Latvians abroad: Ozols scores short-handed in Czechia, Jevpalovs and Murnieks score in French Cup

Latvian hockey players working abroad recorded goals and assists in the latest round of games, both in the Czech Republic's second-strongest league and in the French Cup. Klagenfurt, the team mentioned in the source headline, has collected 24 points in 13 rounds and moved up to third place overall.

Czechia: Jihlava wins

In the Czech second-tier league, Jihlava beat Homutov 8:5. Maksim Burkov, a 20-year-old forward for the Estonian national team, scored twice and added an assist. He now has 3+2 in ten games.

Latvian defenceman Patriks Ozols spent 16 and a half minutes on the ice and scored short-handed for the second time this autumn, sending the puck into an empty net late in the game. He has 3+1 in 14 games this season.

Edgars Kulda, who has 0+6 in 14 games, added two assists this time. In under 15 minutes he won nine of 17 faceoffs. Ozols' defence partner Ralfs Bergmanis (14 games, 1+3) took five penalty minutes in 14 minutes of ice time, had one shot and finished with a plus-minus of -1. Jihlava has won five in a row and sits seventh in the table.

France: Cup round of 32

• In Angers, Hormadi beat Tours 7:1, with Nikita Jevpalovs scoring twice.
• Gap's Rapaces won 4:0 over second-tier side Villard, and Daniels Murnieks also scored twice.
• Cergy-Pontoise's Jokers won 7:2 in Epinal, with Emils Gegeris collecting 0+2.
• Bordeaux's Boxers, the reigning national champions, won 7:0 in Toulouse, and defenceman Niks Fenenko had an assist.
• Grenoble won 10:4 in Lyon, with forward Janis Svanenbergs posting similar numbers.

Nice made a surprising exit, losing 3:6 to lower-league side Mont-Blanc. Rolands Vigners picked up a point in that game.