Head coach Antti Aarnio shared his thoughts on the team's journey through the playoffs and emphasized the development and challenges the team had to face: "We lost the first game at home against Budapest, but then won. The games were close, this was a test for us to learn how to score goals. In the final game against Budapest, we then scored 8 goals and took that into the final as well." He also emphasized the importance of mental preparation, which was worked on with Simon Kohl, the mental coach: "The boys have worked out the motto that mentality is their decision. They then showed that in every move."