Ottawa Senators' Kyle Turris enjoyed time in Finland Turris happy to be home after 'awesome' stint in Finland By DON BRENNAN, QMI Agency

Centre Kyle Turris enjoyed his stint in Finland during the NHL lockout. (Errol McGihon, Ottawa Sun file photo) Senators star Erik Karlsson suspended by Finnish league

Before Kyle Turris could skate with other locked-out NHLers and Carleton Ravens Thursday, he had to go shopping for something he had not purchased himself in 10 years: A stick.

He wound up getting a wooden Sherwood Paul Coffey model with a big curve. It cost him $35.

“I have sticks coming in (Friday) night,” said Turris, the Senators centre who returned Sunday from a two-month stint with Karpat Oulu in the Finnish SM-Liiga. “I wasn’t spending $300 on a stick I was going to break today.”