The Ukrainian team successfully worked in the Baltic countries’ ice hockey markets before the season and assembled a very strong lineup, so it is already assumed at the start of the season that the Kyiv team will at least be a participant in the championship final.
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The Vilnius club tried to honorably resist the opponents and defended reliably against constant attacks from rivals, but the more experienced Ukrainian team gradually increased their goal tally.
In this match, goalkeeper Simas Baltrūnas bore a huge load, saving 59 shots out of 65 from the opponents. The Vilnius team stood out with very tough play and performed as many as 27 power plays, and at the very end of the game, emotions escalated into a fight, after which Nojus Jonas Kudzevičius and the opposing forward Kristiāns Zelts were punished until the end of the match.
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The goal for “Hockey Punks – Mototoja” was scored by: Benas Beličenka (42:44).
The next match for the Vilnius team will be played on Saturday, September 19, at 13:00 in Riga, against Riga’s “Prizma/RTU”. Meanwhile, the other Lithuanian team, Elektrėnai’s “Energija,” will play their next game on Saturday, September 26, at 17:00, at home against the same Riga “Prizma/RTU”.
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