MTV: Pelicans surprise bet, Sami Kapanen is a new head coach

The Lahti Pelicans has been the biggest failure of this season.

Lahti Pelicans The new head coach is Sami Kapanenreported MTV.

In recent years, Kapanen has been a talent search and a development coach in Philadelphia Flyers.

Kapanen, 51, was KalPa’s main commander in the Finnish Champions League 2017-19. In the fall of 2019, he was the head coach of the Swiss Lugano before he also served as a player agent for a while.

Pelicans has achieved silver twice in the SM League. The club also continued to this season with huge economic investments, but the season has been a stomach fall.

The Lahti residents are the last one in the league table. As a head coach Juhamatti Yli-Junnila was transferred to the side of the task on 20 January. The responsibility has been in charge of the last few weeks Jussi Taipale.

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