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Red Bull Open Ice tour in Finland reached its final tournament in Helsinki on sunday 7.2. We had 8 best teams from 3 qualifiers playing against each other. We had teams from across the country. There was a real south against north and east battle. We had a windy winter weather with heavy snow falling through out the day. This keep our ice maintenence crew busy with showels and brushes.

Our final was supposed to be on Töölö bay situated in the middle of Helsinki but the mother earth decided against us. The air temperature dropped from -30 to -5 degrees and the sea level rose 25 cm in 2 days and the whole bay was coverd with water and wet snow. This was too dangerous to play on the bay so we had to move the final tournament into our spare location on the outdoor ice rink in eastern Helsinki.