Currently, the Latvian national team has already begun preparations for the 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship, which will be held in the Czech Republic. Vitolins claims that he now tries not to talk or mention the bronze medals won in the locker room, because there is hard work ahead. “The awards we earned will not give us points this year and we will have to win everything once more,” the coach said.
He also believes that this year the opponents will take the Latvian national team more seriously and that tense matches await us.
At the moment it is known that last year’s hero Christians Rubins, who has already undergone surgery, will not be able to help the Latvian national team. The injured list also includes Tumanov, Seis and last year’s debutant Georg Golovkov.
Vitolins is pleased with the situation with goalkeepers: Elvis Merzlikins will return to the national team, Krister Gudlevskis is having an excellent season, and Artur Shilov has shone on the NHL courts.
“They are a headache for us, but it’s good for the national team that we have some good goalkeepers.
Arthur Irbe has a lot of work to do and his role is also to unite the goalkeepers,” says the coach.
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2024-04-02 11:59:20
