KalPa receives a major reinforcement
Image: All Over Press
KalPa receives top news just before the start of the League quarter-finals.
The captain of the defending Finnish champion team Jaakko Rissanen makes his return to the lineup in the opening match against Ilves in Tampere on Sunday evening.
For the team from Kuopio, this is a huge reinforcement. The 36-year-old veteran forward has been sidelined for a large part of the season due to injury, but still managed to become the team’s fifth most effective scorer with 34 points in 37 games, scoring 11+23.
Sunday’s match will be Rissanen’s first playoff game of the spring.
KalPa cleared its way to the quarter-finals by defeating HIFK in a tight series with a score of 3–2.
Tänään klo 17.00, Ilves vs. KalPa I 1. puolivälierä
LUE MYÖS:
Read more
- Sami Nikusta was hit by a surprising transfer rumor – a secret meeting with a new club
- NHL: big contract news echoed – lucrative extension deal for the star captain
- KooKoo gets a top reinforcement
- Finnish star makes anticipated return to the SHL – 225 days of torment come to an end
- Liiga week tops and flops: are Jokerit and HIFK in danger of relegation?
- Disheartening announcement from the disc golf club: “Unfortunately, a financial solution has not been found.”
- Detroit finally broke the silence regarding Dylan Larkin – a tough action from the team
- NHL goalie unexpectedly ends his hockey career – moves to a new field
- Edmonton made a controversial acquisition in the NHL – over 24,000 people demand the contract to be terminated!
- Veteran of over 700 NHL games ends his playing career – also remembered from Jokers