OUL 2:2 RAU | Kärpät Oulu - Lukko Rauma (Champions League)

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Kärpät Oulu

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

Lukko Rauma

Tuesday 19.01.2016, 17:30 • Oulun Energia-Areena • Champions League

		Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
"We're feeling good” says Jesse Puljujarvi ahead of tomorrow’s return game: https://t.co/R2Ieub6Myt #CHL pic.twitter.com/q52UhCMGWt — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) January 18, 2016
		After a tight first game where they surrendered a 2-0 lead, Lukko Rauma head to Oulu where they face a Karpat side who recently lost at home in the Liiga – something that's not happened very often this season, albeit after penalty shots. With just one goal in the tie, both sides will be keen to score the opener. “We're feeling good, we’ve had time to have a few practices," said Karpat forward Jesse Puljujarvi. "Lukko is a tough team to play against. We’re one goal ahead and we have the play hard right from the start and go for the win.”
Game time is almost upon us, let's play some hockey already! @championshockey #CHL #playoffs pic.twitter.com/GYRX3qfgID — Francis Glatz (@Ch4irN0ble) January 19, 2016
		Starting lineups: Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Lehtonen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Nutivaara, Laatikainen, Hakanpaa, Pentikainen – Maenalanen, Ikonen, Niemi – Puljujarvi, Aho, Pyorala – Junttila, Aaltonen, Huml – Keranen, Kalapudas, Kestila – Piispanen, Pirnes. Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Rinne) – Niskala, Virtanen, Ahonen, Koivisto M., Brookbank, Hyvarinen, Tommila, Jaatinen – Gagnon, Nurmi, Vahalahti – Asplund, Koivisto T., Lahti – Lehteenmaki, Suuronen, Piitulainen – Lahde, Riska, Sipilainen. Referees: Schukies (GER), Vinnerborg (SUI) – Pesonen, Sormunen (both FIN).
		22 minutes untill the puck drop in this Champions Hockey League semifinal between Kärpät Oulu and Lukko Rauma. Kärpät are one goal ahead in aggregate winning the first leg 3-2 in Rauma last week.
Sebastian Aho tänään sentterinä #kärpät paletissa. Mielenkiintoista nähdä näin kovassa aikuisten pelissä. #CHLfi — Ilkka Palomäki (@IlkkaPalomaki) January 19, 2016 Sebastian Aho plays as a center today. It is interesting to see how he does in this kind of a level of a game.
		Teams are heading to ice. The 2nd leg of CHL semifinals is about to begin!
		Sebastian Aho is playing centre today. Usually he is seen as a winger in Kärpät but he has played as a center in the juniors and most recently in the World Juniors' where Aho and Team Finland won the championship.
Kohta lähtee!!! Panoksena Finaali!!! #Kärpät #CHLfi pic.twitter.com/XiLqTDBurp — Mika Vesterinen (@routasydan71) January 19, 2016 Soon the game starts! And they are playing for the final!
	00:01	Game started.
	00:16	Lukko takes the first face off
	00:25	Kärpät take the puck in their own end and charge towards the Lukko net. Ikonen shoots, Zapolski saves.
	00:49	Lähde with a shot from wing. It goes high and wide.
	01:16	Aaltonen (KÄR) sends a wrister from the point. Huml tries to deflect it but doesn't get a contact.
	02:27	Niemi hits the post!
	04:20	Kärpät have a strong hustle in Lukko zone but the shot never takes place. Lukko clear
	06:06	Kärpät are strong in possession. Ikonen shoots low from the left wing and Zapolski gloves the puck.
	06:33	Niemi, Ikonen and Mäenalanen show some neat passing in Lukko zone, but the shots aren't there.
	07:10	Riska steals the puck deep in the Kärpät zone. He tries to feed the centre in front of the goal but Aittokallio blocks the pass.
	07:43	Junttila gets a back hand chance after a strong rush from Huml.
	07:43	Aaltonen gets a 2min minor hrom the scrum in front of the goal. He held the opponents stick and gets a penalty.
	08:44	Almost half of the PP gone. No chances so far.
Enjoying this first #CHL game – 6:06 played in the first period before the first whistle! — Luke Fisher (@eurovision_luke) January 19, 2016
	09:00	Koivisto shoots and Aittokallio saves with ease.
	09:25	Kukkonen clears, Lukko tries a long opening pass but Lahti is offside. No one touches the puck and it goes to icing.
	09:52	Asplund has a chance right after the end of the PP. Aittokallio saves the low back hand shot.
	10:08	Another save for Aittokallio in the near post.
	11:07	Lähteenmäki dodges a hip check from Nutivaara.
	12:25	Both teams are pressuring quite high and neither team doesn't seem to mind that. The game flows from one end to the other.
	12:29	Mashur shoots from point. Zapolski saves.
	12:49	Asplund shoots high of Aittokallio's goal.
	13:21	Kärpät send the puck towards Lukko goal. Zapolski gloves the puck.
	13:38	Nutivaara tries to bank shot the puck to the crease. Lukko defence and Zapolski hang on.
	14:01	Nurmi with a strong tackle in Kärpät end.
	15:01	Hakanpää tackles Lähde and Kärpät get the puck.
	15:24	Mashur takes too much time in the neutral zone. Kärpät offside.
	15:50	Nurmi tries to backhand in front of the goal. It goes wide!
	16:42	Huml and Aaltonen counter after a long Lukko attack. Huml shoots. Zapolski saves. Face off from Lukko zone.
	17:01	Sipiläinen shoots after Lukko rush. Aittokallio saves.
	17:01	Lähde slashes to Aittokallio's glove and gets a 2 min minor. Kärpät PP!
	17:22	Aho feeds Puljujärvi who shoots straight to Zapolski's lap. Kukkonen generates havoc in front of the goal.
	18:18	Kukkonen gets a pass from Aho after a long possession. Shot is too weak and Lukko get a clearance.
	19:05	Good passing from Kärpät and few legit scoring chances as well. Lukko survive the power play.
	19:16	Lahti with a great deflection late in the period! Aittokallio with a huge glove save!
#CHLfi #lukko vie peliä selkeästi Oulussa. #kärpät roikkuu mukana. Ei saisi ottaa hölmöjä jäähyjä. — Sami Junnila (@SamiJunnila) January 19, 2016 "Lukko clearly has the upper hand in Oulu. Kärpät is barely hanging on. They shouldn't take stupid penalties."
	19:36	Top Scorer Koivisto feeds Asplund again in a great position! no goal.
	20:00	1st period finished.
Lukolla paremmat paikat, oikein hyviä tontteja. Aittokallio aloittanut vahvasti + käynyt tuuri. #CHLfi #kärpät #lukko — Ilari Savonen (@ilarisavonen) January 19, 2016 "Lukko has had the better scoring chances, quite many nice ones. Aittokallio has started strongly and they have had luck.
		First period is over. Asplund had three chances in front of the Kärpät goal. Kärpät also had some great scoring opportunities but the shots ended up in the lap of Zapolski for the most part. Aho's playmaking abilities were shown in the power play but Neither Puljujärvi or Kukkonen couldn't finnish. 0-0 in Oulu, 3-2 for Kärpät in aggregate.
Both teams 0/1 on PP in 1st, shots 11-6 @OulunKarpatFi, score 0-0. pic.twitter.com/o62HqpJLpq — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) January 19, 2016
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:32	Lukko get a frist chance of the 2nd. Nurmi finds the pass on the back post. Aittokallio with a pad save.
	21:02	Aho is checked and the home crowd demands a penalty. None of such is called.
	22:07	Junttila gets a half of a break away! he feeds Puljujärvi in the second wave but he shoots straight at Zapolski.
	23:25	Kärpät are in the driver's seat but can't get to scoring areas. Lukko icing.
	24:57	After a confusing period in the game Zapolski creates iwven more confusion by almost setting up s chance for Kärpät. Lukko defencemen are there to clear the puck.
	25:45	Pentikäinen almost scores for Kärpät! Delayed penalty coming.
	26:13	Hyvärinen gets a 2min minor for hooking. Kärpät power play!
	26:13	Pentikäinen's situation near the goal was reviewed in video. no goal.
	26:18	Goal for Kärpät! Kärpät capitalize on power play right away! Nutivaara gives it to Aho who feed MIKA PYÖRÄLÄ who makes it 1-0 and 4-2 in aggregate!
26:18 Pyöralä (OUL)
	27:49	Kärpät have raised the tempo of the game and Lukko are in peril.
	28:13	Kärpät crowd demand a penalty for holding. No call.
	29:25	Junttila gets the puck near Kärpät bench and charges at the goal. Kärpät demand a penalty for too many players on the ice. No penalty.
#Kärpät ollut täysin niskan päällä koko ekan puolikkaan ajan, ja ansaittu #tictactoe yv-maali #SPEDE'lle. #CHLfi — Teemu Riipi (@teemuriipi) January 19, 2016 "Kärpät has had the upper hand totally in the first half and they get a deserved tictactoe-goal.on powerplay."
	29:57	Pirnes get a 2min interference minor from the scrum in front of the Lukko goal.
	30:27	Lukko get a shot after the first face of in the power play but after that Kärpät have had no trouble in shorthanded play.
	31:02	Goal for Lukko! Top Scorer TONI KOIVISTO gets Lukko on the board. After a rush on the power play Koivisto shoots a sharp wrister past Aittokallio! Asplund and Lahti get the assists. 4-3 on aggregate!
31:02 Koivisto (RAU)
	32:21	Aittokallio with a massive stick save! He almost lost the puck but saves it from the goal line.
	32:45	After strong phase from Lukko, the visitors get a penalty. Janne Niskala is called for hooking. Kärpät 2min PP!
	33:18	Kärpät get their PP rolling right away.
	33:55	Pyörälä shows some great puck handling near the post. He tries to feed Puljujärvi but the shot is weak. Zapolski hangs on.
	34:17	Ikonen sends the puck in front of the goal but it goes past everyone. In the next scrum Ikonen is on the near post trying to lift the puck past Zapolski. No goal.
	34:50	Laatikainen with a world class pass when the penalty ends. Mäenalanen can't deliver.
	35:29	Virtanen sends the puck towards Kärpät goal where Asplund and Lahti are waiting. Aittokallio saves.
	36:20	Suuronen shoots from point. Lot of traffic in front of Kärpät goal. Puck is deflected wide.
	36:56	Laatikainen from Kärpät shoots from point. Puck bounces out of play.
	37:21	Aaltonen gets a chance in the pocket and shoots a sharp wrister. Zapolski saves.
	38:01	Icing Kärpät.
@OulunKarpatFi best on ice and best music in the arena, Kiske and Tolkki, pure class! #CHL #hockeymetal — Peder Wiklund (@donpedroruns) January 19, 2016
	38:33	Kärpät ice the puck again. Lukko got a shot but Kärpät succeed in blocking.
	38:36	Lukko shoot straight from the face off. Aittokallio saves.
	38:53	Gagnon gets a chance near the goal! Aittokallio saves. Lukko is in charge.
	39:27	Virtanen shoots, Aittkoallio saves.
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		2nd period is done and gone! Both teams got a goal each. Lukko had their chances later in the period just as Kärpät were in charge of the first 10 minutes. Both goals were power play goals.
2 periods done and we're in the same position we began, @OulunKarpatFi up 1 on agg. Game score 1-1. pic.twitter.com/iDNRJUlu3f — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) January 19, 2016
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:18	Kärpät want a Lukko icing but don't get it.
	41:11	Aho, Pyörälä and Puljujärvi create a chance. Aho finds Puljujärvi in the pocket. He shoots, Zapolski saves.
	41:29	Goal for Kärpät! Kärpät make it 2-1 (5-3 agg.)! Puljujärvi with amazing stick handling skills. He passes to MARKUS NUTIVAARA in the point, who one-times it home past traffic and Zapolski. Second assist for Laatikainen.
41:29 Nutivaara (OUL)
	42:12	Huml gets lumber and a delayed penalty is called.
	42:27	Lukko get a 2 min minor penalty. Brookbank mishandles Huml and gets a roughing call.
	43:14	Almost a minute gone in PP. No chances yet.
	43:52	Junttila and Huml get scoring chances in front of Zapolski. No goal.
	44:35	Penalty over. No goal and nothing spectacular.
	45:39	Pentikäinen drives from the point! It's deflected wide.
Nutivaara the liideri. Jokohan nyt taittuu ja finaali kutsuu? #Kärpät #CHLfi — Heikki Hämälä (@HJHamala) January 19, 2016 "Nutivaara the leader. Did the game bend already and the final calls?"
	46:40	Vahalahti gets the puck in speed but Kukkonen plays the stick well.
	48:05	Aho makes 2 Lukko players look clumsy and dumps the puck.
	48:20	Junttila is obviously tripped. No penalty.
	48:47	Kärpät icing.
	48:47	Koivisto, Lahti and Asplund have had most of the Lukko chances. They are on the ice right now.
	49:18	Puck bounces out of play. Just a moment ago Niskala would've had a wide open net but Lahti never passed the puck to him. He chose Asplund in front of the net and that resulted in a turnover.
	49:46	Aho looses his balance at the crucial moment after the rush.
	50:08	Nutivaara with a huge hip check near the boards.
	50:59	Nutivaara drives and Huml tries to hackle in the rebound. Zapolski saves.
	51:34	Great change from Nutivaara. A tackle, good passing and a shot on goal.
	51:48	Kärpät icing.
	51:55	The puck is deflected out of play.
	52:35	Niskala with a strong play against Keränen. The Lukko D-man tackles and comes away with a puck. Lukko gets a rush and a shot on goal.
	52:43	Pirnes from Kärpät gets a 2min penalty after fouling Niskala. Hooking is the call. Lukko PP!
RD ennusti sen, että pohjosesta tuulee ja kovasti. Valmiiksi poolopaita ja oikeen takkiki päällä! #kärpät #lukko #chlfi — Tanja (@tanjajurvelin) January 19, 2016 "Risto Dufva foresaw that the wind is going to blow hard from the north. He even has a polo-shirt and a jacket on!"
	53:35	Kärpät box remain strong. Lukko tries to feed Koivisto and Niskala.
	54:00	Lukko are strong in possession.
	54:23	Goal for Lukko! Lukko finds the net in power play again! JANNE LAHTI charges to the net and after the scrum the puck bounces in from a Kärpät player. 2-2 and 5-4 in aggregate.
	54:46	Offside Kärpät.
JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Janne LAHTI!! #Lukko #chlfi #ohitullaan — Joona Ranto (@JoonaRanto) January 19, 2016
	55:12	Just like in the 2nd period. Lukko gets a new spark after their goal. A shot from point. Puck deflects out of play.
	55:44	Less than 5 min to go and Lukko are desperate for an equalizing goal. Virtanen shoots. Aittokallio saves.
	56:21	Aho's puck possession skills are amazing. He is forced down just to get him rid of the puck. No penalty.
	57:32	Niskala falls down and looses his glove! This generates an odd-man-rush for Kärpät. Ikonen shoots and Zapolski saves with his blocker.
	58:23	Kärpät clear to the neutral zone.
	58:36	Lukko calls Time-out! Zapolski should leave his net soon enough. The face off is in the neutral zone.
	58:36	Gagnon wins the face off. Lukko dumps the puck.
	58:54	Lukko net is empty.
	59:29	Niskala can't contain the puck.
		Game over.
		KÄRPÄT GO TO THE FINAL! The game ends 2-2 and aggregate 5-4! (19:37:38)
Vinnaaaliiin !!! #CHLfi \o/ #Kärpät. Jes! — Päivi J. Tossavainen (@ptossavainen) January 19, 2016 "To the final! Yes!"
.@OulunKarpatFi are in #CHLFinal! They only needed a tie tonight, and that's what they got, 2-2 for 5-4 agg win. pic.twitter.com/rehyqhOtKh — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) January 19, 2016

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 27. Pyörälä (Aho, Nutivaara), 42. Nutivaara (Puljujärvi, Laatikainen) – 32. Koivisto (Asplund, Lahti), 55. Lahti

Kärpät Oulu: Aittokallio (Lehtonen) – Kukkonen, Masuhr, Nutivaara, Laatikainen, Hakanpaa, Pentikainen – Maenalanen, Ikonen, Niemi – Puljujarvi, Aho, Pyorala – Junttila, Aaltonen, Huml – Keranen, Kalapudas, Kestila – Piispanen, Pirnes.

Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Rinne) – Niskala, Virtanen, Ahonen, Koivisto M., Brookbank, Hyvarinen, Tommila, Jaatinen – Gagnon, Nurmi, Vahalahti – Asplund, Koivisto T., Lahti – Lehteenmaki, Suuronen, Piitulainen – Lahde, Riska, Sipilainen.

Referees: Schukies (GER), Vinnerborg (SUI) – Pesonen, Sormunen (both FIN)

1st game

12.01.2016
Lukko - Kärpät 2:3

Goals and assists: 10. Koivisto (Lahti, Ahonen), 11. Virtanen – 15. Kukkonen (Nutivaara, Pirnes), 45. Keränen (Nutivaara, Mäenalanen), 54. Aaltonen (Puljujärvi, Laatikainen)

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1st period
	07:43
	17:01
1st intermission
2nd period
	26:13
	26:18
	29:57
	31:02
	32:45
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:29
	42:27
	52:43
	54:23
Final