In order to find positive trends in the performance of Riga “Dinamo” this season, it is necessary to thoroughly focus on statistical indicators, but this will not change the fact that the team is in the last position in the overall rating of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). This season, it was obvious that the head coach Pēteris Skudra changed the goalkeepers unusually often. Is he expressing dissatisfaction with their game in this way, or is it a kind of strategy?
Five goalkeepers have played for Riga “Dinamo” this season – the core values were Russians Ilya Proskurjakov and Stanislav Galimov, but Zeins Makintairs, Aleksandrs Lazušins and Ēriks Vītols also played episodically. The players of Covid-19 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. None of the goal men have averaged at least 90% of the throws this season, which is considered a good goalkeeper standard.
Riga “Dinamo” head coach Pēteris Skudra himself was a high-level goalkeeper, playing 147 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, he has been quite ruthless in his decisions against goalkeepers, often making decisions to change goalkeepers.
