2024-04-20 20:31:55
Experienced players have started to add to the ranks of the Latvian national hockey team, but several potential national team members are still in the club season. The Latvian national team will play the next test matches against Switzerland on April 26 and 27 in Kloten.
Rūdolfs Kalvītis, general manager of the Latvian national team For days indicated that everything is going according to plan in the preparation cycle. “At the beginning of the training camp, there were mostly young players, but now the experienced players are arriving, who form the core of the team. This spring, the course of events is developing naturally and favorably.”
On Thursday, two experienced national team players, defender Oskars Cibulskis (36 years old) and forward Andris Džeriņš (36), joined the national team. Both spent the season in the Danish club Hernings Blue Fox and lost in the bronze medal series. Captain Kaspars Daugaviņš (35) and defender Kristofers Bindulis (28) of the 2023 World Championship bronze squad, who spent the season in the Slovakian club, are planning to hold the first training session of the national team on Friday this spring. Dukla. Defender Patriks Ozols, as well as forwards Rihards Melnalksnis and Jānis Vizbelis, have not continued training since Thursday. It is expected that no more players will be deducted from the number of candidates until the games with Switzerland.
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2024-04-20 20:31:55