The story of KalPa's blown 3-0 series lead to Espoo Blues in the Finnish SM-Liiga playoffs, and how it all turned when an Espoo forward ran New York Islanders goalie prospect Mikko Koskinen.
There was lots of action around the hockey world over the weekend, with the high priced talent of SKA St. Petersburg getting knocked out in Game 7 OT by Atlant Moscow Oblast headling the KHL playoff picture. The Canadian Hockey League wrapped up their regular season, and the Elitserien wrapped up their quarterfinals as well.
The Kanada-malje playoffs got underway in Finland, with the Helsinki derby showing some nastiness early as star forward Mikael Granlund was injured on a big hit. Read about that and all your playoff news outside of the NHL in the morning recap on Puck Worlds.
The Oilers have taken a Finn in the later rounds each of the last two seasons. If they do it again, they might just pick Iiro Pakarinen. Suomi!
Teemu Hartikainen is one step closer to coming to North America.
Oilers' prospect Teemu Hartikainen's playoffs are done. A review of his game in the two series.
KalPa is struggling to put away Tappara, but not because of Teemu Hartikainen. The Oilers' prospect is having his way with Tappara and dragging KalPa into the second round on his own.
