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Tappara Tampere
2:1 (2:0, 0:1, 0:0)
Adler Mannheim
Sunday 11.09.2016, 18:00 • Hakametsä • Champions League • Group C
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 18:00.

    Tänään Tappara vs Mannheim klo 19, be there! #Tappara #CHL

    Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Tampereen Tappara (@tapparafansofficial),

     
    If the game in Vienna isn't your pick for game of the day, then this one surely must be. One of Tappara and Mannheim will exit the CHL tonight after Lugano booked their place in the next round earlier this week.

    Simply, Tappara have to win in regulation time, otherwise the Liiga Champions will go out of the competition. Mannheim are through with at least an OT loss because they have a better head-to-head against the Finns. Tappera have failed to win at home this season in the CHL, while Mannheim are without a point on the road – making it all the more intriguing.

    #adlermannheim #tapparatampere #chl #warmup #anschwitzen #40minutestiltakeoff #entscheidung #fürmannheim

    Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Adler Mannheim (@adlermannheim_official),

     
    Starting lineups:

    Tappara Tampere: Hrachovina (Lassila) – Kemiläinen, Elorinne, Saravo, Rantakari, Salonen, Tuhkanen, Rouhiainen – Lajunen, Haapala, Karjalainen, Savinainen, Ilomäki, Peltola, Nurmi, Röymark, Järvinen, Rauhala, Heikkilä, Jasu, Honkanen.

    Adler Mannheim: Endras (Ziffzer) – Johnson, Richmond, Akdag, Carle, Reul, Goc N., Bittner – Festerling, Kolarik, Wolf, Kink, Goc M., Sparre, Raedeke, Plachta, Tardif, Ullman, Arendt, Hofflin, Joudrey.

    Referees: Smetana (AUT), Kaukokari – Nieminen, Pesonen (All FIN).
     
    Only little over 5 minutes before start in Hakametsä and people are slowly getting to the stands.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:31
    Goal for Tappara!
    A quick start to Tappara! Aleksi Elorinne shoots from blue line and HENRIK HAAPALA sticks it to net from back post! Other assist to Jere Karjalainen.
    00:31 HAAPALA - 1:0
     
    00:41
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in middle zone.
     
    02:02
    Tappara has a great chance to score and Mannheim is forced to stop. A penalty shot is given.
     
    02:02
    Teemu Nurmi takes the penalty shot and does a good effort. His shot is stopped by the post though.
     
    02:43
    Tappara has a shot from point but Endras stops it with his helmet.
     
    02:49
    Mannheim offside.
     
    03:09
    Heikkilä gets a shot from point but Endras blocks it with his body.
     
    03:47
    Sparre takes a stupid penalty in offensive zone while under no pressure.
     
    04:40
    Tappara has a couple of chances on power play but no results yet.
     
    05:22
    Tappara's turn to take a stupid penalty. Lajunen had no pressure.
     
    05:22
    Tappara had a good power play until the penalty.
     
    06:16
    Mannheim offside.
     
    06:49
    Ullman has a good chance from a rebound on power play but Hrachovina is able to pad-save.
     
    07:08
    Mannheim gets a shot from blue line, no problems to Hrachovina.
     
    07:20
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in middle zone.
     
    07:22
    Mannheim's power play was mediocre.
     
    09:22
    Röymark flips the puck towards goal, Endras kicks it away.
     
    10:50
    This time Plachta has a chance from point, it is weak and Hrachovina blocks it effortlessly.
     
    11:40
    Power break after an unexplained game stopping from the referees. Tappara has clearly had the upper hand and Mannheim is trying to turn the physical play to their advantage.
     
    12:21
    Mannheim offside. It is followed up by a power break.
     
    12:28
    Johnson takes a shot from blue line and Hrachovina stumbles. He still saves.
     
    12:40
    Now Tappara has a good chance from a bounce. Endras is just able to save.
     
    13:45
    Tappara icing.
     
    14:34
    Tuhkanen makes an ugly tackle from behind and Mannheim's player flies head first to the boards. He gets 2+10 minutes for it.
     
    16:34
    Mannheim's power play was non-existing. Only chance came to Tappara.
     
    16:59
    Now Mannheim gets two good scoring chances in front of the goal but Hrachovina is a valuable help to his team.
     
    17:03
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in Tappara's zone.
     
    18:12
    Puck bounces to the front of Mannheim's goal from a bounce. Endras covers it.
     
    18:27
    Akdag shoots a weak shot from blue line. Hrachovina catches it like a berry.
     
    18:58
    Festerling has all the time in the world and takes a good shot from the middle. Hrachovina catches it like a berry.
     
    19:12
    Goal for Tappara!
    VELI-MATTI SAVINAINEN shoots from straight skating from point and Endras can't catch it. Juhani Jasu and Jukka Peltola get the assists.
    19:12 SAVINAINEN - 2:0
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    The period was totally Tappara's. If Mannheim doesn't get its act together they'll have a long night. Shots on goal 11-7.
     
    Second period starts at 19.53 EET (18.53 CET).
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:13
    Mannheim icing.
     
    21:24
    Mannheim gets a shot from blue line but it deflects from something and flies to the nets.
     
    22:45
    Mannheim's player trips to Järvinen's stick and a penalty is whistled.
     
    23:13
    Mannheim gets two quick shots on goal and Hrachovina has no idea where the puck is. It bounces outside and face-off is taken to middle zone.
     
    24:25
    Puck is deflected towards goal from a stack of players and Hrachovina covers.
     
    24:36
    Tardif takes a shot from point and Hrachovina continues the same way as is normal: picks it like a berry.
     
    24:52
    Another shot on goal by Mannheim. Hrachovina takes it like a pro.
     
    25:50
    Goal for Mannheim!
    Puck is played to the front of the goal where MARCUS KINK sweeps it in. Assisted by Aaron Johnson and Daniel Sparre.
    25:50 KINK - 2:1
     
    28:06
    Tappara has a good phase and a good shot, without result.
     
    29:25
    Mannheim icing.
     
    30:44
    Mannheim first has a shot on goal but then Tappara takes an unnecessary penalty and power play ensues.
     
    32:02
    Mannheim offside.
     
    32:44
    Mannheim missed yet another power play. Coach Sean Simpson might give a noisy feedback.
     
    33:32
    Raedeke trips Tappara-player and is sent sitting. Also a power break comes up.
     
    33:52
    A weak shot from Tappara which Endras saves and the opportunity is lost.
     
    34:50
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in Mannheim's zone.
     
    35:29
    Tardif takes a weak shot on goal and game is stopped due to goal moving away from its place.
     
    35:32
    Tappara's power play is as lousy as Mannheim's have been. Absolutely hopeless, no real scoring chances.
     
    36:32
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in Mannheim's zone.
     
    36:57
    Johnson takes a wild shot from blue line with the usual result: no luck.
     
    37:37
    Both teams hit the post inside of a few seconds. A little hope for a better stage in the game?
     
    39:02
    Mannheim icing.
     
    39:14
    Plachta takes a shot from middle and Hrachovina glove-saves it to the nets.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    What a random pile of playing this period was. Mannheim had all the chances in the world to accomplish something but the effort was mediocre at best counting out of course Kink's goal. Third period might bring absolutely anything. Shots on goal 2-13. Third period starts at 20.44 EET (19.44 CET).

    Darraviihdettä isukin kaa #chl #tappara #mannheim #icehockey

    Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Topi (@tusouni),

     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:07
    Mannheim icing.
     
    40:31
    Akdag trips Tappara's player.
     
    40:33
    Peltola takes a shot from the middle but Endras armpit-saves it.
     
    42:08
    Karjalainen pushes the puck towards goal. A hopeless effort as Endras covers it easily.
     
    42:31
    Another wasted opportunity on power play. What a night.
     
    43:04
    The puck hits one of the referees who gets injured. The game is stopped in order to take care of him.
     
    43:51
    Puck bounces outside the rink, face-off in middle zone.
     
    44:18
    Tardif shoots from point. Hrachovina makes a glove-save easily.
     
    44:49
    Mannheim icing.
     
    45:35
    Järvinen takes a shot from point but Endras blocker-saves it to the nets.
     
    46:00
    Tappara gets a couple of bounces on goal, no luck though.
     
    46:09
    Mannheim offside. At the same time comes a power break.
     
    47:20
    Puck bounces outside the rink and a little scuffle ensues. The referees give a stern warning to both teams to stop acting up.
     
    47:44
    Mannheim offside.
     
    48:49
    Plachta's shot is deflected to the nets and game continues in Tappara's zone.
     
    49:13
    Honkanen makes an excellent shot from point but Endras keeps his team in the game.
     
    49:58
    Hofflin's turn to take a shot from point. Hrachovina glove-saves nicely.
     
    53:01
    A long stopless period of playing comes to an end when Endras stops Tappara's bounce towards goal. After that a power break comes up.
     
    Today's attendance is 3452.
     
    53:15
    Mannheim offside.
     
    54:15
    Raedeke's stick hits Tappara's players helmet.
     
    54:58
    A weak shot from blue line by Tappara. Endras pad-saves easily.
     
    55:44
    A weak shot by Mannheim this time. Hrachovina catches easily.
     
    56:13
    This time Hrachovina needs to make an effort as a blazing shot comes towards him.
     
    56:15
    A weak power play yet again by Tappara.
     
    58:50
    Mannheim tries to pile on pressure. Now they get a face-off in offensive zone as Hrachovina saves.
     
    58:50
    Mannheim timeout.
     
    58:50
    Endras has left his goal for extra player.
     
    59:17
    Mannheim gets a few shots on goal but Tappara defences like an animal.
     
    59:17
    Tappara timeout.
     
    59:36
    Tappara icing.
     
    Game over.
     
    Tappara takes the win and advances to the play-offs. A deserved win. Shots in goal in third period 7-7.
     
    Tappara's head coach Jussi Tapola was satisfied about Mannheim-game's result. It meant that Tappara will advance to the play-offs.

    - Of course we keep CHL in high value. We had a tough group, both Lugano and Mannheim are surely top teams of their own leagues. Getting to the play-offs especially from this group was a good performance.

    Mannheim gave a tough battle to Tappara and both teams had their opportunities in the game. Tapola gave credit to the German team.

    - When you look at Mannheim's style of play, coaching and everything, you can see that they are a really high-quality team to play against.

    Tapola also agreed with the media that the game varied quite much.

    - We responded to their combat playing well. We were clearly better in the first period. The second period was messed up a little by the penalties. Third period was mainly good but our own attacking was sometimes such that it created chances to the opponent.

    Power play was one of the most positive points of the game.

    - Most of our players played an excellent game today. Our power play was quite good today. We had good foundations there but lacked results. The penalties were partly justifiable and some were interpretations but that is what this is going to be.

    CHL's play-off draw will be held in Helsinki next monday. Tapola told that he is mainly thinking about the travel issues, not that much about the opponent.

    - Travelling is of course an issue now that the Liiga-season approaches. Hopefully we get an opponent which resides within an easy travel. We as a team hope for a good and tough opponent.
     
    Mannheim's head coach Sean Simpson was disappointed in the team's loss against Tappara but gave credit to the Tampere-based team.

    - We are of course disappointed that we lost. Tappara played a good and disciplined game. They had a better first period than we did tonight and they deserved to win.

    The game was a neck-to-neck battle throughout the game and special teams along with physical playing were the big issues. Simpson gave credit to Mannheim's penalty killing and physicality even though power play wasn't as excellent.

    - I think that our penalty killing was very good. It was a hard-fought game, like a play-off game. In the physical game we had no difficulties.

    Mannheim's this year's CHL ended in group stage. Simpson liked the whole experience very much and eagerly awaits for a new shot in the tournament.

    - CHL is a good tournament. I am a believer in CHL and I'm positive about it. I think that it's a good thing that club teams play against each other all over Europe. It's a good variable and a good advertisement to club ice hockey. I'll very happily come back next year if possible. (22:16:29)

    Leo Runsas

    Goals and assists: 1. Haapala (Elorinne, Karjalainen), 20. Savinainen (Jasu, Peltola) – 26. Kink (Johnson, Sparre)


    Tappara Tampere: Hrachovina (Lassila) – Kemiläinen, Elorinne, Saravo, Rantakari, Salonen, Tuhkanen, Rouhiainen – Lajunen, Haapala, Karjalainen, Savinainen, Ilomäki, Peltola, Nurmi, Röymark, Järvinen, Rauhala, Heikkilä, Jasu, Honkanen
    Adler Mannheim: Endras (Ziffzer) – Johnson, Richmond, Akdag, Carle, Reul, Goc N., Bittner – Festerling, Kolarik, Wolf, Kink, Goc M., Sparre, Raedeke, Plachta, Tardif, Ullman, Arendt, Hofflin, Joudrey

    Referees: Smetana (AUT), Kaukokari – Nieminen, Pesonen (All FIN)

    Attendance: 3452