Happee celebrated with a win
Julkaistu: 11.12.2017 00.00

Happee celebrated with a win

Happee hosted SB Welhot at home court Monnari on last Tuesday. It was a Finland 100 years -theme game and the moose provided some serious fun for a season record audience.

The game started fast and eventful as expected. Welhot kept a tight defense and Happee held the ball while the visitors focused mainly on counter attacks. Asko Huisman scored the first goal with an accurate shot right beside the near post. Olli Taskinen equalized just before the break and the second period started 1-1.

Happee came prepared in the second period and took the initiative. The moose still failed to score from their chances due to the visitors excellent goalie Peter Lesch. Veli-Matti hynynen managed to take Happee in the lead with a goal that came after a nice free hit pattern.

SB Welhot mixed up their team somewhat in the third period and took charge for a moment. Eetu Sorvali equalized the match and the visitors had a few chances to get the lead. Goalie Miro Tuomala, who played his first game in quite a while, took some great saves and kept the moose in the game. Then Peter Kotilainen took over. First he gave two beautiful passes to Jami Manninen and then he scored the final 5-3 goal with a beautiful solo performance. The visitors gave it a push in the end playing with an empty net, but the moose defended bravely and killed the away teams spurt.

Captain Jami Manninen gave credit to the opponent after the match.

- The match was even from start to finish. We managed to squeeze the goals we needed in the third period and gained two valuable points. At this stage of the season you just have to scrape the points any way you can, pretty or not, Manninen finishes.

Head coach Mikko Lehto thought that Happee should have decided the match earlier:

- Both teams defended well in the opening period. We should have scored a few goals more from the chances we had in the second period. If you don’t utilize your chances, it will get difficult in the end and that is what happened again tonight, Lehto finishes.


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