tallinn, Estonia – Two Optibet Hockey League (OHL) games scheduledโค for this weekend have been canceledโ due โto a flu outbreak within the Tallinn “Panter” team. โฃThe Latvian teams “Zemgale/LBTU” and Riga HS were slated to compete against “Panter” on december 6thโฃ andโ 7th, respectively,โข butโค those matches have been postponed.
The Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF) announced they will announce rescheduledโ dates soon.
Currently, Kyiv “Capitals” leadsโข the OHL standings with 36 points from 20 games played.”Liepฤjaโ hockey team” holdsโ 34 points in 22โ matches,followed closely by โ”Mogo/RSU” withโ 33 points in 21 games and “Zemgale/LBTU” with 32 pointsโข in 20 games.
Otherโฃ team standings include riga “prizma”โ (20 points in 19 games), Tallinn โ”Panter” (13 points in 22 games), Elektrฤni “Energija” (9โค pointsโ in 16 games), Vilnius โฃ”Hockeyโ Punks” (7 points), and rigaโ Hockey โSchool (5 points in 18 games).
The OHL playoff winner will be crowned Baltic โchampion, while the โhighest-placing teams from Latvia and Lithuania โwill be declared โnational champions. This season features โคa five-round tournamentโ with each team playingโ 40 regular-season matchesโฃ – the most since the 2007/2008 Latvian Super League Championship.โฃ The top six teams will qualify for the playoffs.
Last โseason,”Mogo/RSU” won the championship,defeating “Zemgale/LBTU” 4-1 in theโ final series.