SM-Liiga Quarter Finals start with three away wins
19 Mar 2011 | Henrik Lundqvist
The lower ranked away team won three of the four games when the Finnish Quarter Finals started. JYP was the only home team to win when they beat Ilves 7-3.
JYP Jyväskylä | 7:3 | Ilves Tampere |
Eric Perrin scored 3 goals and
Ossi Louhivaara 2 when the regular season winner JYP beat tenth placed Ilves
7-3 in the first Quarter Final.
HIFK Helsinki |
0:1 |
Jokerit |
Tomi Mäki scored the only goal of the game when Jokerit won the Helsinki derby
1-0 against rivals HIFK.
Jan Lasak in Jokerit's net made 39 saves.
Lukko Rauma |
2:3 |
KalPa Kuopio |
KalPa beat Lukko
3-2.
Sakari Salminen scored two goals; 0-2 and 1-3.
Tapio Laakso scored the first goal for the guests.
Porin Ässät |
3:4 OT |
Espoo Blues |
The only game to go to overtime was the one between Ässät and Blues. Blueas managed to take a 1-0 lead of the series against the league runner-up thanks to a goal by
Stefan Öhman at 74:36. The final score was
3-4.