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| 28 Aug 2025, 19:00 | Regular season | Game Day 1 | SSE Arena Belfast | ||||||||
| Belfast Giants | 2-3 OT | KalPa Kuopio | ||||||
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| Referees: Andrew Dalton (UK), Chris Wells (AUT)  |  Spectators: 4124 | ||||||||
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| 00:53 | | | home | | | | | 1-0 | | | Patrick Grasso (Scott Conway, David Goodwin) | |
| 03:15 | | | away | | | | | 1-1 | | | Jaakko Rissanen (Saku Salmela, Teemu Hartikainen) | |
| 28:05 | | | home | | | PPG | | | 2-1 | | | Ryan Smith (Nicolas Guay, Mike Lee) |
| 58:57 | | | away | | | | | 2-2 | | | Juuso Mäenpää (Benjamin Korhonen, Juuso Ketola) | |
| 61:20 | | | away | | | | | 2-3 | | | Patrick Curry (Cade Borchardt) |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gabe Bast | | | | | | | | | ||||
Kell Beattie | | | | | | | | | ||||
Scott Conway | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Marcus Eriksson | | | | | | | | | -1 | |||
Jake Gaudet | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
David Goodwin | | | | | 1 | | | | | |||
Patrick Grasso | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Nicolas Guay | | | | | 1 | | | | | -2 | ||
Carter Hamill | | | | | | | | | ||||
Bo Hanson | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jordan Kawaguchi | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ben Lake | | | | | | | | | -2 | |||
Mike Lee | | | | | 1 | | | | | -1 | ||
Ciaran Long | | | | | | | | | ||||
Garret McFadden | | | | | | | 4 | | | -1 | ||
Rhodes Mitchell-King | | | | | | | | | ||||
David Phillips | | | | | | | | | ||||
J.J. Piccinich | | | | | | | | | ||||
Ryan Smith | | | 1 | | | | | | | -2 |
| Name | G | A | PIM | +/- | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cade Borchardt | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Patrick Curry | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Hugo Gallet | | | | | | | | | ||||
Teemu Hartikainen | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 1 | |
Konsta Kapanen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Anton Karlsson | | | | | | | 2 | | | |||
Juuso Ketola | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Aleksi Klemetti | | | | | | | | | ||||
Juuso Könönen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Benjamin Korhonen | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Jaakko Lantta | | | | | | | | | ||||
Lasse Lappalainen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Juuso Mäenpää | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Otto Mykrä | | | | | | | | | ||||
Andreas Okany | | | | | | | | | ||||
Iivari Räsänen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Jaakko Rissanen | | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | ||
Joona Saarelainen | | | | | | | | | ||||
Saku Salmela | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||
Filip Westerlund | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexis Gravel | | | 34 | | | 3 | | | 61:20 | | | 91.18 |
Jackson Whistle | | | | | | | | |
| Name | SA | GA | MIN | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patrik Kerkola | | | 25 | | | 2 | | | 60:23 | | | 92.00 |
Stefanos Lekkas | | | | | | | | |
Eetu Santanen
(F)
Ketterä Imatra
EHC Eisbären Heilbronn
Daniel Weiß
(F)
Starbulls Rosenheim
Selber Wölfe
Brendan Harms
(F)
Dundee Stars
Canada
Mateu Späth
(F)
Niagara IceDogs
Salmon Arm Silverbacks
Aiden Wilson
(F)
Fife Flyers
Paisley Pirates
Miro Ruokonen
(F)
HPK Hämeenlinna
TPS Turku
Sebastian Wännström
(F)
Sport Vaasa
IF Malmö Redhawks
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HockeyAllsvenskan
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