The game was won in the opening few minutes as Antti Lehtonen had to fish the puck out of his net twice before the even made it to the first intermission.
Just 11 minutes had elapsed when Antti Erkinjuntti and Roope Elimäki linked well to set up Juhani Tyrväinen, whose narrow angle shot went in via the player's skate.
Three minutes later Joonas Alanne, then scored his first goal of the season, when he skated between the Ilves defensemen to finish a Henri Heino pass to make it 2-0.
Ilves called a time-out, to try and stop the bleeding and then changed their goalie for the start of the second period. Hannu Toivonen replacing Antti Lehtonen.
That seemed to spark Ilves into life a little bit but their finishing was still wayward.
Indeed if anyone looked like scoring it was still the Pelicans and Justin Hodgman could have made it 3-0, but he struck the frame of the goal.
Ilves finally did pull a goal back at 42:03 when Juho Liuksiala finished off a pass from former NHLer Jerry D'Amigo.
From there on the Pelicans did a great job in restricting the visitors to minimal shooting opportunities and forced them into the corners.
A final push was expected by the Tampere side but with 39 seconds left in the game Marcus Fagerudd delievered ugly hit, kneeing Hannes Björninen. Björninen had to be led from the ice while Fagerudd received a 5 + 20 minute penalty.
The Pelicans goalie, Juvonen was again the hero, stopping 34 shots.
Team Line Up
Justin Hodgman had new line mates with Morten Poulsen and Ville-Matti Koponen.
Arttu Heikkinen was on the fourth line with Joonas Alanne.
Nico Manelius and Taavi Vartiainen joined what is now becoming a large injured list.
Pasi Puistola usually lines up alongside Ben Blood on the blue line but he was partnered by Valtteri Parikka while Blood was with Roni Rukajarvi. Henri Heino also came in alongside Marko Poyhonen.
Janne Juvonen once again, started in net.
74 Antti Erkinjuntti - 37 Roope Elimaki - 22 Juhani Tyrvainen
18 Aleksi Rekonen - 27 Miska Siikonen - 24 Hannes Bjorninen
38 Morten Poulsen - 7 Ville-Matti Koponen - 16 Justin Hodgman
29 Arttu Heikkinen - 25 Joonas Alanne
12 Pasi Puistola - 6 Valtteri Parikka
39 Marko Poyhonen - 84 Henri Heino
10 Ben Blood - 51 Roni Rukajarvi
41 Janne Juvonen - 30 Joona Voutilainen
Opposition View
Brett Bulmer is the most famous name on Ilves' roster. The Right Wing made 17 NHL appearances for the Minnesota Wild between 2011-16. Most recently he played 3 times for the Wild last season. During his time with the organisation he spent most of his time with their American Hockey League affiliates Houston Aeros and Iowa Wild.
Jerry D'Amigo is another with NHL experience, making 31 appearances, 22 with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2013-14 and then 9 with the Buffalo Sabres the following year. Most of his time with those teams saw him playing in the AHL too though. Playing for the Marlies whist in Toronto and then last season with the Rochester Americans.
10 Eemeli Suomi - 71 Tapio Laakso - 92 Brett Bulmer
12 Otto Koivula - 21 Aleksi Mustonen - 18 Ville Meskanen
91 Jerry D'Amigo - 29 Matias Sointu - 27 Niko Ahoniemi
17 Markus Jokinen - 25 Markku Flinck - 23 Juho Liuksiala
47 Arto Laatikainen - 77 Marcus Fagerudd
57 Jarkko Parikka - 38 Teemu Aalto
3 Ville Jarvinen - 9 Olli Vainio
31 Valtteri Ilomaki
35 Antti Lehtonen - 33 Hannu Toivonen
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