2023-04-28 20:16:00
Note that during the meeting the Latvian team led with a score of 1:0 and 3:1.
However, the Swiss managed to level the score and then take the lead. The cherry on the winning Swiss cake was the fifth puck thrown into an empty net.
The turning point can be considered the middle of the third period, when, with a score of 3:3, the Latvian team played five once morest three Swiss for almost two minutes. It would seem – score a goal and land the game.
But alas, the hockey players in dark red skated beautifully around the goal, passed not far from the blue line, but the Swiss goalkeeper did not wait for a real threat.
But when Robert Bukarts retired a minute later, Switzerland easily hammered the puck into the goal, which was defended by Ivar Punnenov in this match. By the way, in his free time from playing in the national team, he plays in Switzerland – for the Lausanne team.
The national teams of Latvia and Switzerland will meet at the Arena Riga on Saturday, and the national team will complete the preparatory stage with a game on May 4 once morest Denmark.
In preparation for the World Cup, Latvia has already lost to Poland 3:5 and beat it 2:0, and also lost in overtime to Great Britain 2:3 and won 6:3.
Lauris Darzins, Arturs Irbe, Artis Abols, Petteri Nummelin and Raimonds Vilkoit help Harijs Vitolins to work with the national team.
The World Championship, which will be held jointly in the Finnish city of Tampere and in Riga, will last from 12 to 28 May.
As part of the World Cup in Riga, games of one group will be held, where Canada, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, Latvia, Norway, Kazakhstan and Slovenia will play, as well as two quarterfinal matches.
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