KooKoo’s difficulties in the league continued on Thursday. This time, the team from Kouvola faced a painful 3-4 defeat against Vaasan Sport.

Recently, a hot topic surrounding KooKoo has been the situation of Robert Rooba. The power forward has not played a single game since Kai Suikkanen took over as head coach of KooKoo.

In the press conference after the Sport match, Suikkanen shed light on Rooba’s situation.

– He is injured. I don’t know how to say it in Finnish, but day-to-day basis, Suikkanen said.

Rooba’s start to the season has been really difficult. In ten games, he has scored one goal. His plus-minus statistic is at minus 12.

Last season, Rooba was one of KooKoo’s key players. He scored 15+24=39 points in 59 regular season games.

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