Latvian champion “Mogo”/RSU lost in Nottingham on Wednesday in the first game of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Continental Cup final tournament. In the game of Group A, the Latvian club lost to the home team Nottingham “Panthers” with 0:4.
No goals were scored until the 28th minute of the game, but then Brendan Harris made it 1-0 for the “Panthers”, who later assisted two of the next three goals of the home team. “Mogo”/RSU hockey players made 20 shots, but the opponents shot 35 times at the goal guarded by Kārlis Mežsargas.
On Thursday, “Mogo”/RSU at At 21.00 Latvian time, they will meet the Polish team in Katowice GKS.
In group B, Hernings “Blue Fox” represented by Oskars Cibulskas and Jānis Fecers beat Angers “Ducs” 4:1 (0:0, 3:1, 1:0). Fetzer saved 21 of 22 shots in the “Blue Fox” goal. Eskemen “Torpedo” from Kazakhstan will also play in this group.
After the group games, the teams will play games for places.
In the first round, “Mogo”/RSU took the first place with three wins in the same number of matches, but in the second round, they achieved two successes in three fights and took the second place, which also allowed them to secure a place in the finals.
The IIHF Continental Cup is the second largest European ice hockey club tournament, with 14 teams participating. All team competitions start according to ranking. In the previous season, the Cardiff “Devils” representing Wales won the IIHF Continental Cup, but “Mogo”/RSU did not make it past the second round.
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