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Panthers defenseman Ville Koistinen returns to Finland for the first time as a professional. Hear what it meant to him to play in front of his hometown.
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" Welcome back to inside the Panthers I'm fried -- The Peppers had to pre season game scheduled here and then went against teams from the finish illegally. The first of which was in the town of -- here against -- team Paul opera which translates to the word cadillacs and it was a homecoming for the Panthers only finished player. Newly signed defenseman Billy poised and came back to his hometown wearing an NHL jerseys."
" When the -- defenseman Billick hoisted into the offseason he knew the cats were going to play back in his home country. And that was a big deal to him."
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" September. In my hometown there's."
" On the I almost touching people who he -- almost --"
" After the panthers' first Finland practice -- got a chance to visit with his wife and sons Nicholas and -- us -- About three weeks. So it's great to sit -- and again. Panthers' first of two exhibition games against teams from the Finnish elite league. Took place at the hot and it's of the arena in the city of ten there about a two hour drive north of Helsinki. -- to grow up within sight of this arena and play five plus seasons or help let's stand here the archrival of the Panthers opponents opera. You said you grow up you could actually looked out the window and see the -- when your kid yeah yeah right it's right there -- I don't know 150 yards for a few hundred yards on the right. And Hendry thought many times I wanna play there would be a professional player that now. Coincidence family and friends got to see and in his hometown. In an NHL you know."
" I'm very ready excited because the last different opposite and it and it's a little game of closing minutes of the game in Nashville. We let us. All the board games for us."
" These -- the first time lets him play."
" It's very good at. Very -- he played 56 years series from here is this a big thing for the whole family to have the Panthers come here and play with your brother. -- didn't -- the quality -- play for a long time because all of the guys here Cubs didn't play like it like you said his six years ago something like. He's been nervous they've been the last couple days going back to play the it's a it's it's a great thing for the next American players friends and family and friends that there is always that added pressure. The game -- top -- went to a shoot out and -- divorce selected courts and to take one of the penalty shots. He was spoiled the Panthers fell three to two the only thing that spoil these young defenseman evening. I that really was good tonight you know homecoming for him it's very important game. And we started a -- shoot the shootout. You could see by the reception he got bands of -- popular players -- It was nice an extra for him yeah -- just fun. I don't really remember what can we do. It's nice to come back home perfect ending would have been scored in the shootout look like they're pretty good movement units yeah. That you look I'm gonna do. -- Thanks I'm an excellent role reduced the crowd playing Manning children's future how would you rate the experience. Then it unless. There's less credits and absolutely it's."
" The appointment is the panthers' only finished player there were others will be in Helsinki brought back on hockey memories. That's different hundreds internment. We'll. Years ago as. Through winters -- and it's confronted. What you -- experience any culture. What -- his real -- is just there's a few days. I've been doing. Those remember much about the Indians are called for -- for the quarter of 2003%. Of them. We we wanna record semifinal final beer cart world so. It's what are you playing in the."
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