“Sometimes the team stayed at the base – in a modest hostel where alcohol was forbidden. The grandmother, who was in charge here, closed the doors at ten o’clock in the evening so that no one left. If someone went out, they were not allowed to come back. However, sometimes the guys managed to bribe their grandmother.
Many players had a passion for the nightlife, as did the coaches. Several times I saw the head coach hiding in the doctor’s office under a dropper. The nights here were so long that I had to resort to using an IV to deal with a hangover and put myself on ice.
Coming back from the away games on the bus, the guys used two-litre beer bottles. Alas, there were no toilets on the bus and it made no stops along the way. Therefore, players had to use these bottles for purposes. Of course, some Finns drank a little beer, as usual, but not six liters,” Laakkonen said as quoted by Iltalehti.
- Finnish hockey player Laakkonen: “In Russia, coaches ordered players to be hungover in the morning”
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