Liepāja Hockey: OHL Semi-Finals Bound

In the third game of the quarter-finals, the Liepaja team defeated Tallinn “Panter” 8:1 (3:0, 3:1, 2:0) at home and reached 3-0 in the series up to three victories.

Daniels Anderson stood out for the home team with two goals and three assists, while Rinald Vutkevich assisted in three goals. Alberts Emīls Šnepste, Gustavs Krūmiņš, Pauls Svars, Kārlis Ozoliņš, Niks Zīle and Kevin Strādnieks scored one goal at a time.

Michael Valenta made 21 of 22 shots, surrendering only on a Lenny Sutari feed.

In the second quarter-final, “Capitals” of Kyiv are leading 2-0 against “Prizma” of Riga and close to a duel with “Mogo”/RSU.

In the overall standings of the regular championship, “Mogo”/RSU won first place with 64 points in 40 matches, while “Zemgale”/LBTU finished second with the same number of points, both teams entering the semi-finals.

Liepāja hockey team took third place with 63 points, followed by Kyiv Capitals with 61 points. Riga “Prizma” collected 36 points, Tallinn “Panter” – 34, “Riga Hockey School” got 28 points, Elektrēni “Energija” – 20 points, and Vilnius “Hockey Punks” finished the regular championship with 18 points.

The winner of the OHL playoffs will be crowned the Baltic champion, while the Latvian and Lithuanian teams that took the highest place will become the champions of their countries.

In the 35th OHL championship, teams play a five-round tournament. Each team plays 40 matches in the main tournament, which is the highest number of matches since 2007/2008. of the Latvian Super League Championship.

In the previous season, the “Mogo”/RSU hockey players became the champions, beating the “Zemgale”/LBTU team 4-1 in the final series.