Playing in the favorites is a heart / day
Apple in seven of his previous championships with the team was first to the last match, but he spent this season in North America, where he played at the National Hockey League (NHL) club in the Philadelphia Flyers and its Farm Club at the Alentauna « Lehigh Valley Phantoms » in the American Hockey League (AHL).
As Abol told the Latvian media, the flyover from North America was successful, and he was also able to sleep because the flight was night after the US. Nonetheless, there are still feelings that he is in another time zone, so you also need a training.
« Time zones, large squares, so you have to prepare your body a bit different for hockey, » after a training session, he participated in the field, Mick Tumanov, who was not yet the tournament, said Abol. « Ride to play in the team is a heart.
Apple said he had not skated the last three days because he had to settle the formalities at the workplace, had to cling to his belongings and on his way.
It has already been reported that the 29 -year -old striker extended his contract with the NHL club Flyers this week for another season.
« Overall, the season was really good, » Apple said of the season. « Let’s just say it was not bad. But there was a feeling that » I left it on the table « , so I hope I could do it next year. »
Returning to the team, Apple stated that he had seen this from the Latvian games, but not full matches. Similarly, he has contacted the teammates immediately after the season and knows what is happening.
The center striker does not yet know what to play with in one shift, but in the past it was successfully done with Rudolf Balcer and Kaspar Daugavins.
« We are three different types of players who complement each other, » Apple said of the exchange partners. « Balcers is more of a matchmaker, can play himself, can put us in the shot position. I try to balance everything in the middle, while Daugavins can close the goals with his experience, skill and coldness. »
As Apple added, in this shift everyone complements each other, and it gives the result. Therefore, he expressed the hope that such a series would be this year as well.
So far, Balcers has scored one point in four games at the World Cup, but team captain Daugavins is free.
As reported, in the first game of the World Cup, the Latvian team beat the French team by 4: 1 on Saturday, then lost to Canada by 1: 7, beat Slovenia by 5: 2 and recognized Sweden’s superiority by 0: 6.
In Group A, the leader with 12 points in four matches is Sweden, nine points in three games for Canada, Slovakia has scored seven points in four matches, six – Latvia, two points in three games Austria, one point in four ducks for France and Slovenia.
Today and tomorrow, the Latvian team has two holidays, on Saturday you will have to take with the Finnish national team, on Sunday with Slovakia and on Tuesday with Austrian hockey players.
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 fight 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.
