On Saturday, the “Prizma” team celebrated a victory at home in the Optibet Hockey League (OHL) match, Riga “Dinamo” celebrated a victory in Kaunas, and the “Rīga” Hockey School (HS “Rīga”) defeated Jelgava “Zemgale”/LLU playing with reserves at home. . Riga players beat Elektrēni “Energija” from Lithuania at home with 6:4 (3:2, 1:0, 2:2).
Elvis Kaimiņš scored three (1+2) points for the winners, defenders Krists Apsītis (1+1) and Gastons Georgs Grundmanis (0+2) scored two each. Jānis Auziņš saved 17 shots in the “Prizma” goal. Donats Kumelėusks scored two points (1+1) for the opponents. Emīls Ezītis and visiting goalkeeper Martins Petjuls were recognized as the best players in their teams, who saved 19 of 22 shots during two periods.
HS “Rīga” defeated Jelgavnieks 4:3 (1:0, 0:1, 2:2, 0:0, 0:0) in the post-match shootout. Kristers Ansons and Anton Macijevskis scored the post-match shots for the hosts, and Gustavs Millers for the visitors. Rinald Vutkevičs collected two (1+1) performance points in the Jelgava team. Striker Rodions Boltramovics was recognized as the best player for the home team, and striker Deniss Vilmans for the visitors.
“Dinamo” beat Kaunas “City” 7:4 (1:0, 3:3, 3:1) away. After the second goal of Miķel Rädlich, the visitors made it 3-0 in the 25th minute, but the home team countered in the 28th minute after the goal of Igna Bakus, scoring three goals in two minutes and 26 seconds, after which “Dinamo” demanded a 30-second timeout.
Renars Tsipruss put “Dinamo” in the lead again in the 35th minute, and the victory was not given away. Tsipruss (2+1) and Kristiāns Zelts (1+2) scored three points for the winners, while Rudolfs Gusts Lazdiņš saved 29 of 33 shots in goal. Remigijus Guoga collected two assists for the home team.
The “Mogo”/LSPA team is at the head of the table with 54 points in 28 matches, the “Zemgale”/LLU team has 47 points in 29 matches, and the Riga “Dinamo” has 37 points in 27 matches. “Prism” has 32 points in 28 matches, “Rīga” Hockey School has 28 points in 29 matches, “City” of Kaunas has 23 points in 28 matches, and “Hockey Punks” of Vilnius has 21 points in 27 matches and Elektrēni “Energija” in 28 matches. “Daugavpils Ledus Sporta Skola”/”Dinaburga” have two points in 29 games.
This season, nine teams are playing in the league – six from Latvia and three from Lithuania. In the 2021/2022 season, Jelgava “Zemgale”/LLU won their first Latvian championship title, defeating the previous champion “Olimp”/”Venta 2002” in the series with 4-0.
