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HS “Riga” | Photo: Guntis Lazdāns/LHF
The ice hockey school “Rīga” (HS “Rīga”) defeated Kaunas “City” on Sunday for the second day in a row in the game of the “Optibet” Hockey League (OHL) and celebrated the home win with the result 7:5 (0:0). 2, 2:1, 5:2).
At the start of the third period it was 3-2 for the visitors, but in the first three minutes of the final period the hosts scored four goals and took the lead 6-3. In the remaining part of the game, the Kaunas team further reduced the Riga players’ lead to an accurate shot, but in the last minute Dmitrijs Diļevka made the lead 7-5 with a goal.
Among the hosts, Gints Šnepst stood out with three (1+2) points, while Aleksandrs Zaprivoda and Edvīns Bērziņš scored a goal and assisted. For the visitors, Nazars Rushnikovs contributed one assist to two goals scored, while Paulius Gribausks collected four (1+3) points.
The day before, HS “Rīga” defeated the team from Kaunas 6:4 after a 0:3 win. The leader of the tournament table with 40 points in 21 games is “Zemgale”/LBTU, 34 points in 20 games were scored by “Mogo”/LSPA, 29 points in 22 games were scored by Kurbads hockey players, 26 points in 21 games by fifth place HS “Rīga”, but “Prism” is in sixth place with 25 points.
The OHL’s main four-round tournament ends on February 28, but the OHL and Baltic champions will be determined in the playoff tournament. Six teams reach the OHL playoffs. The quarterfinals will be played up to three wins, while the semifinals and the OHL Cup battle will be played up to four wins.
In the 2023/2024 season, Riga “Prizma”, Hockey School “Rīga”, “Zemgale”/LBTU from Jelgava, “Mogo”/LSPA and “Kurbads” from Latvia, “Kaunas City” and Elektrēnu “Airwell-Energija” will take part take part in the Baltic Championship”, Vilnius “7BET-Hockey Punks” from Lithuania and the Estonian club “Panter” from Tallinn.
Also this season, citizens of Ukraine will not be granted the status of legionnaires or foreign hockey players in the OHL championship, but players from Russia and Belarus are not allowed to participate in the OHL. Last year “Zemgale”/LBTU became champions, defeating “Mogo”/LSPA in the final with 4:1 and thus four wins.
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