final
Lukko Rauma
2:3
(2:1, 0:0, 0:2)
Kärpät Oulu
Timo Similä
Goals and assists:
10. Koivisto (Lahti, Ahonen), 11. Virtanen – 15. Kukkonen (Nutivaara, Pirnes), 45. Keränen (Nutivaara, Mäenalanen), 54. Aaltonen (Puljujärvi, Laatikainen)
Referees: Wehrli (SUI), Person (SWE) – Saha, Suominen (both FIN)
Attendance: 2063
Penalty missed:
Lukko Rauma:
Zapolski (Rinne) – Vahalahti, Gagnon, Nurmi, Koivisto, Asplund, Lahti, Suuronen, Lähteenmäki, Piitulainen, Sipiläinen, Riska, Lähde, Koivistoinen – Virtanen, Niskala, Koivisto, Ahonen, Brookbank, Hyvärinen, Tommila
Head coach: Risto Dufva
Subs:
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Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Lehtonen) – Aho, Niemi, Junttila, Kalapudas, Aaltonen, Puljujärvi, Pyörälä, Pirnes, Huml, Mäenranta, Keränen, Ikonen, Suoranta – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Nutivaara, Laatikainen, Pentikäinen, Hakanpää
Head coach: Lauri Marjamäki
Subs:
Coach:
Head coach: Risto Dufva
Subs:
Coach:
Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Lehtonen) – Aho, Niemi, Junttila, Kalapudas, Aaltonen, Puljujärvi, Pyörälä, Pirnes, Huml, Mäenranta, Keränen, Ikonen, Suoranta – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Nutivaara, Laatikainen, Pentikäinen, Hakanpää
Head coach: Lauri Marjamäki
Subs:
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Referees: Wehrli (SUI), Person (SWE) – Saha, Suominen (both FIN)
Attendance: 2063
Tuesday 19.01.2016
Kärpät - Lukko 2:2
Kärpät - Lukko 2:2
Goals and assists: 27. Pyörälä (Aho, Nutivaara), 42. Nutivaara (Puljujärvi, Laatikainen) – 32. Koivisto (Asplund, Lahti), 55. Lahti
Lukko: 13 (32 total)
Kärpät: 4 (30) (19:39:49)
MIRO AALTONEN redirects Laatikainen's shot from the blue line, no change for Zapolski. Assisted by Jesse Puljujärvi and Arto Laatikainen
JUHO KERÄNEN ties this one up on a breakaway. Assisted by Markus Nutivaara and Saku Mäenalanen
Lukko: 14 (19 total)
Kärpät: 5 (13)
Lukko: 5
Kärpät: 8
LASSE KUKKONEN with a casual shot surprises Zapolski from top right and the game is 2-1. Assisted by Markus Nutivaara and Esa Pirnes. The goal was power-play goal
JESSE VIRTANEN carries from the own blue line and sinks his wrister to the net over Aittokallio´s right shoulder. No assists.
TONI KOIVISTO with a one-timer from the crease makes this game 1-0 to Lukko! Assisted by Janne Lahti, Rony Ahonen.
Remember: after the full 60-minute-game the game is over, no matter what´s the score. There'll be no overtimes, no shootouts since this is the first of two games in the semi-final series. Total score is all that matters at this point, like in earlier CHL playoff rounds.
Lukko: Toni Koivisto (5+6)
Kärpät: Julius Junttila (4+6)
U20 World Champions Sebastian Aho and Jesse Puljujärvi are leading Kärpät against Lukko which suffers from their captain Ilkka Mikkola´s injury. Therefore the letter C will be carried by Lukko defenseman Janne Niskala.
Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Rinne) – Vahalahti, Gagnon, Nurmi, Koivisto, Asplund, Lahti, Suuronen, Lähteenmäki, Piitulainen, Sipiläinen, Riska, Lähde, Koivistoinen – Virtanen, Niskala, Koivisto, Ahonen, Brookbank, Hyvärinen, Tommila
Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Lehtonen) – Aho, Niemi, Junttila, Kalapudas, Aaltonen, Puljujärvi, Pyörälä, Pirnes, Huml, Mäenranta, Keränen, Ikonen, Suoranta – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Nutivaara, Laatikainen, Pentikäinen, Hakapää
Referees: Wehrli (SUI), Person (SWE) – Saha, Suominen (both FIN).
On Lukko's offensive style, Karpat coach Lauri Marjamaki said, “They really go to the net aggresively. The last game all four goals were from less than two meters in front of (Sami) Aittokallio. On Tuesday, we will be ready to defend them against that situation.”
On the eve of the game, Lukko's Aaron Gagnon said, "I think we're ready to go. We've seen these guys a few times and we know what we're going against. We know they're a good team and they're playing confident, but I like our chances."