The Latvian Hockey Federation has announced on the website “X” that due to an injury, Rūdolfs Balcers will not be able to help the Latvian national hockey team in this year’s world championship.
Forward Rūdolfs Balcers will not participate in the world championship in the Latvian men’s hockey team due to an injury, reports the Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF).
It has already been reported that Balcers was injured on Thursday in the fifth game of the final of the Swiss Hockey League (NL), in which his Zurich “Lions” beat “Lausanne” represented by Ronald Kēnins 3-0 at home and reached 3-2 in the series up to four victories.
It was also reported that he could return to the field in the next final game.
“Due to an injury, Balcers will not be able to help the Latvian national hockey team at this year’s world championship,” LHF reports.
This season, Balcers collected 38 (20+18) points in 50 games of the main tournament of the Swiss Championship, while in eight “play-off” games he has six (3+3) points on his account.
A year ago, the 27-year-old striker helped the Latvian national team win the first bronze medals in the history of the national team with nine (2+7) points.
Rudolph Balzer. Photo: scanpix/AP
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