Latvian hockey players in PC Stockholm continue with a disruptive loss to Canada / Day
Eduards Tralmax, who was recognized as the best player in the national team, scored for the Latvian national team. The opponents were the goalkeeper Mark Andre Fleri, who fouled out 16 of 17 shots.
The Canadians threw 37 times on the guarded goal of Gustav David Grigal.
In Group A, Canada and Sweden have six points in two games, Finland scored three points in one game, as well as Latvia and Slovakia in two matches. Without points are Austria, France and Slovenia.
Compared to the previous game, Gustav Davis Grigals started this match in the Latvian national team, but Krister Gudlevsky was in reserve. In the opening of the game, the Canadians did not have a overwhelming lead and the Latvians took the lead in the eighth minute. After Dana Ločmel’s pass, Tralmax made a strong hand shot from the middle of the area, beating Mark Andre Flerie.
A little later, Rudolf Balcers was not a great chance to reach a 2-0, while in the middle of the period, Treviss Konekney reached the counterattack in the Canadian counterattack. After 61 seconds, in the 11th minute of the game, Neitan McCinon used a misunderstanding at the Latvian national team, with the leadership for the Canadians.
In the second half of the period, the Latvian team had the opportunity to play in the majority, but one hockey player was not used on the field. In equal forms, in several episodes, the Latvian team was saved by Grigals from the lost goal, who also had a lot of work at the start of the second period.
In the first half of the third, the Latvians did not realize another majority, in which the opponents had the opportunity to score. Later, after several mistakes in the eighth minute, Kent Johnton scored 3: 1 in front of the goal. Towards the middle of the period, after several Latvian hockey shots in Flerie, he defended their goals intact with teammates.
In the 12th minute of the period, Johnson used another Latvian national team mistake and strengthened the Canadian team lead with a shot from the middle of the area. By the break, the Latvians passed the minority, but 24 seconds before the end of the period scored in the majority when Konekny was accurate.
In the sixth minute of the third period, Latvian hockey players lost the puck in the middle zone, looking for Selebrin after Sidney Crosby and Konekney’s passes of 6: 1. Crosby was also active in the majority of the Canadian national team, in which Latvians withstand the pressure of starry opponents.
Five minutes before the end of the regular time, Barrett Heiton fired a puck in the Latvian national team and achieved even more. 41 seconds before the end signal, Mike Mateson threw another puck in the goal, but the goalkeeper was detected, so the result remained unchanged.
The Latvian team started the tournament yesterday with a 4: 1 victory over France, while the Canadians beat the Slovenians with a 4: 0 win.
Latvian hockey players will play the third game of the World Cup on Tuesday at 5:20 pm against Slovenia, a day later at 9.20 pm with housewife Sweden, on Saturday at 1:20 pm, you will have to use the Finnish team, May 18 at 9.20 pm with Slovakia and the final group game on May 20 at3.20.
The 16 teams start in the tournament are divided into two groups, with eight teams each, which guarantees seven games for each team. The top four teams in each group will continue their battle for medals in the quarterfinals, but the weakest teams in both groups will leave the strongest division, and will be replaced by Britain and Italy next year.
This year’s World Cup in Herning and the Swedish capital, Stockholm, will take place from 9 to 25 May. Group B games and two quarter -final matches will take place in Herning, while Stockholm will also host two quarter -final duties, semi -final games and medals.