TPS Turku out of playoffs in SM-liiga

19 Mar 2012 | Mika Leino

Series between the two top clubs TPS and Kärpät already decided

Playoffs time became very short this spring for TPS Turku. In wild card round they lost at home on Sunday to Kärpät Oulu by 1-2. As the first game on Saturday was also won by Kärpät, TPS now is out of this best-of-three series.

Sunday's game was a very close one and also many penalties were given including one major penalty for Kärpät's Ivan Huml. In the third period TPS scored their only goal already after 25 seconds so there was plenty of time left to get it even, but Kärpät goalie Johan Backlund and also bad luck (crossbar in the last minute) prevented TPS from scoring the tying goal and the season was over. Kärpät in the quarterfinals will face Pelicans Lahti.

Second wild card series Blues-Lukko is now even with one win each after Lukko won Sunday's game 2-0. Deciding game will be played on Tuesday in Espoo.

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