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Kärpät beats Tappara 1-0 in overtime to win its 6th championship. Juhamatti Aaltonen scores the game winner.
Everybody who expected an offensive battle in the last decisive game got disappointed, but of course in a Game 7 for the Championship everything that counts is the win. And so both teams focused on defense. Tappara couldn’t even get more than 6 shots on Tomi Karhunen’s goal in the first 2 periods. In contrast to that Oulu looked like a dominating team with only 16 shots themselves in the same time frame.
In the last period the intensity got higher and penalties started coming, but without any effect to the scoreboard. And so the game went scoreless into overtime.
After 67:24 minutes finally someone scored not only the first goal of this game, but also the last goal of the season. Juhamatti Aaltonen emerged as the hero of Oulu, who could turn around a 1-3 series deficit in the last three games. This leaves Tappara empty handed.
It is the 6th championship for Oulu and the first since 2008.
Otso Rantakari
(D)
Kölner Haie
Pelicans Lahti
Olli Palola
(F)
Porin Ässät
Ilves Tampere
Léo Faure
(D)
Briançon Alpes Provence HC
Marseille Spartiates
Daniel Haverinen
(D)
Haukat
HK Viru Sputnik Kohtla-Järve
Vladimir Korchagin
(F)
Nomad Astana
Beybarys Atyrau
Nolan Zajac
(D)
Augsburger Panther
HK Spisska Nova Ves
Jaedon Descheneau
(F)
HK Nitra
Dukla Trencin
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