Category: Janne Laakkonen
Clan earn shootout win after late equaliser
Fife FlyersGlasgow Clan beat Fife Flyers in a shootout in Kirkcaldy after tying the game inside the final minute as the sides shared eight goals in regulation The home side led three times in the game but were pegged back on each occasion. Janne Laakkonen put the Flyers ahead with 5:01 played when he poked in...
Read moreFife cruise past Panthers, 6-1
FlyersFife Flyers earned their third consecutive win over Nottingham Panthers this season, and left Corey Neilson still looking for his first win back as Panthers Head Coach, with a 6-1 rout at the Motorpoint arena on Friday night. It took … Continue reading → The post Fife cruise past Panthers, 6-1 first...
Read moreBlaze snatch late road win against Flyers
FlyersCoventry Blaze ended their Scottish weekend with a late winner to beat Fife Flyers 3-2 in Kirkcaldy on Sunday night, twice coming from behind in the process. Zack Phillips neatly finished a nice interchange play between himself and Janne Laakkonen … Continue reading → The post Blaze snatch late road...
Read moreStorm secure big road win
Janne LaakkonenManchester Storm logged their first road win of the 2022/23 season with an impressive 5-1 win in Kirkcaldy over Fife Flyers. In an end-to-end opening period, the home side led at 18:37 through Janne Laakkonen’s nice finish off a neat … Continue reading → The post Storm secure big road win first appe...
Read moreFlyers sign Finnish sniper Janne Laakkonen
Coventry BlazeFife Flyers have added firepower to their forward line with the signing of sniper Janne Laakkonen for the 2022/23 Elite Ice Hockey League season. The 40-year-old Finn has played in the EIHL on two separate occasions, in 2019/20 and 2021/22. Both times he iced for the Coventry Blaze and put up impres...
Read moreStars clinch seventh in dramatic ending
CoventryA tying goal with 33 seconds left saw Dundee Stars snatch seventh place away from Coventry Blaze ahead of the 2022 Premier Sports Playoffs. Coventry led for most of the game after going ahead through John Curran at 12:11, and … Continue reading → The post Stars clinch seventh in dramatic ending firs...
Read moreBlaze keep fourth-place finish hopes alive
BlazeA shutout home win over Glasgow Clan kept Coventry’s Blaze’s hopes of a fourth-place finish alive. Alec Marsh scored the game’s first goal 6:26 into things to give the Blaze a lead that they would never surrender. The teams traded … Continue reading → The post Blaze keep fourth-place finish hopes al...
Read moreBlaze close gap in race for fourth
Coventry BlazeCoventry Blaze secured the road win they needed in Nottingham to close the game on the Panthers and set up an exciting finish in the race for fourth. Making his home debut, Will Kerlin was beaten just 68 seconds in … Continue reading → The post Blaze close gap in race for fourth first appeared on Pr...
Read moreGiants fight back to beat Coventry
Luke FerraraBelfast Giants came from two goals down to beat Coventry Blaze 3-2 in front of 1,923 fans at the Returning from a few weeks out injured, Giants’ netminder Tyler Beskorowany was beaten twice inside eight minutes as the Blaze took an early two-goal lead. Whatever Giants Head Coach Adam Keefe said in...
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