Hameenlinna was able to secure the 5th position, which will qualify them for a quarter final bye, along with the other top 6 teams in the league. This will be Tuulola's first experience in the SM-Liiga playoffs.
Tuulola scored the game winning goal of his final regular season game of year.
follow the links here to see it.
https://liiga.fi/fi/ottelut/2018-201.../445/seuranta/
The 20 year old winger after 60 games has scored 13 goals and registered 23 assists to tally a total of 36 points.
Ultimately his scoring was down from last year by three goals despite playing nine more games. All the same, his point total increased by 10.