Hopponen was very affective offensively, using his sheer strength to outwork opposing players and to protect the puck from pressure. Hopponen proved very, very tough to contain, thanks to the use of his 6-foot-1, 190-frame which he used very affectively to shield the puck and just bust his way through pressure and shrug off defenders attempts to take him off the puck. He did not lose control of th...