“Optibet” hockey league (OHL) plays on Thursday Hockey school “Riga “Thanks to two goals scored by both Gustavs Ozolins and Martina Rodrigo Lavins, he unexpectedly surpassed Liepaja in his field”. “Rīga” beat “Liepāja” at home with 5: 2 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 1)

In the 16th minute Raivo Freidenfelds led the guests, but the young Riga hockey players responded with four goals, Laviņš reached 4: 1 in the majority in the 42nd minute. The Rigans threw the fifth “goal”, sending the puck into the empty away goal 22 seconds before the end of the match. In the home goal, Kārlis Mežsargs repelled 51 opponents’ shots, but Ozoliņš scored three (2 + 1) performance points in this match. Mārtiņš Oskars Freimanis and Freidenfelds accumulated two (1 + 1) points for the guests.

The leader of the championship with 44 points in 26 games is “ Zemgale ”/ LLU, followed by“ Olimp ”/” Venta 2002 ”with 43 points in 27 matches. “Mogo” / LSPA has accumulated 35 points in 29 deeds, “Liepāja” has earned 27 points in 24 games, Daugavpils “Dinaburga” has gained 16 points in 27 matches, “Prizma” / IHS has gained 12 points in 25 games, while HS “Rīga” – 22

In the 2020/2021 season OHL will play “Mogo” / LSPA, “Olimp” / ”Venta 2002”, “Zemgale” / LLU, Hockey school “Riga”, Daugavpils “Dinaburga”, “Prizma” / IHS and “Liepāja”. Last season, eight teams played in the Latvian Premier League, but in the 2020/21 season there will be one team less, because “Kurbads” does not play in the tournament.

The elimination games were not played last season, but the winner of the local championship was “Olimp”. The newcomer to the tournament won the decisive points after “Riga” did not come to the last match of the season with the “Kurbads” team. With its success, the Olimp earned the OHL the opportunity to compete in the Continental Cup organized by the International Hockey Federation (IIHF), but the international competition was canceled.

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