“Zemgale”/LLU lost with the score of 3:1 (0:2, 1:1, 0:0) against “RoKi” Jelgava people from Rovaniemi, losing in the fifth consecutive game.
Lauri Heino and Elias Karela scored for the visitors in the first third.
Meanwhile, Mika Tikhonen made it 3-0 early in the second period after less than two minutes of play. Then, 20 seconds before the end of the third period, Pēteris Purmalis sent the first puck on goal of the Finnish team.
Rihards Zimmermanis first saved eight shots on the home team’s goal, but then in the second third after the second goal conceded, he was replaced by Marius Bajaruns-Galejs, who made 15 shots. Cody Porter has saved 38 pucks in the opposing goal.
On Friday, in the first duel between the two teams, Jelgavniki suffered a defeat with the score 1:7.
With 16 points from 20 games, Jelgava team is in 13th place in the 14-team competition, while RoKi is fourth with 41 points from 24 games.
