Optibet League. November 14, 13:00. Daugavpils, Daugavpils Ice Palace.
From a match against HS Riga/Dinaburga to a match against the exact same opponent. This is exactly how one could describe the international break for Oleg Tymchenko’s team.
On October 31, the Ukrainian representatives defeated their opponents 8:1, having already beaten them twice before that (6:3, 3:0). Our team started the season with a match in Daugavpils and is now returning there to try and repeat the previous result.
During the break, two newcomers – Sami Tamminen and Rasmus Kiik – joined the Kyiv Capitals roster. At the same time, Olegs Sislannikovs left the team.
Two of our national team players also had a successful international window. Playing for the Ukrainian national team, Mykhailo Kovalchuk won the European Nations Cup thanks to our national team’s victories over Poland, Great Britain, and Italy. Meanwhile, Estonia, featuring Conrad Mölder, also secured victories in all three of their games, consecutively defeating Spain, Romania, and Lithuania. The colors of the latter were defended by our Lukas Zukauskas. In their other two matchups, his national team defeated Spain and suffered a loss to Romania.
In turn, Raimonds Vilkoits’ team ended their break earlier. Yesterday, the Latvians snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating Hockey Punks in an away match. Thanks to this, the Riga team bypassed their opponents in the standings and climbed to sixth place.
Therefore, we are not looking back at our previous head-to-head victories and are fully focused on the continuation of the championship.
