The player of the final, was without doubt Santtu Manner, who scored all of the SSV goals, the last one being the golden 6-5 goal after 07.17 of the over time. After four EFC silvers and three EFC bronze medals, SSV´s could finally celebrate their first EFC victory.

Erä had more ball control in the start of the game, but Santtu Manner took SSV to the lead with a really sharp shot on power play. Jani Kukkola evened the score in 12.25 and then it was Erä´s turn to utilize the power play when Lauri Kapanen´s accurate shot found the net. After this Erä took charge of the game and by moving the ball in SSV´s defensive zone they could score one more goal, 3-1 lead for Erä after the first period.

The second period continued in the same manner, Erä possessed the ball and decided the tempo of the game whereas SSV played quite passively. Pasi Laitila increased the Erä lead to 4-1 after which the tempo dropped when Erä was not in a hurry. Then Manner stepped up for SSV and he scored two goals for his team, the second on power play, and took SSV back into the game.

Jani Helenius took Erä to a two goal lead again in the third period, but with less than 10 minutes left of the game SSV started to play more aggressively and particularly SSV´s first line could create good scoring chances.

Especially Manner and Mikael Järvi were unstoppable today. It seemed as if each time this couple got the ball, the ball was soon in the opponent´s net. Manner scored six goals and Järvi gave the assist to four of them.

In Salibandyliiga´s interview Manner is modest about his performance:
– Quite a good day today, but it also required good passes. I missed a break through in the start of the match and came late to the situations, and for a moment I thought that this was not my day.

Manner and Kapanen were elected as best players in the final.