“Vitjaz” will receive guests from Riga at 18.30, the game will be broadcast live on the channel “TV3 Sport 2”.
“Dinamo” after a loss in the home game against Novosibirsk “Sibirj”, which was superior by 3: 2, with the same result in the guests gave way to the second weakest in the Western zone “Sochi”. He has won only once in the last five games, beating Beijing’s “Red Lunar Red Star” 5: 4 in overtime.
The Vitjaz team also did not do much better, winning only one victory in seven matches, including experiencing a 1: 8 kick in their field from the St. Petersburg SKA. In the last fight, however, a victory was won, beating Helsinki “Jokerit” with 4: 3 post-match throws.
Both teams have already met twice this season. In September, Dinamo won 4: 3 at home, but in October, Vitjaz was superior in their field with 6: 1. In another game, the victory “Vitjaz” was awarded without a fight, while the people of Riga filled the Covid-19 infirmary.
Vitjaz is one of the few teams in the league with a positive balance before Monday’s fight. The two units have met 29 times, of which both units have celebrated 13 victories in regular time. Both occasionally celebrated success in “bulls”, but in the only fight that ended in overtime, the Rigans won. The goal ratio is also in favor of the Rigans – 70:62.
After the game with “Vitjaz”, the Rigans are waiting for two matches in their walls – on Thursday with the “Chelyabinsk” Traktor “and on Friday – with the Cherepovets” Severstal “represented by Robert Bucharest.
Pēteris Skudra has taken three goalkeepers, ten defenders and 16 attackers on this trip.
Due to a minor injury, Gļebs Zirjanovs, one of the most visible hockey players of recent times, has remained in Riga. Meanwhile, Emils Ģegeris and Canadian defender Morgan Eliss were sent to the farm club “Zemgale” / LLU.
Also, defender Miks Tumanovs and forwards Kārlis Bucenieks, Deniss Fyodorovs, Danila Larionovs, Gustavs Millers, Rūdolfs Polcss, Ģlebs Prohorenkovs and Patriks Zabusovs will not be included in the team, as the players have returned to the Russian Youth Hockey League (MHL) unit “Rīga”.
Dinamo “with 12 points in 28 matches is in the last place in the league, while” Vitjaz “with 30 points in 30 games in the Western zone ranks ninth among 11 teams.
Last season, “Dinamo” took the penultimate place in the Western Conference and in the entire league, not qualifying for the Gagarin Cup for the sixth year in a row.
Riga “Dinamo” lineup for away games:
goalkeepers – Stanislav Galimov, Ilya Proskurjakov, Zein Makintair;
guards – Jānis Jaks, Matthew Mayonnaise, Roberts Mamčičs, Jordans Marejs, Ernests Ošenieks, Rīss Skārlets, Kristaps Sotnieks, Tony Sunds, Ondržejs Vitāseks, Kristaps Zīle;
attackers – Daniels Bērziņš, Rihards Bukarts, Pāvels Černovs, Lauris Dārziņš, Mārtiņš Dzierkals, Jevgenijs Gračovs, Konstantīns Komareks, Miks Indrašis, Dāvids Levins, Jaisis Lipons, Zeks Michels, Deniss Paršins, Gunārs Skvorcs, Gunārs Skvorcs.
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