In the 1/4 finals, Latvian juniors have to meet the scary representatives of the homeland of hockey – Hockey – Sportacentrs.com

Led by Oļegs Sorokin, the Latvian youth team started the tournament quite successfully, losing 1:3 to the hosts Finland, but defeating the Slovakian youth team 5:3. As expected, the Latvian national team lost 1:7 against the group’s favorites, the Americans, but an unpleasant result was experienced against the direct opponents, the Norwegians.

In the second third against their peers from Norway, the Latvians were behind with 1:5. In order to keep the hopes of meeting in the quarter-finals, it was necessary to fight for the difference in the result, which Sorokin’s students managed to achieve, ending the game with 3:5. The Slovakian team presented the Latvian team with a gift and the following day they ground the Norwegians into flour, paving the way for the Latvian team to meet with Canada.

During the tournament, the Canadian youth team rolled like a bowling ball, knocking out all the pins of the opponents that hit them. The Canadians have not scored less than six goals in any game yet. In his most productive game maple leaf ground team with 11:1 hit Kazakhs.

Daniels Serkin was the top scorer with four points in the Latvian team’s four games, who scored two goals and made two assists. Markus Sieradzkis, Maksims Haritoncevs and Olivers Mūrnieks scored three points each according to the 1+2 system.

Canadian ice hockey players have accumulated completely different indicators, among which Gavin McKenna is the most productive with six goals and eight assists. Porter Martone followed with four goals and nine assists, while Malcom Spence and Ty Iginla followed with 3+4 and 4+1, respectively.

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