Titaanit Mestis, K-Laser Suomi-sarja
Tonight’s games in Mestis karsinta settled the destiny of two of the group’s four clubs. Reminding myself of my prediction that Titaanit would be playing next season in the lower division, they’ve proved me hopelessly wrong with a string of wins, the latest being 5-2 over D-Kiekko in Kotka. Meanwhile, Salamat travelled up to Oulu, with both teams needing victory to keep any hope of playing next season in Mestis alive. Both goalkeepers saw plenty of action in a game in which Salamat opened the scoring mid-way through the first period, and then extended it mid-way through the third. K-Laser scored a consolation goal 5 seconds from time when 6 on 3, but the visitors took the spoils 1-2. With one game each left to go the table looks like this:
Team P F-A Pts
Titaanit 5 20-15 12
D-Kiekko 5 15-12 9
Salamat 5 15-13 6
K-Laser 5 10-20 3
D-Kiekko travel to Kirkkonummi on Sunday in a straight fight for second place. The other game is Titaanit v K-Laser.
