Daugavpils “Dinaburg” on Saturday in the “Optibet” Hockey League (OHL) game gave way to “Mogo” / LSPA. Daugavpils lost “Mogo” / LSPA at home with 0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 2). David Sarkanis scored a hat-trick in the match, throwing his third goal in the majority. Patrick Trasun, on the other hand, found himself in the minority. Jānis Ozoliņš and Kārlis Bucenieks also scored.
Goalkeeper Reinis Liepiņš was recognized as the best among the home team, and Sarkanis as the guest. In the second game, the champion unit “Olimp” / ”Venta 2002” lost “Liepāja” at home with 1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 0). Verners Egle and Magnuss Jākobsons put the guests in the lead with 2-0, but Juris Ziemiņš regained one goal.
With three more goals in the second third, the Liepaja team won. Artjoms Anosovs, as well as Zahars Šablovskis and Klāvs Plānics also stood out with the goal. In the last period, Aleksandrs Jevgrafovs was replaced by Kārlis Zakrevskis at the home goal, protecting them unoccupied and repelling all ten shots.
There have been many rejections in the last 20 minutes, with 14 points for home and four minutes for guests. Fjodors Jarovinskis stood out in the ranks of Liepāja with three assists, Plānics scored two (1 + 1) points, but Māris Jučers fought off 26 shots in the goal. The game of “Liepāja” and “Hockey school” Rīga “was scheduled for Saturday, but it was postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
In the tournament table, the first place with 44 points in 24 fights is taken by the “Mogo” / LSPA team, followed by “Zemgale” / LLU with 41 points in 24 matches. “Liepāja” is third with 31 points in 22 duels, but “Olimp” / “Venta 2002” ranks behind it with 24 points won in 20 games. In fifth place is the Hockey School “Riga”, which has won 13 points in 21 games, in the sixth place with seven points in 24 matches is “Dinaburg”, but with five points in 23 games the last place is taken by Riga “Prizma”. Last season the OHL Cup was won by Olimp / Venta 2002, but in the regular season the victory was celebrated by Zemgale / LLU. The first Latvian hockey championship took place 90 years ago.
