Tappara – Djurgården | 2:3 (after OT) | | | Kärpät – Krefeld | 4:1 (end) | | | Lukko – Fribourg | 4:2 (end) |
Litvínov – Grenoble | 6:4 (end) | | | Skellefteå – Nitra | 3:2 (5:2 after SO) | | | Salzburg – SønderjyskE | 7:2 (end) |
Linz – TPS | 2:3 (after OT) | | | Mannheim – Neman | 2:1 (end) | | | Zürich – Gap | 6:1 (end) |
Växjö – Ingolstadt | 4:2 (end) |
final
Kärpät Oulu
4:1
(1:1, 2:0, 1:0)
Miikka Järvenpää
Goals and assists:
5. Huml (Aaltonen, Masuhr), 26. Mashur (Kestilä, Kukkonen), 36. Pyörälä (Junttila, Ikonen), 43. Ikonen (Junttila, Pirnes) – 6. Pietta (Eriksson)
Referees: Björk (SWE), Kaukokari – Orava, Perämäki (All FIN)
Attendance: 5505
Penalty missed:
Kärpät Oulu:
Aittokallio (Hovinen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Laatikainen, Hakanpää, Nutivaara, Niemelä, Pentikäinen – Puljujärvi, Niemi, Huml – Junttila, Pirnes, Pyörälä – Kestilä, Aaltonen, Ikonen – Suoranta, Keränen, Mäenalanen – Pekkala.
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Coach:
Krefeld Pinguine: Duba (Klein) – Fischer, St. Pierre, Sonnenburg, Hanusch, Supis, Mebus – Sofron, Eriksson, Pietta – Bishop, Collins, Schymainski – Driendl, Vasiljevs, Hauner – Hagos, Mieszkowski, Kretschmann.
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Krefeld Pinguine: Duba (Klein) – Fischer, St. Pierre, Sonnenburg, Hanusch, Supis, Mebus – Sofron, Eriksson, Pietta – Bishop, Collins, Schymainski – Driendl, Vasiljevs, Hauner – Hagos, Mieszkowski, Kretschmann.
Subs:
Coach:
Referees: Björk (SWE), Kaukokari – Orava, Perämäki (All FIN)
Attendance: 5505
JUUSO IKONEN makes it 4-1 on power play! Krefeld defencemen are nowhere to be seen and Ikonen shoots a wrister past Duba. Assists to Junttila and Pirnes.
Kärpät extend their lead to 3-1. Juuso Ikonen shoots but the puck but it doesn't reach Duba. MIKA PYÖRÄLÄ gets the puck from scuffle and sends a wrister to the net! The power play had just ended so this was a 5-on-5 goal.
Kärpät take the lead! ADAM MASHUR hits a slap shot from the blue line. Kestilä sends a terriffic pass to the second wave and Mashur makes it 2-1. Assisted by: Aku Kestilä and Lasse Kukkonen.
Pinguine get one back! A rapid response from Krefeld DANIEL PIETTA scores from the front post Assisted by: Henrik Eriksson.
IVAN HUML gets a wrister past Duba! Goal was scored with both teams having four players on the ice. Assisted by: Miro Aaltonen and Adam Mashur.
Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Hovinen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Laatikainen, Hakanpää, Nutivaara, Niemelä, Pentikäinen – Puljujärvi, Niemi, Huml – Junttila, Pirnes, Pyörälä – Kestilä, Aaltonen, Ikonen – Suoranta, Keränen, Mäenalanen – Pekkala.
Krefeld Pinguine: Duba (Klein) – Fischer, St. Pierre, Sonnenburg, Hanusch, Supis, Mebus – Sofron, Eriksson, Pietta – Bishop, Collins, Schymainski – Driendl, Vasiljevs, Hauner – Hagos, Mieszkowski, Kretschmann.
Referees: Björk (SWE), Kaukokari – Orava, Perämäki (All FIN).
Krefeld has played only once in this years CHL and that was against Kärpät last Thursday. Between Kärpät games they played a pre-season match against EV Duisburg winning the game 3 to 1. Duisburg may not be on the same level as Kärpät, but a solid victory will definitely boost the confidence of the travelling Pinguine. Daniel Pietta and defenceman Nick St. Pierre possess the skills to cause havoc in the solid Kärpät defence. Thomas Duba and Krefeld defencemen have to be on their best form today against the Finnish champions. Mika Niemi, Ivan Huml and young super-prospect Jesse Puljujärvi from Kärpät have played extremely well so far.
Sebastian Aho (KÄR), who assisted Niemi's 2-0 shorthanded goal last week, is out due injury for 2-3 weeks.