There is still hope for Jokerit

Earlier tonight Jokerit play against Kärpät in the third round of the SM-Liig playoffs 2009. Before this game, Kärpät had two wins and Jokerit none.

Jokerit won tonights game 4-1 showing Kärpät that they are still in the game and wont give up so easy. Kärpät only need two more wins to go to the semi-finals.

JYP won 3-2 against TPS and are now leading 2-1 in game wins and Pelicans won against Blues and are leading 2-1 in game wins aswell. Kalpa gave HPK a 4-0 beating and are also leading 2-1 in game wins.

The third round in the playoffs

On tuesday the third round in the playoffs will take place. All other teams have won one game each exept for Kärpät who have won over Jokerit two times. Jokerit have no wins so far but hopefully for them, they will win on tomorrow.

Jokerit are out on thin ice

Jokerit has had a great season in the SM-Liiga 2008-2009 but that season will end if they don´t win Kärpät on tuesday. Kärpät have won both playoff games against Jokerit and only need one more to go to the semi finals.

Kärpät is one of the best teams in the SM-Liiga but have had alot of problem this season. They now seem to be playing the kind of icehockey the fans expect of them and Jokerit will have to fight hard on tuesday if they want to stay in the playoffs.

JYP unexpected loss against TPS on home ice

JYP, the leading team in the league before the playoffs, lost 1-3 against a improved TPS on friday. Jyp scored the first goal but after that TPS scored 3 unanswered goals.

Sinuhe Wallinheimo, JYP´s goalie had a low number of 5 saves so TPS scored 3 out of 8 shots on goal. That is almost 50 % shots in the net. TPS goalie, Alexander Salak had about 30 shots against him but still managed to keep the puck out of the net.

JYP was taken by surprice and now have to make some changes in order to win TPS tomorrow at 5pm.

Good playoff start for Kalpa

Earlier tonight, HPK played against Kalpa on home ice. The match didn´t go as expected for the home team and they ended up losing 0-3. Kalpa played a great game but the biggest reason to their win was their goalie, Mika Oksa who didn´t let in a goal. Sami Kapanen was also a big impact on tonights win for Kalpa. He scored 2 gols and assisted 1.

HPK have had a very good season but they seem to have problems against Kalpa. In tonights game they had about 30 shots on goal and no goals.

Next HPK-Kalpa game is tomorrow at 5 pm.

Fans disapointed in HIFK season

Fans of HIFK, one of the favorite teams in the SM-Liiga, are still very disapointed with the outcome of the season. It just didn´t seem that they wanted it enough. When they played good, they could do anything but as soon as they let in a goal, their game play collapsed.

They also have had alot of problems with injuries but no one would have thought they would lose three games in a row against a less expirienced team, TPS.

TPS is not that good a team but they have a stunning goal keeper, Alexander Salak who I think is the reason to TPS success this season. His goalkeeper skills might make it hard for JYP to score goals in the playoffs.

the playoff matchups are set

The playoff games are now set. JYP will play against TPS, Pelicans, who won Ilves on tuesday, will play against Blues.

Kärpät and Jokerit plays against each other as well as HP and Kalpa but that was allready set a longer time ago.