FRO 5:3 IFK | Frölunda Gothenburg - IFK Helsinki (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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Frölunda Gothenburg Sweden

5:3 (1:0, 1:1, 3:2)

IFK Helsinki

Tuesday 09.12.2014, 19:00 • Frölundaborg Isstadion • Champions League

		Thanks for following the game with us, and see you again soon for more thrilling Champions Hockey League action! (10:00:25)
		Robert Figren, Frölunda "We were a bit more “there” today and worked a bit harder, but if you look at the whole series it’s two really good and competent teams that face each other here. I think that HIFK is a high-skilled team and they showed us why they have the highest shot efficiency in the league when they took advantage of their scoring chances. The series were super tight and they (HIFK) were hanging in there all game long today, so a huge cred to them. They played really good."
Final result: @frolunda_hc – @HIFKHockey 5–3 (6–5 on agg.) Robin Figren decided the series with his late goal! #CHL pic.twitter.com/ziAs9P0Mgw — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
One-timer goes wide and time winds down, Frolunda advances to the semis with a 4-3 win, taking aggregate 6-5. #CHL — Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) December 9, 2014
		I'll head down to the locker room to get some post game quotes and will be back in a little bit.
		Frölunda advances to semi finals after 5-3 and a total score of 7-6. They will face Kärpät Oulu. Shots in the third period: 9-11 (Total: 39-21) Penalty minutes: 4-6 (Total: 10-14)
		And Frölunda makes it thanks to Figren's late goal. What an unbelievable game this has been.
	60:00	Game over.
	59:45	Frölunda sends the puck to an icing. Faceoff in Frölunda's zone and IFK have to win it.
	59:17	IFK pull their goalie.
		IFK calls a TO after the goal, understandable. Wow, what a game.
	59:10	Goal for Frölunda! ROBIN FIGREN scores on an one-man-show with just 50 seconds left. Assisted by: Mattias Janmark & Christian Bäckman. Frölunda 5-3 (total 6-5)
		And we have a 4-on-4-game late in the period.
	58:50	Wow, both teams draw a penalty in the end of the game. Frölunda gets a 2 minutes penalty for High-Sticking on Elias fälth. IFK gets a 2 minuntes penalty for Too Many Players On ice.
	58:43	Yet, it's a lot of bad passes and bad calls out there.
	58:00	It's nervous out there when it's 2 minutes left of the game. No one wants to be the reason to a turnover.
	56:39	IFK Helsinki now at full strength.
	56:02	Ikonen is now on ice and IFK play with four players.
	55:21	Frölunda seems to be a bit stressed about the fact that they can determine the game here and can't really create anything. Good PK by IFK.
	54:39	Frölunda calls for a Timeout. Head coach Roger Rönnberg wants to fix this in regular time.
	54:39	We have another IFK penalty right here and Frölunda will get the chance on 5 on 3 for 1.24 when Toni Söderholm draws a 2 minutes penalty for Cross-Checking.
	54:02	Jasse Ikonen, HIFK, draws a 2 minutes penalty for Tripping. Frölunda is 1-4 on PP tonight, 17-51 (33.33%) in the tournament.
	52:22	Goal for IFK Helsinki! Aaaand the series is tied again. Nikolai Goldobin drives up and makes a great pass across the slot to ROBERT LEINO who can capitalize and tie this series again with his second goal for the night. Assisted by: Nikolai Goldobin & Lauri Taipalus. Frölunda 4-3 (Total score: 5-5)
.@frolunda_hc now have a 4–2 lead with 10 minutes to go. @HIFKHockey need to score once to force the game into the overtime. #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
	49:45	Home team at full strength.
		Today's attendance is 3560.
	48:42	IFK d-man Toni Söderholm tries a slapshot from the blue line but can't beat Lars Johansson. Faceoff.
	47:45	Frölunda's Anton Axelsson goes to the penalty box, 2 minutes for Tripping. IFK har 0-3 in PP tonight, 7-48 in the tournament (14.58%).
	47:34	I'll write it again. What a game! Goal for Frölunda! Frölunda scores again when Cramo Top Scorer MATHIS OLIMB tips it in in front of the goal. Assisted by: Erik Gustafsson & Andreas Johnson. 4-2 Frölunda (Total score: 5-4)
		What a great, tight and thrilling game we have here in Frölundaborg. The score is tied yet again and what comes next?
And then came FHC. Pressure for HIFK and the puck is behind Husso. Aggregate 4-4. Mutta sitten tulikin Frölunda. Pieni pyöritys ja kiekko Husson takana. Tilanne 4-4 kokonaismaaleissa. #HIFK #CHLFI — Esko Pesälä (@EskoPesala) December 9, 2014
	46:13	Goal for Frölunda! Elias Fälth misses a pass but gets the puck back and just whips it on goal and ROBIN FIGREN tips it past Ville Husso in the net and the total score is tied again. Assisted by: Elias Fälth & Mikael Wikstrand. Frölunda 3-2 (total score: 4-4)
	44:04	Goal for IFK Helsinki! COREY ELKINS break loose and gets the backhand wrister past Johansson and the game is tied which means that IFK now have the advantage of the total score. Unassisted. 2-2 (Total score: 4-3 IFK)
	43:18	Frölunda at full strength.
	41:18	IFK's Sami Blomqvist gets hooked up on a breakaway and Frölundas Magnus Kahnberg draws a Holding penalty for 2 minutes. IFK's third PP coming up shortly.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
#frölunda – @HIFKHockey #chl pic.twitter.com/g9KCn56Jcy — Jussi Vienola (@JussiVienola) December 9, 2014
2nd period over and @frolunda_hc lead @HIFKHockey 2–1. The series is tied 3–3 at the moment. #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Goals in the second period: 2-0 (21.47) Andreas Johnson (Max Görtz, Oliver Bohm) 2-1 (25.40) Robert Leino (Nikolai Goldobin) Shots in the second period: 13-8 (total: 30-10) Penalty minutes: 2-2 (total: 4-8). We have an all tied quarter final series when the third period awaits. 2-1 is on the score board and the total score is 3-3. We'll have an exciting third period ahead, and it will start about 20:39 (CET +1).
I wonder what's really going in there [Gothenburg] as the CHL website says shots on goal are 30-7 to FHC? Mitäköhän siellä oikeesti tapahtuu kun #chl nettisivujen mukaan laukaukset kotijoukkueelle 30-7? #CHLfi #HIFK #frölundahc — Ali Younes (@AlbseyHKI) December 9, 2014
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:47	IFK gets a great chance in the end of the PP but Johansson saves and Frölunda is at full strength.
Sigh. I Think Lars should save it. (About the HIFK goal). Suck. Tycker nog Lars ska ta den. 3-3 #fhc #chl — Christofer Johnsson (@CJohnsson) December 9, 2014
	39:00	And we have just a minute left of the second period.
	38:33	Frölunda's d-man Christoffer Persson deliver a huge hit on Matti Kuparinen to the Frölunda fans delight. Shortly after IFK gets a chance with a shot from the blue line, but Frölunda's Johansson makes a save and blocks the puck.
	37:47	Frölunda's Robin Figren gets a 2 minutes penalty for Tripping. IFK's second PP in the game coming up shortly.
	37:37	Frölunda d-man Elias Fälth struggles a bit on offensive blue and is just close to give the puck away but manages to solve the situation and gets an applause from the crowd.
	36:20	Ville Husso ain't getting any rest here tonight. The shots in the second period right now are 13-4 in advantage to Frölunda; a total score of 30-6...
	35:30	The formation with Mathis Olimb, Andreas Johnson and Max Görtz yet again show us why they're some of the best scorers in the league with a long attack in the offensive zone. Still 2-1 on the score board though.
	33:20	Frölunda has taken command of the game again after some struggeling minutes after IFK's goal. Just recently Max Görtz had a great chance but couldn't capitalize on the rebound.
		Just seconds before IFK got to play at full strength something happened between d-man Toni Söderholm and Frölunda's Cramo Top Scorer Mathis Olimb that got into a little brawl. Robin Figren came to assist Olimb but the referees let them goe on and nothing happened.
watching #chl game go IFK — Janne (@KalaPaketti) December 9, 2014
	32:28	Frölunda gets a great chance when Oscar Fantenberg (yet again) drives up and creates a 2-on-1-chance with Joel Lundqvist. Joel tries the wrister but can't beat Ville Husso who can block the puck.
	32:12	Visiting team at full strength.
	30:12	IFK's Otto Honkaheimo gets a 2 minutes penalty for Delaying The Game after sending the puck out of bounds.
	29:41	Frölunda forward Mats Rosseli Olsen is just a post hit from scoring his second goal in the game. Thereafter Husso can pick up the puck and block it.
	28:57	IFK's Julius Nyqvist tries a slap shot from the blue line, but Lars Johansson can make an easy glove save.
	28:14	IFK are much quicker and hungry on the puck in this period than in the first period. It's a really interesting game right now, it feels like everything can happen.
	27:21	We get to see a lot more misses in the defensive zone, especially from Frölunda which have given IFK a good chance to get into the game.
.@frolunda_hc had a 2–0 lead for minutes before Leino pulled one back for @HIFKHockey. It is now 3–3 on aggregate in the second period. #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
	25:40	Goal for IFK Helsinki! Quick turnover by IFK and ROBERT LEINO gets it past Johansson high with a great wrister. Assisted by: Nikolai Goldobin. 2-1 Frölunda (Total score: 3-3)
	25:20	The game has started to get a little pettish and with that some trashtalk between the coaches and the referees.
	23:40	Great 2-on-1-chance for IFK when Joonas Rask and Tomas Zaborsky makes a turnover in the neutral zone, but Rask can't beat goalie Lars Johansson.
	21:47	Goal for Frölunda! ANDREAS JOHNSON picks up the puck in front of the net and gets it past Husso and Frölunda have a 2-0 lead. Assisted by: Max Görtz & Oliver Bohm. 2-0 Frölunda (Total score: 3-2 Frölunda)
	20:50	Quick turnover by Frölundas Erik Karlsson gives Artturi Lehkonen a chance, but great glove save by Husso.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		The players hit the ice for the second period right now and we're ready to drop the puck in about a minute.
#HIFK is always at their best in the third period. We'll be waiting for that. #hifk on aina parhaimmillaan kolmannessa erässä. Sitä odotellessa. #CHLfi — Red_Beast (@Punainenpeto) December 9, 2014
1st period over: @frolunda_hc – @HIFKHockey 1–0. Frölunda players took the lead with 15 mins into the game. Agg.: 2–2. #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		We'll be back with the second period about 19.49 (CET +1).
		The first couple of minutes of the period is pretty choked where Frölunda is slightly the best team. In the second half of the period Frölunda gets a couple of penalties and can take a great advantage of that and are by far the best team the last 10 minutes. Goals in the first period. 1-0 (15.44) Mats Rosseli Olsen (Mathis Olimb, Erik Gustafsson) PP Shots in the first period: 17-2 Penalty minutes: 2-6
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:00	And we just have one minute left of the first period.
	18:58	Frölunda at full strength.
	18:18	IFK are now at full strength and have the PP for 40 seconds.
	16:58	But Frölunda's third PP in this game is short since Andreas Johnson gets a 2 minutes penalty for Holding just 40 seconds later.
	16:18	And we have another IFK-penalty when Nikolai Goldobin goes to the box for Tripping, 2 minutes. Ouch.
	15:44	Power Play Goal for Frölunda! And there is is. Mathis Olimb tries to shoot but it gets stuck on MATS ROSSELI OLSEN who just whips it in, and it goes by Husso. Assisted by: Mathis Olimb & Erik Gustafsson. 1-0 Frölunda (Total score: 2-2).
	15:12	IFK's Juuso Puustinen goes to the box for Interference, 2 minutes. It was, as you call it, a good penalty when he forced down Erik Karlsson to get the puck in a great scoring chance. Frölundas second PP coming up shortly.
	13:41	IFK at full strength.
	13:10	Frölunda is the best powerplay team in CHL so far and they provides us with another just great PP with a lot of dangerous scoring chances. Wow. Ville Husso in IFK's net have started this game SO good.
	11:41	IFK Toni Söderholm gets 2 minutes penalty for Slashing. First penalty of the game.
	11:30	Woow, what a performance by Frölunda defenceman Oscar Fantenberg that makes a coast-to-coast-move and gets past all his opponents. He can't beat Husso though.
Janmark on a breakaway, but Matti Kuparinen takes the puck away like a candy from a baby. Janmark couldn't get his shot towards Ville Husso. Janmark läpiajossa, mutta kai tuo Kuparisen häirintä oli klassinen "tikkari lapselta" ja mies ei saanu edes vetoa Hussoa kohti #CHLfi — Juhani Lampinen (@JuhaniLampinen) December 9, 2014
	10:17	There are some really loud IFK-fans here tonight to support their heroes. It's great to see and hear that the CHL gets people across the country borders.
	09:02	Cramo Top Scorer of Frölunda, Mathis Olimb, dumps the puck on net where Max Görtz tries to tip it in but goalie Ville Husso makes a save and blocks the puck. With some unsureness though.
	08:40	Frölunda d-man Elias Fälth delivers a great hipcheck on IFK's Robert Leino and gets well deserved cheers from the crowd.
	07:19	Frölunda d-man Erik Gustafsson looses the balance in the own zone and Jasse Ikonen steals the puck but can't get the slapshot past goalie Lars Johansson.
	06:48	IFK forward Sami Blomqvist tries the wrister on a turnover, but Frölunda defenceman Mikael Wikstrand gets his stick in the way and the puck goes over the board.
	06:26	Frölunda have had the most puck possession and have had the puck a little bit more in the offensive zone than IFK, but none of the teams have managed to get any really great scoring chance so far. As I said, both teams are really focused when playing defence.
	05:57	IFK d-man Lauri Taipalus drops the balance on own blue line and give away the puck to Frölundas Mattias Janmark, but Matti Kuparinen makes a great back-check and prevents Janmark to get a shot.
	04:05	Mikael Wikstrand, Frölunda, hits the cross bar with a wrister from the blue line. Goalie Husso had no clue where that puck went.
	03:15	The game has started with a pretty high level of speed, but both of the teams are solid in the defence and no one will give up a cheap chance in this game. That's for sure.
Ville Peltonen, one of Finnish hockey's greats, is on site for the @frolunda_hc vs @HIFKHockey QF clash. He has played for both. — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
	00:26	Frölunda gets the first scoring chance when d-man Erik Gustafsson tries the slap shot from blue line. Solid pad save by goalie Ville Husso.
	00:01	Game started.
		We're ready to start the game in about a minute.
		And now IFK hits the ice as well.
		Frölunda hits the ice, led by defenceman Christoffer Persson.
		My name is Efraim Larsson and I'll guide you through this quarter final game between Frölunda Gothenburg – IFK Helsinki. As you know the first game ended 2-1 to IFK. That means that IFK can play a tie game and advance to the semi finals. Frölunda have to win the game.
		The warmups are finished a while ago, the ice is ready and the intro is underway in Frölundaborgs Isstadion. In a couple of minutes the players will enter the ice.
.@HIFKHockey warming up in Gothenburg before the game vs. @frolunda_hc. #CHL pic.twitter.com/KLqlOWuo9z — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) December 9, 2014
		Starting lineups: Frölunda Gothenburg: Johansson (Fernström) – Bäckman, Persson, Gustafsson, Fantenberg, Wikstrand, Fälth, Bohm – Janmark, Figren, Lehkonen – Görtz, Olimb, Johnson – Kahnberg, Lundqvist, Rosseli Olsen – Axelsson, Lasu, Blidh – Karlsson IFK Helsinki: Husso (Lankinen) – Grillfors, Auvity, Nyqvist, Teppo, Söderholm, Taipalus, Honkaheimo – Kuparinen, Zaborsky, Rask – Ramstedt, Leino, Goldobin – Blomqvist, Puustinen, Elkins – Ikonen, Nykopp, Luttinen – Partanen Referees: Piechaczek (GER), Bruggeman (GER) – Pihlblad (SWE), Haster (SWE).
Have to trust that HIFK's one goal lead is enough and they qualify for the next round. It won't be easy though. Täytyy luottaa siihen että #HIFK :n hoitama 1 maalin etumatka piisaa tänään, ja jatkopaikka heltiää. Helppoa ei tule olemaan #CHLfi — Timo Kuittinen (@TKuitti) December 9, 2014
Frölundaborg is ready for the deciding quarter final of CHL. Faceoff at 19.00 against HIFK. Frölundaborg är redo för avgörande kvartsfinal i #chl! 19.00 släpps pucken mot HIFK! #vigerossaldrig #frolundahc pic.twitter.com/TODoWP8pHB — Frölunda HC (@frolunda_hc) December 9, 2014
Tonight's game is sooo important, i'm super excited and nervous #hifk #chl — vera järvinen (@vverajulia_) December 9, 2014
		Cramo Top Scorers Frölunda HC: Mathis Olimb, 22 points (6+16) IFK Helsinki: Tomas Zaborsky, 10 points (3+7)
		Stats in the Champions Hockey League. Power Play #1 – Frölunda HC, 16 goals on 47 PP's (34.04%) #33 – IFK Helsinki, 7 goals on 45 PP's (15.56%) Penalty Killing #2 – Frölunda HC, 3 goals allowed on 30 PK's (90.00%) #8 – IFK Helsinki, 6 goals allowed on 40 PK's (85.00%)
		Frölunda have four straight losses coming up to this game. Before these three games they hadn't lost two games in a row once this season. On home ice they just have one loss in the last seven games, though, and they are definitely a great team on home ice. Frölunda are the second best team in the Swedish Hockey League right now with 52 points in 28 games. Together with Skellefteå they have the lowest amount of goals agains (55 goals) and they have a total goal difference of +17 (72-55), which is the second best. HIFK are in a good streak with 8 wins on the last 10 games. On the road they have just won one of the five last games though and that could be a problem. In the Finnish Liiga, HIFK are in a hold of the 4th spot with 47 points in 26 games. Just one team has scored more than HIFK (87 goals for) and just two teams have a lower goals-against-amount (64).
		IFK Helsinki won the first game between the teams with 2-1 on home ice after two goals scored by forward Tomas Zaborsky. It was HIFK's fifth straight win on home ice in the tournament, they are still unbeaten in the Helsingin Jäähalli and have a goal difference of +19 (26-7). Frölunda Gothenburg are as well undefeated on home ice so far in the CHL. Four wins on four games and a total goal difference of +13 (22-9). Interesting for this upcoming game though is that the game will be held in Frölundaborg which is the second home arena and mostly used for practice, exhibition games and the head base for their junior teams. The reason is that the Floorball World Championships is held in Scandinavium right now.
		Hi and welcome to this live report from Game 2 in the CHL Quarter Final series between Finnish IFK Helsinki and Swedish Frölunda Gothenburg. My name is Efraim Larsson and I'll guide you through this game; before, during and after. Enjoy and let's go!
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:00.

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 16. Olsen (Olimb, Gustafsson), 22. Johnson (Görtz, Bohm), 47. Figren (Fälth, Wikstrand), 48. Olimb (Gustafsson, Johnson), 60. Figren (Janmark, Bäckman) – 26. Leino (Goldobin), 45. Elkins, 53. Leino (Goldobin, Taipalus)

Frölunda Gothenburg: Johansson (Fernström) – Bäckman, Persson, Gustafsson, Fantenberg, Wikstrand, Fälth, Bohm – Janmark, Figren, Lehkonen – Görtz, Olimb, Johnson – Kahnberg, Lundqvist, Rosseli Olsen – Axelsson, Lasu, Blidh – Karlsson

IFK Helsinki: Husso (Lankinen) – Grillfors, Auvity, Nyqvist, Teppo, Söderholm, Taipalus, Honkaheimo – Kuparinen, Zaborsky, Rask – Ramstedt, Leino, Goldobin – Blomqvist, Puustinen, Elkins – Ikonen, Nykopp, Luttinen – Partanen

Referees: Piechaczek (GER), Bruggeman (GER) – Pihlblad (SWE), Haster (SWE)

Attendance: 3560

1st game: IFK Helsinki - Frölunda 2:1

1st period
	11:41
	15:12
	15:44
	16:18
	16:58
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:47
	25:40
	30:12
	37:47
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:18
	44:04
	46:13
	47:34
	47:45
	52:22
	54:02
	54:39
	58:50
	59:10
Final