Renārs Krastenbergs scored the only goal for the Latvian national team. On Saturday, the two national teams will compete in Klotene and it will be broadcast live on the TV6 channel, as well as on the “tv3.lv” portal.
In the second half of the first period, Mark Marchon pushed the defender Christopher Binduli with his face on the edge of the field, the Swiss received a penalty of 5+20 minutes.
In most cases, Latvia did not score a goal, moreover, they let the puck into their own goal, three minutes before the end of the period, Taner Rišars ended the Swiss counterattack.
The Latvian national team ended the third period in the minority, as Eduards Tralmaks received a 2+2 minute penalty.
The visitors started the second period in a minority and in the 62nd second, Christoph Berchi received the puck at the blue line and skated alone against Ivar Punnenova, making it 2-0.
The next goal was also scored by the Latvians in the minority, Marko Lēmans taking advantage of the chaos at the goal of the Latvian national team.
In the 12th minute of the third period, the Latvian hockey players lost the puck in the middle zone, which allowed the home team to skate with two defenders against one defender and Sven Zenteler to make it 4-0, but five minutes later, Romens Löfels scored another goal for the Swiss during the missed penalty. In the second period, striker Filips Buncis was injured.
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Before the final 20 minutes of the match, Punnenova was replaced in the goal by Eric Vitols.
When there were four minutes and 17 seconds left until the end of the regular time, after the passes of Rihards Bukart and Dan Lochmelis, Krastenberg found himself alone with Leonardo Genoni, the Latvian, who played in the second league of Switzerland at the beginning of the season, made it 1:5.
The ratio of shots in this game was 31:21 in favor of the home team.
The Latvian national team will go to the world championship in the Czech Republic on May 9. The 2024 championship will be held in Prague and Ostrava from May 10 to 26.
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