EHM The Blue Line

batdad wrote:How about that Bulgarian women's team qualifying for the Olympics. Well...not exactly qualifying. But what a performance.

Oh yeah I read about that in the newspaper. Wasn't it something like an 82-0 loss? I think it said there was an average of a goal every 44 seconds. I think you'd really have to try to lose by that margin. Even if a team like Manchester Phoenix were pitted against someone like the Vancouver Canucks, I don't think the scoreline would be quite that large - and that's even if we played without Tony Hand.

To get this thread back on topic, here are yesterday's results:

HIFK - Jokerit 5-3
Ilves - Tappara 5-4
KalPa - JYP 1-3
Kärpät - SaiPa 7-0
Pelicans - Blues 1-4

Blues' Petri Lammassaari, who played in Lukko last season, proved a worthy acquisition by scoring two of Espoo's four goals. Also on the rise is Erkki Rajamäki, who is known as a very good, give his all, two-way forward, and now given a spot in the first line. He scored two points (1+1).

Go Rajamäki! When I get my new Blues' game jersey, it will have number 18 and "RAJAMÄKI" on the back!

Interesting also to note that Kärpät had a very good start to the season - as much you can determine by only one game. They lost most of their core players and, despite their high budget, are not quite as threatening on paper, as they were last season. Plus they also lost their head coach, Kari Jalonen, to HIFK, who was replaced by Mika Alatalo, who has yet to achieve anything substantial in SM-liiga.

7-0 is quite some result! Are Karpat no longer the team to beat in the SM-liiga?

Tasku wrote:Plus they also lost their head coach, Kari Jalonen, to HIFK, who was replaced by Mika Alatalo, who has yet to achieve anything substantial in SM-liiga.

Kärpät head coach is Matti Alatalo not Mika Alatalo

Hah! Oops!

7-0 is quite some result! Are Karpat no longer the team to beat in the SM-liiga?

Unless they make some acquisitions mid-season. That announced three million euro player budget would incline though, that more acquisitions be coming.

All in all, exciting season it is going to be!

Second round of SM-Liiga has played.

12.09.
Lukko - Ässät 6-1
Matti Kuparinen 0-1
Antti Laaksonen 1-1
Mark Ardelan 2-1
Otto Honkaheimo 3-1
Juha-Pekka Haataja 4-1
Pekka Saarenheimo 5-1
Juha-Pekka Haataja 6-1
Attendance 5400

13.09.
Blues - JYP 4-1
Tomi Sallinen 1-0
Ben Eaves 2-0
Petri Lammassaari 3-0
Erkki Rajamäki 4-0
Antti Virtanen 4-1
Attendance 4662

Jokerit - TPS 3-0
Jani Rita 1-0
Mikko Jokela 2-0
Kalle Kerman 3-0
Attendance 7792

KalPa - Kärpät 4-0
Kalle Sahlstedt 1-0
Kalle Sahlstedt 2-0
Tuomas Kiiskinen 3-0
Sami Kapanen 4-0
Attendance 4537

Pelicans - HPK OT 1-0
Vili Sopanen 1-0
Attendance 4369

SaiPa - HIFK OT 2-1
Kim Hirschovits 0-1
Jussi Tarvainen 1-1
Eetu Holma 2-1
Attendance 4003

Tappara - Lukko OT 1-2
Tommi Kovanen 0-1
David Schneider 1-1
Mika Viinanen 1-2
Attendance 4859

Ässät - Ilves 4-1
Ville Uusitalo 1-0
Derek Damon 2-0
Lauri Tukonen 2-1
Matti Kuparinen 3-1
Derek Damon 4-1
Attendance 4612

No one cares about SaiPa.. only 4000 attendance. In their first game Kärpät-SaiPa was almost 5000, but they played in Oulu.
Another win to Blues.. They seems to be pretty strong team in this year.
Also Lukko has played well.

To bring SM-Liiga back to date, here are the current standings:

G P
1. Blues 11 24
2. JYP 10 19
3. KalPa 10 19
4. Lukko 10 17
5. Kärpät 10 16
6. Ilves 9 15
7. Tappara 11 14
8. Pelicans 10 14
9. SaiPa 10 13
10. HIFK 8 12
11. Ässät 10 12
12. Jokerit 8 12
13. HPK 8 9
14. TPS 11 8

Yesterday HIFK somewhat swept the floor with Jokerit. Although in the first period Jokerit was clearly the better team, in the second HIFK already had the upperhand, and in the third there was only one team on the ice, as HIFK scored 4 goals to a 3-6 victory.

Although i've seen only one and a half games from HIFK this season, I enjoy it more now than i ever did the last two seasons. Now it actually looks hockey. Hallelujah Kari jalonen!

God darn Glen Hanlon.

I was thinking of raping and shooting myself after that game yesterday. First period good, but oh god after that..

Miserable.

eme wrote: 12. Jokerit 8 12
13. HPK 8 9
14. TPS 11 8

Me like this.

I'd like HPK and TPS to do a little better, but seeing Jokerit with their 3 million euro player budget and hot shot former NHL coach, Glen Hanlon, in the mudd, I have to say puts a tiny little malicious smile on my face.

Little update to SM-Liiga standings (if someone outside Finland cares)

Team GP W P
JYP 15 10 32
Blues 16 9 30
Lukko 14 7 24
Tappara 15 7 23
Jokerit 12 7 23
KalPa 15 6 22
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HIFK 13 5 20
Kärpät 14 6 19
HPK 12 4 19
Ilves 13 6 18
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SaiPa 15 4 18
Pelicans 15 5 17
Ässät 14 5 16
TPS 15 4 16

I start to be consered about Kärpät.. FIRE Matti Alatalo from head coach place and hire someone from NHL!!
I also start to feel that Sport or either KooKoo graduated from Mestis to Liiga..
Yes there's TuTo and Hokki in high placed, but I still believe that money teams like Sport and KooKoo are strong in playoffs.
I am also happy for D-Team place.

Here's standings from Mestis too
TuTo 11 7 26
Hokki 12 5 25
KooKoo 11 8 25
K-Vantaa 11 6 21
Sport 10 6 18
Jokipojat 12 5 18
D Team 11 4 17
HeKi 11 4 14
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Jukurit 11 3 12
LeKi 11 3 10
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Titaanit 10 3 9
SaPKo 12 1 5

Time to update Elitserien:

Team GP P
Linköping 15 28
Skellefteå 15 28
Brynäs 15 27
Djurgården 16 25
Rögle 15 24
MODO 15 24
Färjestad 15 23
HV71 16 21
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Frölunda 15 19
Timrå 15 19
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Luleå 15 16
Södertälje 15 12

Tonight's games:
Timrå - Djurgården 3-2 OT
Färjestad - Rögle 2-3
Linköping - Frölund 2-3 OT
Brynäs - Luleå 2-4
HV71 - MODO 2-5
Södertälje - Skellefteå 2-3

It feels so good to see Kärpät and HIFK play so bad now. Warms my heart so nicely. <3 Jokerit are in a six or seven game winning streak and that's a good thing. Maybe there is some hope with Hanlon.. who knows.

Todays game with Kärpät was nice. The ending was gold. Jani Rita scored the winning goal at 59.59.

Whiph wrote:It feels so good to see Kärpät and HIFK play so bad now. Warms my heart so nicely. <3

No way Kärpät.. Kärpät is the Cinderella story of this decade. First of climping to the clorys.. but then crashing down and then climping again in top and creating real dynasty.. dynasty of northern Finland.. and hen crashing again.
I relly appreciate other Finnish greatest as TPS and Jokerit, but don't want anymore glory for them.
Well TPS is gonna replaced by TuTo in this season.. and Jokerit will drive in swamp.. once again.
Hifk.. whos is HIFK? Junior team for Jokerit?
JYP? Ooh Adam Oates I even partically live in Jyväskylä and I don't even care about JYP!
Lukko? only thing what I know about Lukko is the ex Kärpät players.
And that KalPa Sahlstedt ex Kärppä player.. and Kapanen ex flyers player.. I laught at those!
HPK? Kärpät has beaten HPK fo several times.. not change in this season.
Tappara and Ilves? Who are playing in Tappara than veterans I really think that in Ilves Helminen is just chancged his name to Kuusisto.. and Jonas Enlund is twin brother of Ojanen...?
Then we come to SaiPa. who are those? At least what I know that tarkki playing Kärpät goalie little brother.. who else?
Next to Pelicans.. yes there's some decent youngsters.. thats all.. nothing else would live in Lahti.. not even me.

A big profile in swedish hockey, Magnus Wernblom, has retired.

He's the player who has got most penalty minutes in Elitserien, but also the player who has scored most goals in Elitserien after the greatest player in Elitserien ever, Håkan Loob. Thanks for these years Magnus.

He wasn't even close to get to NHL, but he was great in Elitserien.

so i read the whole darn thing now it's my turn to post. here are my hockey teams from around the world

NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs
AHL: Toronto Marlies
ECHL: Wheeling Nailers
WHL: Calgary Hitmen
OHL: Kitchner Rangers
QMJHL: Halifax Mooseheads
KHL: Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Avangard Omsk
Belarusian Extraliga : Keramin Minsk
EIHL: Cardiff Devils (after playing a season in EHM i started to fallow them)
USL: Bilyy Bars Brovary
NLA: HC Davos
DEL: Eisbären Berlin and Hannover Scorpions
EBEL: EC Red Bull Salzburg
BHL: Bulldogs Liege
SH-L: Pelicans and Blues
SEL: Färjestads BK

only other leagues i fallow are denmark(Cobras) and netherlands (Amstel Tijgers)

Big shocker...or maybe not:

Peter Forsberg played two games for MoDo and scored 3 points (1+2) before his foot/feet once again stop him from playing. At the moment he gives up his attempts on a comeback, but with that said he hasn't announced his retirement yet.

this is so unfair to foppa...

Yeah, I feel sorry for him as well. I wanted him to do a comeback, but I also knew his foot isn't 100% and he said that it need to feel like if he was going to do well, then he was going to play. I like the fact that he tried and against Djurgården MoDo seemed to score as soon Forsberg was on the ice.

Congrats to Zurich Lions of Switzerland who won the inaugral European champions ice hockey league after beating Russian side Metallurg Magnitogorsk convincingly over 2 legs. After a 2-2 draw in Russia the Lions strolled to a 5-0 home win to take the title 7-2 on aggregate. Metallurg were the winners of the euro champions cup in 2008 which has become the champions league.

It is over 5 years since a non Russian team were champions of Europe so this is a big win for Zurich and the manner they done it in is excellent.

Patrick DesRochers doing well in Norway:
Goalie stats in Norwegian League

KHL hit the Finals stage. A preview can be found here:
http://thehockeywriters.com/khl-finals-preview/

Cheesy wink here from Ryan McDonald!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQvbL8UrDnU

The local team here in town just won the Swedish championship. I moved here so I don't like that team, but darn, they have obnoxious fans. I don't like screaming fans, no matter what team, but the locals here are such big homers. Yes, their team was the best this year but come on.

My favourites never even made the play-offs

Hannu Pikkarainen rumored to have signed for Djurgårdens IF. Would be nice if we could get some info about the guy, was probably a promising talent a few years ago?