With everyone else covered in this report resting (due to injuries or a tough opposition), it was Jesse Ylönen’s chance to grab the spotlight for himself. In the second-to-last game in Liiga’s regular season, his Pelicans faced Kärpät, the team favoured to win ‘Kanada-malja’ (the Canada Bowl) that is awarded at the end of the playoffs.
With his team chasing the game deep into the third period, Ylönen got the puck in his own zone and kept it under control to execute a good, and tough, zone exit followed by an easier entry at the opposite blue line before passing the puck to the winger and going toward the net.