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‘Zemgale’/LLU hockey players suffer a loss in the ‘Mestis’ league game

Latvian champion hockey team”Zemgale“/LLU suffered a loss in Joensuu on Saturday in the game of the second Finnish power league or “Mestis”.

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The Jelgava team lost 0:1 (0:1, 0:0, 0:0) to the hockey players of Joensuu “Kiekko-Pojat”.

The only goal was scored by Joel Kerkenen in the 17th minute.

Rihards Zimmermanis saved 27 out of 28 shots in the visitors’ goal, but Kasper Lehikoinen had to save only ten shots at the opposite end of the field to record the “dry” game.

The day before, Jelgavniki had ended the streak of eight losses in the league with a 3:1 victory.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, “Zemgale”/LLU will play away games with İsalmi “Peli-Karhut”.

With 27 points won in 34 games, the Jelgava team ranks last in the competition of 14 teams, while “Kiekko-Pojat” is sixth with 59 points in 36 matches.

Latvian champion “Mestis” will play 52 games in four rounds in the main tournament of the league, 26 of which will take place in the “Zemgale/LLU” ice hall in Jelgava.

Last season, Imatra’s “Kettera” became the champion team of Finland’s second strongest league, which beat “Kiekko-Espoo” 4-1 in the final series.

Jelgava “Zemgale”/LLU won their first Latvian championship title in the 2021/2022 season, defeating the previous champion “Olimp”/”Venta 2002” 4-0 in the final series.

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