Three countries and seven teams. Optibet hockey leagues (OHL) – in the Baltic Championship – 2024/2025. seven teams will play in the 2018 season, which is two units less than last season. Latvia will be represented by four teams, Lithuania by two and Estonia by one team. The new season will begin on Saturday, September 7, with a replay of last year’s final: Mogo/RSU vs Zemgale/LBTU.
From last season’s number of participants, the third strongest team Kurbads and the Lithuanian club will no longer be there Kaunas City. Without the participation of the neighbors, there would be only four teams in the Latvian hockey superleague, or OHL. Before the season, the long-time participant of the Latvian championship was hesitant about joining the OHL Prism. This was confirmed by the team’s head coach Eriks Miļuns. “Once again, but this year, we were particularly serious about participating in this championship, because there were concerns at a time when Latvia’s economy was not improving. The number of teams is not decreasing due to goodwill. Financial expenses are high to maintain even a semi-professional or amateur team at this level. In any case, we made the decision to play – and not just to play, but to fight for entry playoff.” Last season’s main goalkeeper Jānis Auziņš and two defenders with world championship experience – Georgijs Pujacs and Maksims Širokovs – will no longer play in the Prizma team. Five players from Kurbad. Prisms the basic principles of team selection have not changed – the opportunity will be given to the club’s new players, and hockey players who want to play at home at the end of their careers will be attracted to the team.
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2024-09-06 01:40:28