HIFK-Kalpa 7-2 19.01.1997
7 goals - positive news !
Players were asleep for two periods managing barely an even pace with bottom team Kalpa, 2-2 on the second intermission.
What finally decided the game was #15 Laukkanen scoring shorthanded early in the third.
After that it was "easy living" and the main interest was whether Wahlberg would score a hat-trick, he didnīt, or not. #26 Wahlberg (2+2) was the decisive players scoring the two first goals.
Stars of the game:
*** Wahlberg
** Laukkanen
* Lundell