Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Ilves 1-4 TPS

Rasmus Ristolainen, the youngest player in all of the SM-Liiga, had a big hand in TPS collecting three points for the first time this season.
Still shy of his seventeenth birthday, Ristolainen cancelled out Teemu Huhtala's debut SM-Liiga goal which broke the deadlock after a scoreless first. The third period saw TPS pull clear with goals from Anttila and Stone before Ristolainen ended the scoring with his second of the night, and TPS's fourth.
As somewhat expected, Schwarz watched this one from the bench as Alexis Ahlqvist put in a twenty-nine save performance. The forward lines were heavily tinkered with as well, Plihal centring an all-Czech first line alongside Birner and Cerny. Plihal's erstwhile linemates Anttila and Vahalahti were centred by Tapio Laakso.
This result was the one desperately needed by TPS who have started the season not only with poor results (HPK failed to score for the second consecutive match tonight after putting six past TPS) but also poor performances. They now have a bit of a rest before Friday's encounter with an unconvincing SaiPa team.

Other scores:
Jokerit 6-0 HPK
Kärpät 4-1 Lukko
Ässät 2-1 Pelicans (PS)

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