Finnish hockey players feel very comfortable in these tight games / day

Latvian men’s hockey team lost to Finland with a 1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) in Stockholm on Saturday. Apple scored for the Latvian national team, which was the first game of the championship.

« I came to do everything in the best conscience and help the team win. Finnish hockey players feel very comfortable in these close games. Very often there is a feeling that you are in the games, but in the end they get zero points, » Apple explained.

In this game, Apple played in one string of attackers with Kaspar Daugavins and Rudolf Balcer, the partners who had previously played with.

« There is no time to run because there are two games left in the group. We were better and better with the game. We started finding each other and passing the shots. There is a pleasant view of the future, » Apple concluded.

Apple came to the World Cup from North America, where he played for smaller fields this season than they are in Europe.

« It was difficult, especially at the beginning. At first, I played with shorter shifts so that I didn’t stop my legs. With Eric (random physical training coach Eric Visocki) we have laughed that I had to clean and put on me with a diesel engine – a little filters.

Latvia will have to meet Slovakia and Austria in the remaining games of the group, and the quarter -finals will require victories.

Sweden is the leader with 15 points in Sub -Group A, with 12 points in four battles, with 11 points in Five Five in Finland. Next, with seven, six and five points, there are four battles in Slovakia, as well as five matches in Latvia and Austria. France has one point in five games, but Slovenia fights without points.