Sorokin: In preparation for the championship, we focused on fitness – Hockey – Sports

On Friday, the Latvian national unit will launch an elite division tournament at the World Championships at 8:30 pm, with a hostess in Sweden.

"The first match against Sweden will be special – definitely on the podium, there will be anxiety, the concentration is increasing every day, the players are really fed up with training," said Sorokin during the match. A conversation with the Latvian Hockey Federation. "We worked harder on fitness because it would not make sense to think of the majority if you did not get along well with an opponent, I hope we did enough in all areas to be successful. a tournament."

"The Swedes have an interesting attack, but the defense may not be as strong.There is no offensive guard, there have been other years, although there is no such thing as an attack. there is a guard who could very well help the attack, "said the specialist.

Sorokin also pointed out that the Swedes had already met the elite teams of their age group, while the Latvian team would experience this experience for the first time.

In the wake of this tournament, the Latvian national unit in Ernsteldsvik will also be able to compete with his peers from Russia, Slovakia and the United States. The first four teams will reach the quarter-finals, while the weakest unit of the elite battle for survival will face the worst of subgroups A.

Group A is played by Canada, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Byelorussia, competing in Umeå.