"next seat Jarmo" here hello, thanks for the game company Steve it was fun! ​​might I add that the Leafs prob heard that I didn't give them much hope against Bruins :D

Thanks for putting this video up! I actually love that small arena feel! And you did a fine job videoing from down low. I had a tear in my eye as all of my grandparents came from Finland in the early 1900s to Minnesota. And I can see the resemblance of so many Finns that settled here in North East Minnesota when I was a boy in the 1960s and early 70s. I miss hearing that Finnish accent !

The U-18 World Championships will be played in Finland. The games start tomorrow, if you're interested in watching.

Leaving tropical paradise and going to cold, gray and slushy Finland.

15:24 haha, "pussi" just means "bag". it's a 2€ bag of candy, probably sold at the arena

On a different note about pelicans F1 driver Valtteri Bottas bought a stake in Pelicans a few years ago, when they were struggling

Awesome Work Guys!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finlan🇫🇮🇨🇦🇫🇮🇨🇦

if you like old hockey arenas Tampere has the first hockey arena ever built in Finland. The Hakametsän jäähalli (officially known as Tampereen jäähalli) was the home arena for Tappara and Ilves from 1965 to 2021 when the Nokia Arena was built. Tampereen KooVee now uses it as their home arena in the second highest hockey league in Finland (Mestis)

The arena is from the 70's and last renovation was in 2010

That guy is the assistant coach of Pelicans. Looks like the late Ray Stevenson.

Welocome back!

After you following all those lesser teams, now we’re down to the two currently best ones in Finland. The ever so strong dynasty of Tappara and the well built and coached “David” in Pelicans :).

you living the dream, just travelling and watching sports. My dream

Love to see you guys fully kitted supporting your team!

Pelicans goalie, Kokko is 20 years old!!!!

That "Jim from Office" Coach is Yli-Junnila, he is the assistant coach. Some say he will be head coach next year, when the head coach Niemelä is going to Ilves.

Ivana should film her own videos, showing some more interesting scenes 😄 Welcome home guys!!!

Nr 19 in Pelicans Ryan Lasch has played in Frölunda (golden helmet).

Nice move with the sunglasses on 3-0 😊

i love it but it feels like you brought the winter back with you

You should go watch a floorball final game in Helsinki this weekend, a sport that you won't see in Canada and that is a bit similar to hockey. I think you would find it entertaining!😊

Too bad you dont get to see old Tampere icerink, first in Finland. When I was a kid, my dad always took me there ( Im Ilves man) . I remember hot sousage sellers on hallways with propa grills...... Im an old geezer now , and I miss those days.

Barn? That's one big ass barn 🤣It looks like an old hangar to me.

Great seats great arena

I saw you at the TV yesterday when I watched the game. Many times when mid commentary interviews was being held on the bench.

The coach of pelicans is the smaller one on the right

I made a note of the coach aswell, very well groomed handsome man! :D

Pelican goalie struck it from the mid air !!!! Whatta save !!!

I guess someone has already told you guys this but anyhoo: the first two syllables of Pelicans (pe-li) mean 'game', and stuff.

That can is like 1,50 in grocery stores :P

I saw you when i looked the game on tv

Great video I really enjoyed it 👍 Looking for more

Ha ha ! Ivana looks a little bit conserned. Here we sit on Tapparas costum in the middle of Pelicans fan 😅

Nice vid as always thx, very nice seats imo

Looking forward to see you in G7 in Tampere :D

Nice to see you in my home town!

Looks like you are cheering for Pelicans wearing a full Tappara outfit

how would you compare Finnish and the swedish league against Canadian leagues belove NHL? and Small versus Large Rink?

Great vids! I have tickets for fridays match on same spot where you are on this video. Or at least on the same block and row. Making a vid of my own, but a lot simpler :D

Welcome back to Tampere, see you tomorrow in Arena

Eero Saarinen's design for the Ingalls Rink was included on the America's Favorite Architecture list, created in 2007 by the American Institute of Architects. Let's listen what's said about it: "How Eero Saarinen Imagined the Ingalls Rink at Yale".

One on the Pelicans players called Ben Blood is a Canadian iconic fighter here in Finland!

The David of this story, Pelicans, has been arming himself. I mean, they invested a lot for this season. They really decided that they want their last season silver to become gold this year. The media widely rated them ahead of Tappara before the season and since then, Pelicans has been investing even more. That squad isn't cheap. Probably cheaper than Tappara's squad, but the gap is marginal. When you are back in Tampere, Hakametsä ice stadium is no-brainer if you have spare time. It's the predecessor of Nokia Arena and the most iconic venue in Finnish hockey.

About Cinderella-stories and as you love goalies, I have to give you the story of the Pelicans goalie, Niklas Kokko. He has been the northern prodigy, often seen as the new Pekka Rinne (long time goalie for Predators in the NHL). He played his junior year in Oulu for Kärpät. This year he attended the U20 WC as the goalie for Finland and he was supposed to be alternating turns with the other in Kärpät goalie, but when he came back from the U20 WC after new year, he didn't have a locker room spot as Kärpät had signed "old and reliable" Tomi Karhunen for the rest of the season. After seeing that he didn't have a spot to show his skills and improve, he was traded to Pelicans in the spring and boy, it has been a show and he has been loving the environment and the responsibility he has been granted! Pelicans had their problems with goalies early in the year as their no.1 goalie was traded early in autumn to Switzerland, I guess following the bigger bag of money and their other goalie getting injured. Niklas came in at the right time to show that despite his young age (turned 20 recently) he has the skills and will to be a superstar in the future. He even overcame Kärpät in the semi-finals and is the story of the spring here in Finland. He has a contract(and was drafter as #58 overall) to Seattle Kraken and is here in Finland to improve before taking the leap over to NHL. I think I speak on behalf of all Pelicans fans, thank you for choosing us and you are welcome as well! :) By the way, awesome vlogs! I love the content, keep it up and congrats about the baby on the way!

Lahti is the Chigago of Finland. People use lots of speed there and it is good, I have snorted it.

You need to try food called "lihamuki" in lahti

I noticed you do "Tappara 3 - 1 Pelicans" when you type out the score, in Sweden and Finland, home team is always the first team, so it should be the other way around :)

I see you in the game

Yeah there is no slary cap, i hope Tappara doesnt make the league to force it :D

I found myself on camera 😂

great video!

you should do this every year

Tappara 4ever💙🧡

If you ever get to the Netherlands, then apart from Amsterdam, you should totally visit Haarlem 😊

Hi! We sent you an email a few weeks ago! Have you seen it? Looking forward to hearing from you! 💜💜

You should check out oulun kärpät in Oulu

SaiPa for the win next season 🤣

You forgot the right pronuncation. The town Tampere is not Tampére its Támpere. This rule applies to all words in finnish. The accent on the first syllable.

Talk to the local fans more. It's gonna make the videos so much more authentic:)

Are you excited when the Leafs won the second game in Boston?Let's hope they beat the Bruins!😊

I would love to know how they can afford this, it's bloody expensive to fly from Canada to Finland and vice versa, I know I've made that trip before 😅

now Ivana loves hockey.... hahaha

More atmosphere in the swedish 2nd divison

@19:47 was very fun and troll

Tappara❤

Santa Claus's Hometown🎉

Im tappara fan but also a hockey romantic so im hoping all the best for pelicans! I wouldnt mind pelicans winning in the bigger picture even tho im on tapparas side by default. I want close series and in playoffs its simple how a better team wins, so it doesnt matter to cheer for both. Steve, youre a hockey romantic and cheer for the hockey not just a team =) btw im jealous of the gear you got haha 😂

tappara player budget 3,25 million € and pelicans player budget 2,65 million €. there is 600k differens in there.

How much do you pay for beer in Canada if 8 euros for 330ml can is not bad :)

If Pelicans win the series, you MUST go to the Lahti city center to observe the celebrations.

Why Tappara?

U still in Lahti? Need some tips?

Some arenas in smaller cities are certainly more modest than the ones in big cities with richer and more prevalent teams That's not to say smaller city teams can't win the cup though

Haha, it's so funny how you're pretending to be supporting Tappara xD

Jarmo maybe went a bit too far on Pelicans being the David. I mean, sure, Pelicans is smaller than Tappara by many metrics, but so are most of the teams in the league. Lahti is not a small town by Finnish standards (over 100k people after all) and Pelicans' budget is probably in the top 6 and so was their expected position prior to the season. Granted Pelicans wasn't in the top 3 favourites of many last autumn (those were mostly Tappara, HIFK, and Ilves), but they played in the finals last year as well. It's not a "small" team by any means and I would not call it a Cinderella story. KalPa was kinda making one this season but they were cut short. A small team in the Finnish Liiga would be a team like Jukurit or SaiPa in terms of population and budget.

rather mundane country and game, look forward when you reach interesting shores and folks. Happy travels

Go watch u18 world championships

You shoud go see football in finland

8 euros for a small Danish water lager, yuck!

Refeerees always help tappara so that way they winning so much in legue like two game row no penalty and enemy's get like 5-10 penalty. 🥱🤔🥱🫣😮‍💨🤬💩

My wife and I want to go to Finland someday，which is the best place and season shall we go？thanks. I am a Chinese