL 3:2 SAI | Kärpät Oulu - SaiPa Lappeenranta (Champions League)

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Kärpät – SaiPa	3:2 (end)	\|	Luleå – Lukko	2:1 (end)	\|	Frölunda – IFK Helsinki	5:3 (end)
Skellefteå – Linköping	4:4 (1:0 after SO)

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Kärpät Oulu

3:2 (0:1, 1:0, 2:1)

SaiPa Lappeenranta

Tuesday 09.12.2014, 17:30 • Oulun Energia-Areena • Champions League

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Thank you @championshockey for giving me these awesome memories. See you next season! #SaiPa #Willimiehet #CHL #CHLfi pic.twitter.com/srh6zpRckj — Kuha (@Ihanaparta) December 9, 2014
Final result: @OulunKarpatFi – @Liiga_SaiPa 3–2. Kärpät wins 5–2 on aggregate and advances to the semis! #CHL pic.twitter.com/jED4Rng2AZ — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Shots on goal: 29-23 PIM: 8-14
	60:00	Game over.
	59:00	Venäläinen shoots. Tarkki saves.
	56:40	Hard shot by Maalahti and Tarkki makes the save.
Juho KERÄNEN - 3:2
	55:30	Goal for Kärpät! It is JUHO KERÄNEN! Nice shot by Keränen it is in the back of the net. 3-2 for Kärpät and the aggregate is now 5-2 for Kärpät. Assisted by: Juha-Pekka Haataja, Dan Spang.
	54:07	Two plus two minutes for both Ilmari Pitkänen and Mikko Niemelä for roughing.
	53:34	Simon Backman drives to the net and tries to hammer the puck into the cage, without success this time.
	52:45	SaiPa are struggling to get the powerplay effort going.
	51:20	Sebastian Aho takes two minutes for hooking. Huge chance for SaiPa to still battle for the victory.
	50:28	Spina shoots from bad angle and Tarkki makes the save.
Spina crates the chance and Lofquist puts it in with a nice slapshot on the powerplay 2-2. Spinalta hieno esityö ja Lofquist lataa suoraan syötöstä tyylikkäästi Saipalle 2-2 yv:llä. #kärpät #saipa #CHLfi — Sauli Takavainio (@stakav) December 9, 2014
Sam LOFQVIST - 2:2
	48:26	Goal for SaiPa! It is SAM LOFQVIST! Game is now tied at two and the aggragate is 4-2 for Kärpät. Assisted by: Dave Spina, Kalle Maalahti.
	47:25	Mika Pyörälä gets two minutes for roughing. Powerplay for SaiPa.
	47:15	The puck bounces close to SaiPa´s goal line but does not go in. The game is still 2-1 for Kärpät.
	46:40	Mika Pyörälä tries to go past Brian Salcido but the defenceman stops him with solid play.
	44:30	Things are starting heat up as Dave Spina gives Sakari Manninen couple of hard punches.
	43:51	Hard shot by Simon Backman but Iiro Tarkki clears it.
	43:19	Goal for Kärpät! It is JOONAS DONSKOI. 2-1 for Kärpät and the aggregate is now 4-1. Assisted by: Joonas Kemppainen, Sebastian Aho.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
2nd period over: @OulunKarpatFi – @Liiga_SaiPa 1–1. Kemppainen scored in the 40th minute to take back the two-goal lead. Agg.: 3–1 #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Shots on goal: 26-12 PIM: 0-10
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:59	Goal for Kärpät! It is JOONAS KEMPPAINEN! Just one second remaining from the second period and we have a tie game. Assisted by: Lasse Kukkonen, Adam Masuhr. 1-1 and aggregate is 3-1.
	37:55	Ari Vallin shoots but cannot get the shot on goal.
	37:00	SaiPa defence man fells down in a critical spot and Juho Keränen drives to scoring chance. Still no goal for Kärpät.
Erikeeper works as nothing goes in. (Referring to Jussi Markkanen's Glue brand advertised on his pads) Erikeepperi toimii ku mikään ei mene maaliin. #kärpät #CHLfi — Jenni Kuronen (@jennniemm) December 9, 2014
	33:40	Esa Pirnes drives to SaiPa net and tries to move the puck to goal from small angle but Markkanen denies it.
	31:00	SaiPa has hold the puck at Kärpät zone for nearly a minute now.
	29:30	Hard shot by Sam Lofqvist but Mikko Alikoski blocks the shot without fear.
	28:16	Teams are playing at full strength.
	28:07	Patrick Davis has not returned for the second period.
	26:57	Kärpät are making some powerplay effort. Lasse Kukkonen tries to beat Markkanen but still no goal for the home team.
	26:16	Mikael Kuronen hits Arto Laatikainen hard on open ice. He gets two minutes for kneeing. Powerplay for Kärpät.
	24:45	Janne Tavi tries twice in front of the goal but no goal.
	23:51	Lasse Lappalainen shoots but Tarkki makes the save.
	22:00	Sakari Manninen shoots and follows the rebound but Markkanen makes a huge save.
	21:00	Esa Pirnes serves a nice chance for Mika Pyörälä but Pyörälä cannot make the shot on goal.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
First period over: @OulunKarpatFi – @Liiga_SaiPa 0–1. Matti Järvinen scored the only goal so far. Agg.: 2–1 #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Shots on goal: 12-7 PIM: 0-8
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:25	Joonas Kemppainen hits the post and SaiPa still leads this game.
	18:05	No powerplay goal for Kärpät and teams continue at full strength.
	16:05	Jesse Mankinen gets two minutes for holding. Powerplay for Kärpät.
SaiPa takes a 0-1 lead. The familiar saying goes, If you don't score from your chances, the opponent will. SaiPa 0-1 johtoon. Taas tuttu fraasi mutta totta. Kun et ite tee, vieras tekee #CHLfi #kärpät — Aki Koistinen (@AkiK33) December 9, 2014
Matti JÄRVINEN - 0:1
	15:30	Goal for SaiPa! It is MATTI JÄRVINEN! Järvinen deflects a shot sent by Maalahti into the net. Assisted by: Kalle Maalahti, Dave Spina. 0-1 and aggregate is 2-1.
	15:26	Right after the penalty, SaiPa gets an attack. Ville Koho shoots but Tarkki makes a glove save.
	15:23	Teams are playing at full strength.
	13:23	Another penalty for SaiPa. Kärpät will play for three seconds at two-man advantage. David McIntyre is the sentenced player.
	12:15	Laatikainen shoots from the blue line. Not enough traffic infront of Markkanen and the SaiPa goalie makes another save.
	11:25	Another power play for Kärpät. This time it is Ville Hämäläinen who gets the penalty this time.
	11:00	Juha-Pekka Haataja tries not once but twice. Markkanen gets the better of him.
	10:00	Simo-Pekka Riikola shoots but Joonas Donskoi makes a nice block.
	08:35	Teams are playing at full strength.
	08:00	Dan Spang sends a slap shot towards Markkanen. The goalie checks where the puck is. It is in his armpit and the play is whistled down.
It's been an entertaining start to Kärpät-SaiPa. Lots of mistakes too. Onpa ollut vauhdikas alku #kärpät – #saipa -pelissä. Virheitä tulee myös aika paljon. #CHLfi — Olli Heikkinen (@olliheikkinen) December 9, 2014
	07:30	Arto Laatikainen shoots from the blue line but the puck hits his teammate, Ivan Huml and the puck bounces away from scoring areas.
	06:35	Jesse Lappalainen gets the first penalty of the night. The home squad gets the first power play chance.
	06:20	Juho Keränen with a slap shot but Jussi Markkanen makes an esay save.
	05:35	Kalle Maalahti sends a puck towards Tarkki and the goalie moves the puck to corner, away from trouble.
	03:51	Again, Kärpät defence loses the puck at own defence zone. This time it is Dan Spang in trouble. No goal and we still have a goalless match.
	03:00	Kärpät defence loses the puck in a critical spot and SaiPa gets a excellent scoring chance. The hard wrist shot goes just wide of the net.
	02:00	SaiPa is creating some offense early on. Jesse Mankinen holds the puck well but Iiro Tarkki does not yet have to show his saving skills.
	00:01	Game started.
Warm-up in Oulu before the @OulunKarpatFi vs. @Liiga_SaiPa game. Face-off at 17:30 CET. #CHL pic.twitter.com/5dpm8LueMN — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Starting lineups: Kärpät Oulu: Tarkki (Karhunen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Laatikainen, Glenn, Spang, Vallin, Niemela – Pirnes, Pyorala, Davis – Manninen, Haataja, Huml – Aho, Kemppainen, Donskoi – Suoranta, Alikoski, Komulainen – Keranen. SaiPa Lappeenranta: Markkanen (Bernard) – Maalahti, Riikola, Lofquist, Ahonen, Salcido, Backman, Makinen, Lappalainen – Koho, Mankinen, Tavi – McIntyre, Spina, Jokinen – Hamalainen, Venalainen, Jarvinen – Flinck, Pitkanen, Kuronen. Referees: Björk (SWE), Öhlund (SWE) – Sormunen (FIN), Neva (FIN).
Nothing better than a rainy bus trip. It's never satisfying to look out ur window & see others enjoying sun when u can't. #SaiPaNation #chl — David McIntyre (@DaveJMcIntyre) December 8, 2014
		CRAMO TOP SCORER Kärpät Oulu: Joonas Donskoi, 10 points SaiPa Lappeenranta: David McIntyre, 8 points
		Kärpät and SaiPa face each other in the second leg of CHL quarter finals. Kärpät was victorious at Lappeenranta in the first game. The final score was 2-0 in favor of the ruling Finnish champion. The Cramo Top Scorer of the team, Joonas Donskoi, scored the both goals for his team. Will we see a second comeback from SaiPa during CHL playoffs or will Kärpät march on to top 4 of CHL?
		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 40. Kemppainen (Kukkonen, Masuhr), 44. Donskoi (Kemppainen, Aho), 56. Keränen (Haataja, Spang) – 16. Järvinen (Maalahti, Spina), 49. Lofqvist (Spina, Maalahti)

Kärpät Oulu: Tarkki (Karhunen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Laatikainen, Glenn, Spang, Vallin, Niemela – Pirnes, Pyorala, Davis – Manninen, Haataja, Huml – Aho, Kemppainen, Donskoi – Suoranta, Alikoski, Komulainen – Keranen.

SaiPa Lappeenranta: Markkanen (Bernard) – Maalahti, Riikola, Lofquist, Ahonen, Salcido, Backman, Makinen, Lappalainen – Koho, Mankinen, Tavi – McIntyre, Spina, Jokinen – Hamalainen, Venalainen, Jarvinen – Flinck, Pitkanen, Kuronen.

Referees: Björk (SWE), Öhlund (SWE) – Sormunen (FIN), Neva (FIN)

1st game: SaiPa - Kärpät 0:2

1st period
	06:35
	11:25
	13:23
	15:30
	16:05
1st intermission
2nd period
	26:16
	39:59
2nd intermission
3rd period
	43:19
	48:26
	51:20
	54:07
	55:30
Final