/nginx/o/2020/09/29/13379948t1h174a.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "“Riga” loses in the third game against “Atlant” – Hockey – Apollo.lv – Sports")
“Riga” played this game in “Arena Riga”, not in “Inbox.lv” ice rink in Pinki, as it usually happens.
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Rigans gave up “Atlant” with 1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1), stopping the series of two won games
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The first period ended without a goal being scored, but the initiative belonged to the homeowners. “Rīga” hockey players also dominated during the rest of the game, starting the second period with a majority that gave the result. Kārlis Bucenieks passed to Anton Sinegubov, who achieved 1: 0 in the fifth second.
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The guests had the opportunity to play in the numerical majority several times, but the numerical advantage was used only once. Nikita Millers equalized in the 15th minute of the second period, but already scored her own and the team’s second goal in the final third.
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At the end of the game, the Rigans tried to play with six men on the field, but the result remained unchanged.
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Both teams have met twice this season, when the guests “Riga” celebrated the victory with 4: 3 and 3: 0.
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The Riga team with ten points in nine games in the Western Conference ranks seventh among 17 teams.
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This was the first of six home games. The two teams will meet again on Wednesday.
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Last season’s MHL team “Riga” head coach Raimonds Vilkoits and his assistant Alexander Niživijs joined the Continental Hockey League (KHL) team Riga “Dinamo” coaching staff, while Valērijs Kuļibaba and Sergejs Durdins took over their duties.
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Last season, the Riga team took the seventh place in the regular conference in the Western Conference, but in the first round of the playoffs, Yaroslavl’s “Loko” gave up 0-3.
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