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"Amber Puck" dates back to 2015, when Liepaja hockey fans staged an international amateur tournament in late July with teams from Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Ireland. The tradition continued in 2016, but with the amateur tournament, there were competitions held in the U10 age group "Amber Puck Kids".
In August last year, with the U10 and the amateur group, for the first time the teams where "Liepaja / Optibet", "Kurbads", "Mogo" and Sweden after the third league club " Wings "participated. All Latvian teams won by six points, but thanks to the difference between goals scored and lost, Amber Puck won the "Mogo", Kurbads remained in second place, and the third – Liepaja.
Today, we know that the tradition will continue and this time under the brand Amber Puck, three tournaments will be held in the U11 category from August 17 to 19. In addition, some games will be played on Akropolis Square in Klaipėda, for fans on 25 and 26 August, but from 31 August. The best of the four teams of OHL – "Liepaja", "Kurbads", "Zemgale / LLU" and "Lido" will be cleared by August 2nd until September 2nd. "Liepaja" is currently known the most – the team will have a new coaching corps, but Maxim Bodganov, 34, will make his debut as a coach. chief. The information posted on the Twitter account of the team show that there are currently contracts with 12 players. The double champion Kurbads drew goalkeeper Dania Romanovski (21, 5.73, 85.8%) from the HS "Riga", the most successful striker Edgar Homjakov (10 + 29) "Liepaja / Optibet" in the intermediate season. as well as striker Mārtiņš Vitoliņš (43, 7 + 29) of the third Finnish club "Hokki", but lost the most successful player Sandi Zolmani (38, 20 + 28) who went to France.
"Zemgale / LLU" gone without one of the attacking leaders, the Belarusian rival Ivan Ribchik, who pursues the career of Minsk "Yunost", the defender Imants Leščovs went to the league "Ritten / Renon" ice hockey, while another defender Vyacheslav Minaev returned to Liepaja. The team "Lido" on the Latvian hockey card appeared last season when under the direction of Jacob Riedlich he took fourth place in the regular season in the first division, but in the semifinals , he conceded "Riga 2001" in four games. The tournament will become the last stage of preparation before the new hockey season. The entrance to all the games is free
One of the peculiarities of Amber Puck is the popular use of Latvian ice hockey players in the promotion of the tournament. Sandis Ozolins, Artur Irbe in 2016 and Mihails Vasilonok and Kristzers Gudlevsky in 2016.
Meanwhile, Thursday, August 2, the first control game will be played by "Mogo" under the direction of new head coach Igor Smirnov in Valmiera . the forces against the Russian club VHL "Toros", which on July 30, after a series of throws, reached the Dynamo Riga 3: 4 on July 30.
Sources Used:
HK Liepaja – Ice Hockey Team
liepajnieki.lv
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