Sixty minutes of regular time and twenty minutes of extra time were not enough to determine the winner. Latvian Optibet in the finals of the Hockey League (OHL). Mogo/LSPA defeated the champions of the last two years in a shootout at home Zemgali/LBTU with 4:3. Up to four wins in a series Mogo/LSPA is leading 3-1. The series will continue in Jelgava on Thursday at 19:00.
After Mogo/LSPA winning the third game of the series on the road with 3:1 and taking the lead in the series, Tuesday’s game was much more important for Jelgava, but the beginning of the game did not show that. Mogo/LSPA started very actively, as if the situation would become very dangerous for them if they lost. The result of the first period, 2:1 in favor of the home team, also accurately reflects the course of events on the field. The Jelgava hockey players had problems getting the puck out of the defense zone, there were mistakes in the middle zone, and Mogo/LSPA threw the first puck in the counterattack. It didn’t work out the first time. In a two-on-one situation, the defender Gints Meija did not beat Rihards Zimmermans, but at the right time, in the right place, the experienced defender Krišjānis Rēdlichs rushed to help the attackers, after which David Sarkanis sent the puck into the empty corner of the goal. Zemgale/ LBTU the response move was almost in the manner of NHL players.
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