League hot-finals continue - major changes in the HIFK lineup: captain and star striker on the sidelines

SM-league semi-finals continue Saturday matches HPK-Tappara and Kärpät-HIFK.Semi-finals a five-game ban suffered a SCUBA-centre Tommi Santala play until the spring of the third playoff matches. Matti Raivio /AOP

HPK-Tappara-season wins are 1-0 tampere. Kärpät-HIFK series is in a situation of 1-1 SCUBA:n handicap after winning yesterday Nordiksen.

Helsinki ice arena 12.-13. April-held in-line skating championships, causing changes in the Kärpät-HIFK-two match programme. The first four matches roasted in six days, but Monday came after a three-day interval before the Oulu playable fifth match. Possible sixth and seventh of the match are both in match two on Monday 15.4. and on Wednesday 17.4.

the first half of the match jams to set the Weasels and SCUBA:the hard sustainability challenge. Now let's play the third game in four days, and short, only less than a day of rest rough after the fight before game three starts as well as late-night flight from Helsinki to Oulu to tax the players ' energy levels.

Coaches must take into consideration the matter of the game plans. It is expected that the first two fight, and the playoffs already HIFK trademark of a fierce attack on the head of the crease to see the same scale as previously.

Back more than two feet wider than the rinks affected in the same direction. When the distances grow, the pressure is more difficult - and physically consume more.

the Game accentuates the need

in These circumstances, the intensity is unlikely to remain the whole time on the pin. The game's pace and the situation of identification will rise even greater role, which means increasing the delay of the output against the trap-gaming.

This can be quickly calculated HIFK advantage, because of its gambling has throughout the season been a more structured and enhanced the second half based than the Weasels freer style of play. HIFK:n kentälliset is quite often seen picking up common outputs front on the offensive and, respectively, withdrawing from the defense in a situation 1-2-2-trapiin.

on the other Hand, HIFK would lose it strength, to which it is a playoff-victory matches, when it would have to haggle with a few points to the active pressures and the hard contact in the game.

in Addition, the Weasels showed up last spring in the playoffs he can adapt to the game changing requirements. It changed radically the style of play between their pleijarien Our game of familiar elements, such as the control output and the average area control game.

on the Tactical side of the barbell should be so exactly, and the grate to match the pace effects weigh more physical endurance on the side.

Big changes

Perhaps this at least partly through the centre of the Tommi Santala rest of yesterday. Today he returns fressinä SCUBA:no configuration

Weasels turn yesterday on the sidelines was a junior world champion and the NHL's first-round draft pick Rasmus Copper return to the roster.

Other changes to the configurations. SCUBA has the most significant are the stars hyökkäjä Jonah Raskin , captain Lennart Petrelli and winter Sakari Salminen interference. The assembly rose santala in addition to put the invaders Ilmari Pitkänen and Teemu Engberg . First in the chain Raskin place to take two carry-over Juho Keränen .

Weasels roster are the fallen striker Sami Anttila and defensive Aleksi Mäkelä , with the status of the seven a paki, hmm will Stanley Ronkainen .

Hämeenlinna Tappara continued to profit by the assembly, but HPK has provided rosteriaan. The first three chains of the right to put the attackers switch places with each other.

one of the Teemu Turunen and Take Paajanen alongside Valtteri Puustinen . the Niclas Luceniuksen led to two Markus Nenonen and Robert Leino three Eetu Tuulola .

in Addition, the defenders of Niclas Almari and Markus Niemelä to exchange places with each other, as well sevens kit Henri Kanninen and four berth Miro Ruokonen , which therefore moves to 13. aggressor.