Dan Lochmelis | Photo: IIHF
The task of the Latvian U20 hockey team in the quarterfinals of the world junior championship is to prevent the US opponents from feeling the game, national team captain Dans Ločmelis admitted in a conversation with the Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF) after the training on Monday.
Both national teams will play the match in the “Frolundaborg” arena, which is smaller than the “Scandinavium”, where the Latvians played in the subgroup tournament. The hockey players trained in the game room on Monday.
“We worked on the match in the same formations and in the majority. Tomorrow there should be many goals and a good match. In the American national team all the players are good. The key will be discipline and the way we play in the first period. If we start the game well game will go like this. You can’t let them feel the game,” Lochmelis explained.
This year, players born in 2004 and younger will be able to participate in the world championship, which will take place from December 26 to January 5 in Gothenburg. Kārlis Zirnis, Artūrs Āboliņš and Edgars Masalskis assist Artis Ābolas in his work with the U20 hockey team this season.
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2024-01-01 19:07:11
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