Well actually as you said this was not in highest league game BUT Jokerit was in the main league decades but at one point they went to KHL playing in Russian hockey league. They returned playing in Finnish league some years ago but they were not welcome to the main league so they had to start from lower league. They will rise back in main league within few years. So they do have big and commited fan base and most likely you will get better atmosphere in there then in some countryside main league games. For me Jokerit is worst rival team and I do support their opponent HIFK that is also playing in Helsinki. So this is not support speach for Jokerit but what comes to atmosphere this is only division game you can get good and fanatic fans.
Cheers from Manhattan! Seeing a hockey game in Finland is like seeing a basketball game in Lithuania or a football game in Germany. The atmosphere looks incomparable!
TH-cam’s algorithms did their best and recommended this channel. I’m relatively new to Canada, but love hockey since I was a kid. Love your groundhopping experience!
Finnish hockey games are a whole other atmosphere. My first Finnish game was last year in Helsinki as well and the amount of fun it they have is crazy. Toronto as my comparable is much more reserved (probably all the suits) and stressed but Helsinki HFK was pure fun. Love the back and forth between the home and away team fan zones.
We had the best one, Hakametsä. Nokia Areena is awesome, but it is not yet "Home". I think the only way to explain is to say Old icehall was for hockey and more intimate. New Areena is next lvl, but very clinical. Love from Tampere.
@@TheNiittylahti Old hockey halls are better then new ones. Like in Helsinki this hall has better atmosphere then newer Helsinki Halli that was home on Jokerit earlier. In Tampere old hockey hall had much more "old time hockey atmosphere" then in the new rink. New rink is like all NHL halls. Too clean and too commercial. Missing the soul of hockey.
@@RoopeRontu1999 eiköhän tule suomeen juuri tuon eurooppalaisen tunnelman takia mitä jenkeissä ei ole. Eikä ole muuten tap*arallakaan kunnon muovista öyhötystä eli eiköhän sieltä Ilveksen otteluun liput löydy ellei ole pääkopassa vikaa.
Keep up the great work. Awesome to see different hockey cultures around the world. Hope to see you in Switzerland one day 😊 will be happy to accommodate you!
Nice to see you in my hometown team game. I hope you enjoyed your time in Finland. Those Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen jerseys at my team icehall roof is something special. They both make huge career in Canada at Edmonton Oilers.
That is because the North American sports scene is build more as an entertainment product, not as a grassroot community effort. And I find that very sad, because the big feelings are missing.
@@Aquelll this is same thing in European football (for americans I mean soccer). The true fanbase is grass level ultras that live and die with their team. It is 100% more authentic then going to watch NHL or Baseball game in states. Way too commercial, too clean. The soul of competitive sports has been overrun by millions of dollars and making as much profit as possible. In states its more like social event to meet peoples. In there its not about fanatic lifelong relationship with your team (I do exclude some Canadian Original-6 fans like most fanatic Hab fans etc..)
Did anyone mention the most famous players to come from Jokerit? Meaning Jari Kurri and Teemu Selänne. Jokerit is the other team from Helsinki. The other one is HIFK. That arena is HIFK's home arena. Jokerit was one of the top teams in the Finnish league, then they went to play in KHL and now the whole situation is still unraveling. Their home arena in Helsinki stands still empty as thighs are, because of the Russian ownership.
Really cool that Teemu Selänne did 62 points in 44 games in his last season playing in Finland with Jokerit and then did 132 points in 84 games his rookie year in the NHL!!
I had a season ticket as an early teenager, haven't been to the games since they left SM Liiga but it's nice to see eteläpääty still hopping around to the same tunes ^^
I became a bit of a Jokerit fan when they left the KHL, such a damaging thing for them that will take a long time to recover from. Doing the right thing isn't easy some times and you almost never see it in top level sport.
@@dwaynemarling4004it is kind of ”blood donation helmet”. Mestis and Veripalvelu (blood donation service) try to encourage people to donate blood. There is even point system for it like for games, you go and donate blood and mention your favorite Mestis team -> team gains points. It is called Hengenpelastajaliiga i.e. Life savior league. It is said that the helmet is carried by a player who gives a good example inside the rink and outside. It is chosen by the team and for a month at once.
@@dwaynemarling4004It's a co-operation with the national blood services. Every month each hockey club selects a player as a bearer of the red helmet, who shows exemplary behavior both inside and outside the hockey rink.
Have you watched videos by your fellow Canadians in their TH-cam channel called "Jetlag Warriors?" They are Huge hockey fans and last spring they visited Finland for weeks on and going to see local hockey games in different cities and finishing their mad hockey spree with sold out arenas during the playoffs. He turned into a fan of Jokerit and Tappara and as a treat Tappara ended up winning the playoffs and coveted trophy named Canada bowl 🏆 Long story even longer.... just kidding but ice hockey team *Tappara* from the city of Tampere would be great for you to check out for being Finlands most successful hockey team ever, fan culture that includes nut ultras and rivalry with another local team*Ilves* and legendary derbys. Honorable mentions: Oulun Kärpät TPS (Aforementioned) Ilves
You are doing what I hope to do in my lifetime, which is see a game in every hockey league in Europe. As a fellow Canadian... yes, being mistaken for our North American neighbours is... not ideal lol (I mean no offense, however I am Canadian, not American).
Dude. I'm sure people here would donate money to get those kids the best experience in Canada... That is such a good cause. Teemu Selanne would be proud I bet...
Hahah friend of the channel Jack Quinn plays on the Sabres so we gotta represent, not sure if you seen the old video we did with him: th-cam.com/video/jJjK0RcTFO4/w-d-xo.html
You should go to see kiekko vantaa game in tikkurila its a small arena but the atmosphere is just the same with litle bit less people and the tickets are very cheap too and one of kiekko vantaas players okko kangasniemi number 26 is number one in points and goals in the whole mestis rn
I'm glad you got to see the players from my hometown team, Hermes from Kokkola, even if they didn't come out on top! I always enjoy going to their games, even though I'm not a huge hockey guy myself.
Idk what your schedule is like nor how flexible you are, but it would be awesome if you could head back to the UK November 13th (next Wednesday) to catch the Sheffield Steelers Vs Eisbaren Berlin in the CHL round of 16. That game should be amazing all round. Plus, Sheffield home grown and Team GB star, Liam Kirk, will be returning to Sheffield to play against the team for the very first time in his career! The return game in Berlin is on Tuesday 19th November.
@@RobertGreeley Even the top Finnish league is below the AHL in terms of talent nowadays. The AHL comparison they made was probably just tier based, not talent level.
Please come to Lappeenranta big hockey city and we actually play in the first division. We have the smallest stadium in the league and we have small club finally doing well and the whole city is buzzing
Everyone: Finns are quiet and reserved and don't like to talk too much to strangers. Robert at the Mestis game: 8:08 --> :D My dad took me in Jokerit game when I was probably 3-4 years old in '95-'96 and been a fan (not this enthusiastic tho) ever since. In 2014 they went to journey to KHL under part ownership with Russian oligarchs and after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine they decided to fall off from KHL and the future was very uncertain. When they announced their comeback as fully Finnish organization, playing on the home soil I was so happy and immediately booked tickets with my brother and father to go see and support them. Those jerseys are also the one they used in the '90s and bring back so many memories. I also like to point out we see The Americans i.e. US citizens often arrogant and loud but find Canadians very polite and modest, almost like us. For me you are two totally different breeds.
Earned a sub! And by the way if you ever visit Tampere you should really go and watch one of Tappara's games and even better would be the local match up between Tampereen Tappara VS Tampereen Ilves the atmosphere is through the roof👌
3 hotdogs for 7.5€ is daylight robbery 😂Glad you enjoyed, but tbh "Mestis" league games are not really the top league games, that SM-Liiga has, and the reason why the Jokers were dropped out of SM-liiga well, we are not on the best terms with our eastern neighbour and the owner of Jokerit sold a majority market share to them only a few years before the invasion started, so we can't have today a team in our national league that is owned by Russia, so they were sanctioned out, and just recently in 2023 the Jokerit team was sold back to Finnish ownership so Jokerit were granted a license to play in Mestis league. So if you want to see the best hockey Finland has to offer I hope you will go to Tampere, definitely best icehall in Finland.
@RobertGreeley understandable, I'm hoping a Finnish viewer can help. I know in Liiga the top young point scorer wears a Red Bull sponsored helmet, thought maybe it was something similar
@@calumhill512 It's a helmwt to promote blood banks. I'm pretty sure teams vote monthly for one player to wear it. I'm not a 100% sure on the criteria teams use- I'm pretty sure it's like who's b een a model pro worthy of representing such a noble cause
Have to remember this was only second league. Go watch Hifk (same arena) or then go to Tampere to watch Ilves or Tappara (best if you watch them play against each other). Those are some quality highest league games. Nowhere near NHL level but still pretty high level hockey. Playoffs are obviously best time here also.
1 finnish hockey team that would be interesting in finland is Kalpa from kuopio. i would like to know why they have 2 different ultras 1 is musta verkosto and another one is veljmiehet. I think that they are one of the only teams that have more than one official fan groups.
i find it wierd that jokerit hides the hifk flairs from sealing I find it somewhat disrespectful. Like at Nokia arena both ilves and tappara flairs are both up for both of their home games.
I was lucky to enjoy an Olympic hockey game years ago. It was Sweden vs Slovakia and I sat in a huge section of Slovaks. I felt like I was at a soccer match instead of a hockey game. They cheered and sang the ENTIRE game. Half the cheers were for Jagr lol. Very cool European Hockey experience i wont forget and on a Canadian sheet of ice😎
Almost 30 years ago I went to a game in Freiburg Germany, an old small arena, I don't even know what the league the team played in. It was packed, everyone was standing, constant cheering and chanting. If I go to a junior game here in Canada, the stands are empty, everybody just sits there, the only cheering is when a goal is scored.
From the USA here, yeah I'd be ditching a USA shirt in Finland, too. They are too smart to tolerate D. Trump. Finland is new to NATO, which DT wants to undermine for his buddy Putin.
We’ll see. Many of my American friends support Trump but they’re wealthy. Here in Finland people mostly think about the US foreign politics, which may often not be important to the Americans. In Finland the president doesn’t have almost any interior policy power anymore but the prime minister and government parties are responsible for the interior and EU politics. We have a lot of parties in the parliament. Don’t try to memorize this. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
@RobertGreeley In a sense, its a shout , honor the colors !!! ( team colors ) in my case yellow and green. Im from Tampere and I flag for Ilves (Lynx) .
Nhl voittaa 100-0 suomalaisen lätkän, jos katotte tarkalla silmällä niin nhl ja pieni kaukalo on periaatteessa puhutaan melkein eri lajista ko isolla kaukalolla liigaa, mestistä jne. pelattaessa.
I was so confused why you kept calling them "jokeritch" but then I realized their team name is jokerit hockey club so maybe there was some confusion there
I did love those Old Jokerit jerseys. White and red. So beautiful. What's the point of these new colours? I know. The era of Selänne, Lind, Janecky and so many others. Just stick to the original.
@@RobertGreeley From the start of the video you walked Urheilukatu to south towards fottball arena when you should have walked Norderskjöld street to east. but if you did it only for filming video. It's a long way to go around those football fields if you wen't ice hockey arena from the backdr´oos near parking lots.
Fans are a tribe. That's why they stand behind a team. Doesn't matter if it's a Jokerit, Ottawa Senators or Manchester United - there's always a tribe who support the team. People like to belong in a like-minded group. So, now you know the answer, if you ask "Why do you support Jokerit (or whatever team), and what's so special about them? Simple; It's tribalism :)
I have never been in watching even one game, well I actually find hockey pretty boring to watch. One reason might that around here hockey teams are small that do badly on bigger leagues.
He should go see small liiga club games how they fan work. Small teams fans have more ❤heart❤ how to fans own clubs they not just fan it if it play good like in most big clubs. If big club start play bad they just lose alot fans we call em ''onnenonkiat'' = lucky charms. Like jukurit we are smallest club in 1st legue but us fans are what you have to come see.
Awesome that you enjoyed Finland!! And people have to remember that this game wasnt even the highest hockey league in Finland so pretty cool!
I loved my time there!
Well actually as you said this was not in highest league game BUT Jokerit was in the main league decades but at one point they went to KHL playing in Russian hockey league. They returned playing in Finnish league some years ago but they were not welcome to the main league so they had to start from lower league. They will rise back in main league within few years. So they do have big and commited fan base and most likely you will get better atmosphere in there then in some countryside main league games. For me Jokerit is worst rival team and I do support their opponent HIFK that is also playing in Helsinki. So this is not support speach for Jokerit but what comes to atmosphere this is only division game you can get good and fanatic fans.
@@kilariilari hifk for life
@@oskari4892 en gång IFK alltid IFK
@@kilariilari kaverit kuttuu meikää välillä ku otan liikaa kuppia kilari-ilariksi, hieno nimimerkki, kaimaoletettu.
Cheers from Manhattan! Seeing a hockey game in Finland is like seeing a basketball game in Lithuania or a football game in Germany. The atmosphere looks incomparable!
Would love to see some basketball in Lithuania!
It was nice to have you here and chat briefly. All the best!
Likewise, all the best!
TH-cam’s algorithms did their best and recommended this channel. I’m relatively new to Canada, but love hockey since I was a kid. Love your groundhopping experience!
Welcome to Canada! Wishing you all the best 🙌
Johannes, what a fantastic guy. Excellent English, go Finland!
Incredible person!
Finnish hockey games are a whole other atmosphere. My first Finnish game was last year in Helsinki as well and the amount of fun it they have is crazy. Toronto as my comparable is much more reserved (probably all the suits) and stressed but Helsinki HFK was pure fun. Love the back and forth between the home and away team fan zones.
Glad to hear you had a fun time!
What game did you see?
We (The Glasgow Clan) played in the same preseason tournament as Jokerit, their fans are absolutely brilliant!
Indeed! Love to hear that!
Your guys were also fantastic. It was such a fun tournament.
You should to Tampere to see the derby match between Ilves and Tappara they have a great atmosphere and the best arena in Finland!
I've heard it's a good one!
We had the best one, Hakametsä. Nokia Areena is awesome, but it is not yet "Home". I think the only way to explain is to say Old icehall was for hockey and more intimate. New Areena is next lvl, but very clinical. Love from Tampere.
@@TheNiittylahti Old hockey halls are better then new ones. Like in Helsinki this hall has better atmosphere then newer Helsinki Halli that was home on Jokerit earlier. In Tampere old hockey hall had much more "old time hockey atmosphere" then in the new rink. New rink is like all NHL halls. Too clean and too commercial. Missing the soul of hockey.
And Tappara is still in one of the greatest dynasty runs of Finnish hockey history
I am definitely going to Finland to see a hockey game
Safe travels!
Welcome! If you have a chance to come to Tampere, you are more than welcome to Nokia Arena! Just remember to choose Tappara over Ilves. :D
@@RoopeRontu1999 eiköhän tule suomeen juuri tuon eurooppalaisen tunnelman takia mitä jenkeissä ei ole. Eikä ole muuten tap*arallakaan kunnon muovista öyhötystä eli eiköhän sieltä Ilveksen otteluun liput löydy ellei ole pääkopassa vikaa.
make sure its an ilves game:D
Nääää! @@RoopeRontu1999
Happy you enjoyed the experience :) hope you're a Jokerit fan for life now
It was awesome!
I love how a small nation like Finland has embraced the game. I especially enjoy watching them in the world juniors.
It's a fun nation to watch play hockey!
Keep up the great work. Awesome to see different hockey cultures around the world. Hope to see you in Switzerland one day 😊 will be happy to accommodate you!
Thank you! I’ll be in Switzerland for the Spengler Cup later this year!
So amazing to see you made it to Finland, as I’ve hoped for a long time!
Hope you enjoyed the video!
Great fun Robert and always good to see some merch being brought❤
Hahaha just for you Jamie!
@ 👍🤣
Nice to see you in my hometown team game. I hope you enjoyed your time in Finland. Those Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen jerseys at my team icehall roof is something special. They both make huge career in Canada at Edmonton Oilers.
It was incredible loved my time there!
Glad you enjoyed your visit. Next time Tampere ;)
Thank you! I've heard great things about Tampere!
Going to a Jorkerit game is on my bucket list since I was young. When I was in Helsinki earlier this year, the season was over already unfortunately 😢
Hopefully you get back to see them one day soon!
European fans are just miles better than North America imo
That is because the North American sports scene is build more as an entertainment product, not as a grassroot community effort. And I find that very sad, because the big feelings are missing.
@@Aquelll this is same thing in European football (for americans I mean soccer). The true fanbase is grass level ultras that live and die with their team. It is 100% more authentic then going to watch NHL or Baseball game in states. Way too commercial, too clean. The soul of competitive sports has been overrun by millions of dollars and making as much profit as possible. In states its more like social event to meet peoples. In there its not about fanatic lifelong relationship with your team (I do exclude some Canadian Original-6 fans like most fanatic Hab fans etc..)
We are as passionate. Go to the pubs and basements. We just treat our arena atmospheres as family oriented for the most part.
Looks awesome!
A lot of fun!
Did anyone mention the most famous players to come from Jokerit? Meaning Jari Kurri and Teemu Selänne. Jokerit is the other team from Helsinki. The other one is HIFK. That arena is HIFK's home arena. Jokerit was one of the top teams in the Finnish league, then they went to play in KHL and now the whole situation is still unraveling. Their home arena in Helsinki stands still empty as thighs are, because of the Russian ownership.
Really cool that Teemu Selänne did 62 points in 44 games in his last season playing in Finland with Jokerit and then did 132 points in 84 games his rookie year in the NHL!!
Awesome!!!! YEET!!! ☝️ Greetings from Helsinki,Finland🇫🇮🇨🇦🇫🇮🇨🇦
Hope you enjoyed the video!
@RobertGreeley Thanks Bro I did!!😎👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇨🇦
Hope to see you in Kuopio, and enjoy the Kalpa play on home turf!
Would be fun!
Tampere nokia arena has the best atmosphere regarding the showmanship atleast
Wow, just watched my second video of yours.... quite unique... makes me want to travel more. Thx gir the unique perspective
Thank you so much for the kind words!
I had a season ticket as an early teenager, haven't been to the games since they left SM Liiga but it's nice to see eteläpääty still hopping around to the same tunes ^^
Thanks for sharing!
These videos all share one weakness...they're too short.
Haha we're trying to make them a bit longer!
welcome to the north! ❄
Thank you so much!
Nice video thanks! Roope has measured the jumping/singing just to the edge that we stay alive, it is rough 🥵
Glad you enjoyed!
I became a bit of a Jokerit fan when they left the KHL, such a damaging thing for them that will take a long time to recover from. Doing the right thing isn't easy some times and you almost never see it in top level sport.
Ois kyllä kova jos pystyis palata KHL mut ei varmaa vuosiin pysty ku pakotteet
@@mikrosixtysix Kuka idiootti edes haaveilee venäjälle menosta
@@mikrosixtysixTodellakaan ei ois kova juttu palata KHL:ään.
@@Poriman55 onhan se paljon kovempi sarja kun sm liiga
@@mikrosixtysix On, mutta siellä pelaaminen suomalaisena joukkueena on häpeällistä. Sen takia ei ole kova juttu.
The goldhelmet is wore by the player with the most points
Yeah, I figured!
And why the red helmet?
@@dwaynemarling4004it is kind of ”blood donation helmet”. Mestis and Veripalvelu (blood donation service) try to encourage people to donate blood. There is even point system for it like for games, you go and donate blood and mention your favorite Mestis team -> team gains points. It is called Hengenpelastajaliiga i.e. Life savior league. It is said that the helmet is carried by a player who gives a good example inside the rink and outside. It is chosen by the team and for a month at once.
@@dwaynemarling4004It's a co-operation with the national blood services. Every month each hockey club selects a player as a bearer of the red helmet, who shows exemplary behavior both inside and outside the hockey rink.
Have you watched videos by your fellow Canadians in their TH-cam channel called "Jetlag Warriors?"
They are Huge hockey fans and last spring they visited Finland for weeks on and going to see local hockey games in different cities and finishing their mad hockey spree with sold out arenas during the playoffs. He turned into a fan of Jokerit and Tappara and as a treat Tappara ended up winning the playoffs and coveted trophy named Canada bowl 🏆
Long story even longer.... just kidding but ice hockey team *Tappara* from the city of Tampere would be great for you to check out for being Finlands most successful hockey team ever, fan culture that includes nut ultras and rivalry with another local team*Ilves* and legendary derbys.
Honorable mentions:
Oulun Kärpät
TPS
(Aforementioned) Ilves
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll go check out the Jetlag Warriors channel there now!
@@RobertGreeley Now would it be something to see both you and them at the same hockey game here in Finland..?
Merry Christmas!
1:25 how did they retire #17 twice….”nah but for real this time, you can’t wear #17”😆
I did not notice that, good catch 😂
because it's a new team under new organization, that's why they were "lifted couple of weeks ago"
@@tl2402 got cha…It still looks odd. lol
it's because Kurri is well known in hockey world for wearing #17 so they decided to honor him with that despite never wearing that number for them.
You should visit Tampere, and go watch Tappara's or Ilves game!
Would love to!
You are doing what I hope to do in my lifetime, which is see a game in every hockey league in Europe.
As a fellow Canadian... yes, being mistaken for our North American neighbours is... not ideal lol (I mean no offense, however I am Canadian, not American).
Hope you get to do it someday!
@ me too! And thx!
Lol, "as a Canadien..." perfect
Hope you enjoyed the video!
Dude. I'm sure people here would donate money to get those kids the best experience in Canada... That is such a good cause. Teemu Selanne would be proud I bet...
Would be awesome, I mean they're not going until next season so there's lots of time!
Tappara-Ilves derby
I've heard great things!
I miss Jokerit in KHL so much. we still have dicent fanbase of Jokerit here in Russia. sad all this happened
Incredible
Also, I, too, sometimes look over my shoulder, repping the Sabres.
Hahah friend of the channel Jack Quinn plays on the Sabres so we gotta represent, not sure if you seen the old video we did with him: th-cam.com/video/jJjK0RcTFO4/w-d-xo.html
You should go to see kiekko vantaa game in tikkurila its a small arena but the atmosphere is just the same with litle bit less people and the tickets are very cheap too and one of kiekko vantaas players okko kangasniemi number 26 is number one in points and goals in the whole mestis rn
Thanks for the tip!
I'm glad you got to see the players from my hometown team, Hermes from Kokkola, even if they didn't come out on top! I always enjoy going to their games, even though I'm not a huge hockey guy myself.
Thank you for sharing! Hope you enjoy your next game!
Idk what your schedule is like nor how flexible you are, but it would be awesome if you could head back to the UK November 13th (next Wednesday) to catch the Sheffield Steelers Vs Eisbaren Berlin in the CHL round of 16.
That game should be amazing all round. Plus, Sheffield home grown and Team GB star, Liam Kirk, will be returning to Sheffield to play against the team for the very first time in his career!
The return game in Berlin is on Tuesday 19th November.
I am in Italy for a game on the 13th unfortunately but thanks for the heads up!
Next ifk fans ❤️💙
One day!
Like some have already said that you should check out the Tampere derby
Would love to!
@RobertGreeley and if you havent done it, you have to go to a football(soccer) game in germany. The atmosphere is unreal
You should come to Sweden and watch Nybro play against Kalmar or IK Oskarshamn
I've been to Sweden a few times, did you see any of the old videos from there?
@@RobertGreeley Yes for sure I have watched all off them
You have to remember this is a SECOND DIVISION GAME its like going to an ahl game
Would you say second level in the Finnish hockey system and AHL are on the same par for level of talent within hockey?
@@RobertGreeley Even the top Finnish league is below the AHL in terms of talent nowadays. The AHL comparison they made was probably just tier based, not talent level.
you should come to turku to watch TPS’s game
Would love to!
Please come to Lappeenranta big hockey city and we actually play in the first division. We have the smallest stadium in the league and we have small club finally doing well and the whole city is buzzing
Maybe one day!
Please come to turku in finland our hockeyclubs name is TPS and we play in the first tier would love to see you make a video about us
I'd love to go there one day!
In Kouvola Finland that sausage cup cost 5€
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
Everyone: Finns are quiet and reserved and don't like to talk too much to strangers.
Robert at the Mestis game: 8:08 --> :D
My dad took me in Jokerit game when I was probably 3-4 years old in '95-'96 and been a fan (not this enthusiastic tho) ever since. In 2014 they went to journey to KHL under part ownership with Russian oligarchs and after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine they decided to fall off from KHL and the future was very uncertain. When they announced their comeback as fully Finnish organization, playing on the home soil I was so happy and immediately booked tickets with my brother and father to go see and support them. Those jerseys are also the one they used in the '90s and bring back so many memories.
I also like to point out we see The Americans i.e. US citizens often arrogant and loud but find Canadians very polite and modest, almost like us. For me you are two totally different breeds.
Thanks for sharing this story, safe travels back to the next game you get to see!
TPS from Finland🤪❤️
Hope you enjoyed the video!
@RobertGreeley really did👍
6:30 😂😂😂
Hope you enjoyed!
Earned a sub!
And by the way if you ever visit Tampere you should really go and watch one of Tappara's games and even better would be the local match up between Tampereen Tappara VS Tampereen Ilves the atmosphere is through the roof👌
Hope you enjoyed the video! I've heard great things about that game!
3 hotdogs for 7.5€ is daylight robbery 😂Glad you enjoyed, but tbh "Mestis" league games are not really the top league games, that SM-Liiga has, and the reason why the Jokers were dropped out of SM-liiga well, we are not on the best terms with our eastern neighbour and the owner of Jokerit sold a majority market share to them only a few years before the invasion started, so we can't have today a team in our national league that is owned by Russia, so they were sanctioned out, and just recently in 2023 the Jokerit team was sold back to Finnish ownership so Jokerit were granted a license to play in Mestis league.
So if you want to see the best hockey Finland has to offer I hope you will go to Tampere, definitely best icehall in Finland.
Try liiga (best finnish league) and go see sun games its so fun
Noted!
@@RobertGreeley Good
I was on that game that game
Hope you enjoyed the game!
Yes i enjoydet Game
Thinking about going to any Norwegian games this season??
Ah probably not with the travel schedule right now unfortunately!
@ Ah that’s a shame, maybe next year! :)
In the early days. Before the time of Selänne.
Thanks for the info!
Go to ilves game they have best fans in finland
Maybe next time!
Miksi valehtelet? Ilveksellä ei ole suomen parhaat fanit😂
Go to Tampere Tappara
Would love to!
@RobertGreeley I recommend u contract their social media team. Im Sure they will awnser and allow u to
i started watching the video for some feel-good vibes but the flag at 4:52 made me tear up ]:
Visit IFK Helsinki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe one day!
@ YES! Also visit Färjestad Bk from Karlstad Sweden. My hockey club💚🤍
Whats the red helmet for? Best U20 player?
I’m not 100% sure to be honest!
@RobertGreeley understandable, I'm hoping a Finnish viewer can help. I know in Liiga the top young point scorer wears a Red Bull sponsored helmet, thought maybe it was something similar
@@calumhill512 It's a helmwt to promote blood banks. I'm pretty sure teams vote monthly for one player to wear it. I'm not a 100% sure on the criteria teams use- I'm pretty sure it's like who's b een a model pro worthy of representing such a noble cause
kiekko espoo!
JOKErit😂😂😂😂
Have to remember this was only second league. Go watch Hifk (same arena) or then go to Tampere to watch Ilves or Tappara (best if you watch them play against each other). Those are some quality highest league games. Nowhere near NHL level but still pretty high level hockey. Playoffs are obviously best time here also.
Thanks for the tip!
1 finnish hockey team that would be interesting in finland is Kalpa from kuopio. i would like to know why they have 2 different ultras 1 is musta verkosto and another one is veljmiehet. I think that they are one of the only teams that have more than one official fan groups.
This is interesting, thanks for letting me know!
Kalpalla ei ole ultria, kumpikaan noista ei ole Ultra ryhmä
The hockey capital of Finland is Tampere. Thats why the hall of fame museum is here too.
Good to know!
@@RobertGreeleyYeah Helsinki is Football city more
next time go to saipas game
@@MatiasKaltiainen noted!
My friend plays in ”Jokerit”
Awesome!
i find it wierd that jokerit hides the hifk flairs from sealing I find it somewhat disrespectful. Like at Nokia arena both ilves and tappara flairs are both up for both of their home games.
ifk also hides Jokerit ones, so I believe it was mutual decision.
Probably because they are hanging in the same metal thingy so if not rolled up other side of arena could only see ifks and other side jokerit
I was lucky to enjoy an Olympic hockey game years ago. It was Sweden vs Slovakia and I sat in a huge section of Slovaks. I felt like I was at a soccer match instead of a hockey game. They cheered and sang the ENTIRE game. Half the cheers were for Jagr lol. Very cool European Hockey experience i wont forget and on a Canadian sheet of ice😎
Thanks for sharing!
Almost 30 years ago I went to a game in Freiburg Germany, an old small arena, I don't even know what the league the team played in. It was packed, everyone was standing, constant cheering and chanting. If I go to a junior game here in Canada, the stands are empty, everybody just sits there, the only cheering is when a goal is scored.
From the USA here, yeah I'd be ditching a USA shirt in Finland, too. They are too smart to tolerate D. Trump. Finland is new to NATO, which DT wants to undermine for his buddy Putin.
We’ll see. Many of my American friends support Trump but they’re wealthy. Here in Finland people mostly think about the US foreign politics, which may often not be important to the Americans. In Finland the president doesn’t have almost any interior policy power anymore but the prime minister and government parties are responsible for the interior and EU politics. We have a lot of parties in the parliament. Don’t try to memorize this. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
If jokerit gets promoted you should go and watch Ifk vs jokerit wich is the helsinki derby
Official Helsinki Derby is HIFK-HJK
Would be awesome!
u come to finland to watch icehoykey and u go to B series to watch it XD
Nothing wrong with watching hockey throughout different leagues!
Tunnusta väriä !!!
That's a team in Finland right?
@RobertGreeley In a sense, its a shout , honor the colors !!! ( team colors ) in my case yellow and green. Im from Tampere and I flag for Ilves (Lynx) .
Go to ifk game!
Noted!
Miksi ei ole Sulanderin nimeä katossa?
Nhl voittaa 100-0 suomalaisen lätkän, jos katotte tarkalla silmällä niin nhl ja pieni kaukalo on periaatteessa puhutaan melkein eri lajista ko isolla kaukalolla liigaa, mestistä jne. pelattaessa.
I mean most NHL teams would win against any other team from any other league in the world tbh
Liiga cup is called Kanada malja for respect of origin of hockey. 👌Robert
Interesting, thanks for letting me know!
It's called Kanada-malja because it came from Canada. It was donated by the Finnish community in Canada.
I was so confused why you kept calling them "jokeritch" but then I realized their team name is jokerit hockey club so maybe there was some confusion there
Can you guys tell why americans or canadians dont yell and support clubs in any sport like european fans do?
I would say American Football has a solid culture around cheering, different from European crowds though!
I did love those Old Jokerit jerseys. White and red. So beautiful. What's the point of these new colours? I know. The era of Selänne, Lind, Janecky and so many others. Just stick to the original.
When did they wear white and red?!
I once went to one too or twice, and it was horribly loud, i got irritated, not going anymore. Theyre like the most loudest finns i ever met
Go watch a SaiPa game
Noted!
You first walked the wrong way. I know becasue I live in that street
When did I walk the wrong way?
@@RobertGreeley From the start of the video you walked Urheilukatu to south towards fottball arena when you should have walked Norderskjöld street to east. but if you did it only for filming video. It's a long way to go around those football fields if you wen't ice hockey arena from the backdr´oos near parking lots.
I'm sorry, I keep hearing you say "Jukurit" instead of "Jokerit" and that's completely different team. :D
The city rival HIFK, unsure if you have covered a game of theirs before...
I haven’t, this was my first ever time in Finland, only got to spend 3 days in Helsinki!
pls come turku gatorade center to see hockey and home team in turku is tps = turun palloseura in finnish
Ois kyl kova jos tä äijä tulis
Thanks for the suggestion!
Best kind Bye
Love it!
Fans are a tribe. That's why they stand behind a team. Doesn't matter if it's a Jokerit, Ottawa Senators or Manchester United - there's always a tribe who support the team. People like to belong in a like-minded group. So, now you know the answer, if you ask "Why do you support Jokerit (or whatever team), and what's so special about them? Simple; It's tribalism :)
Come to Germany, it's way better
Brother I've been to Germany more times than I can count 😂
And then take him to see some mestis team against a russian national league team nice choice
I have never been in watching even one game, well I actually find hockey pretty boring to watch.
One reason might that around here hockey teams are small that do badly on bigger leagues.
What sports do you like wathcing?
Go watch Helsinki IFK game instead much better
Noted!
Jokerit🔴🟡
A great club!
"Nothing worse than being confused as an American".
:( ouch
Nah, most of the Americans are very cool, nice, and helpful… I lived there for 5 years
Another great video but gotta work on your pronunciations…it’s not ‘Jokeritch’
Glad you enjoyed!
He should go see small liiga club games how they fan work. Small teams fans have more ❤heart❤ how to fans own clubs they not just fan it if it play good like in most big clubs. If big club start play bad they just lose alot fans we call em ''onnenonkiat'' = lucky charms. Like jukurit we are smallest club in 1st legue but us fans are what you have to come see.
Would love to get out to more games!