“Zemgale” will host KalĆki and “Mestis”, one of the league leaders – Hockey – Sportacentrs.com

• Today at At 18:30, “Zemgale”/LLU will play the 17th game in the framework of “Mestis”, the second strongest league in Finland. For the first time in the season, it will compete against IPK, which is represented by the 23-year-old Latvian defender Roberts Kaļķis.

• “Zemgale” has experienced four defeats in the last five games. It played its last match within the tournament on November 28, when it lost 4:6 to the “Kiekko-Vantaa” team.

• Otherwise progressed for IPK unit. It has celebrated success in four of the last five matches and with 37 points in 18 matches occupies the fourth place in the tournament table.

• “Zemgale” currently ranks 12th in the 14-team competition with 16 points. The Latvian team has played only 16 games. The owner of the last place, “Hokki”, has so far played in fewer matches (15) than “Zemgale” during the tournament.

• Kalkis is one of IPK’s hockey players who spent the most time on the court. He averaged 23:28 minutes in 16 games. In them so far, the defender has provided three assists, earned two rejections, as well as a positive efficiency ratio (+4).

• Read more about Kaļķs’ progress in Finland and in the IPK team HERE.

• In the ranks of “Zemgales”, Artūrs Khomyakovs is the most productive so far with ten points (5+5), while Hari Brant has nine points (2+7).

• After today’s mutual match, the teams will compete again tomorrow in Jelgava. In total, six games are expected for “Zemgale” in the Mestis League in December.

• In addition to today’s and tomorrow’s matches against IPK, on ​​December 9 and 10 they will play against “RoKi” at home, and on December 28 and 29 they will host “Kiekko-Pojat”.

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