Miro Karjalainen came in the league in fast goon, but the storm subsided as quickly as it began.Miro Karjalainen describes himself as a player.

the Finnish ice hockey mill has in recent years once again produced at a steady rate, young stars in SM-league and it remains the world’s top kits.

the Biggest titles are deservedly received the patrick billows, miroheiskaset and kaapokakot.

Big power points to do the star stairs in the background is the stories that play SM-league has established a considerably more ragged the road.

One of them is the HPK’s 22-year-old left defender Miro Karjalainen .

Jonne Virtanen and Miro Karjalainen between the fight was one of the SM-league last year, the fiercest. Tomi Jokela/AOPPelikieltorohmu

Also Miro Karjalainen collected last fall from the title. More than two-meter defense to get to the end of January until one sent off per month and in that time a total of 133 penalty minutes.

Initially, the first full league season have played Karjalainen pound unilaterally, Jari Sailiota and Jerry D’Amigo . After the hit the hit to the head, and in December Karjalainen got in a fist fight heavyweight opponent TPS Where current of . In January Karjalainen hit tackle again the opponent in the head.

This ended the Miro Karjalainen league journey originally sent off the cluster. Karjalainen hit Emil in Finland on the head, and Lynx coach Karri Stone kept on the bench. After Karelian’s aim started to tackle it so that it will contribute to your team’s goals. Elias Lahtinen

the League’s disciplinary delegation to the director of Sampo Liusjärvi signing at a steady pace game bans in the League for a new fear to tea, and the defense played the game of prohibitions and other absenteeism due to season of 60 matches 36.

Last autumn kohupakki talks about what happened one year ago honestly.

I had my own view of myself last season, so that I don’t really have top defenders and somehow kept drilling it playtime and place there, Karjalainen said.

I Saw, that there is I have it in the seam.

Penalty disappeared

at the Same time when the Karelian saw, inter alia, fists wiggling to the necessary jobs to keep, HPK’s head coach Antti Pennanen give pettyneitäkin statements to sound period of time.

Pennanen called Karelian and Kalpa D’Amigos fighting to defend his ”personal mission”.

we Went into the discussions (Pennanen) throughout the season and we still do. The hustle have to be smart with. Bump always, if your team had to play five minutes one man down. Now we’ve taught ourselves to the fact that I play hard, but smart, Karjalainen said.

the Latest, i.e. on January sent off after Karjalainen has taken 43 games with 22 penalty minutes. All have been two-minute sessions, so a clear change for the better has taken place.

When I started to get a little playing time, I was able to develop the game of features – although they have of course developed all the time. Now I have in my opinion gone a little bit forward and I was able to keep the other stuff on the side.

more Precisely, without specifying the Karelian say, however, that ”it” half the game if necessary, will re-emerge.

Now, Karjalainen seeks to tackle smartly. Tomi Jokela/AOPFiksuja staples

Karjalainen said the tackle had last season whenever I was there. Now the idea of tackling viewers beyond just meters away from the opponent.

– Then play smartly, when you tackle hard and tackle to promote the game. The team will get irtokiekon or something similar. This season I’ve focused on it more. Tackle, I still always when there is a place, but smarter.

This season started Karjalainen described his own part, horrible, but the December games he has clocked a career in the biggest game of minutes.

– If you start the season doesn’t count, your basic game my is before more certain. Self-confidence has always been right, but now there won’t be a big hazardeja nearly as much as last season. I can also move the puck forward and support the attacks.

in December, Karelian has raised the hands up towards the ceiling twice. First, he made a breakaway to the goal of Kalpa against at away and after home games in new brunswick against the 3-1 solution of the paint. Tomi Jokela/AOPPaljon work

the Goon reputation in the league firmly established Karjalainen wants to be in the defence hard and strong, but at the same time moving and had a block of defense.

Far from being the finished package is not yet the case, but most importantly, Karjalainen aware of it.

Skating has always been a target for development and is still. Also coping with work. When there is two feet tall and 103 pounds, between the need to do a little more work.

HPK has been the regular season the first half of the positive surprise, and the team predicted that a spring of the big clubs a good challenger.

– Although the last four games have been inferior, we are working hard to deserve a place there where we are. Series in the table we are where we are supposed to be.

Miro Karjalainen the first steps in the League were the roar of. Tomi Natri/AOP