Latvian hockey players in Swiss and Czech leagues: Dukurs, Andersons and Smirnovs in action

Latvian ice hockey players at clubs abroad played several games in the Swiss and Czech championships on Sunday, 25 October. Some scored or set up goals, while other teams had a harder time.

Switzerland

Sierre-Anniviers beat Visp 4:3 in a shootout. The source does not name the player, but the 22-year-old Latvian forward scored on a power play in the 33rd minute and later beat the goalkeeper on a breakaway. He played 16 minutes, put four shots on target and took a two-minute penalty. His teammate Darels Dukurs (11 games this season; 3 goals and 3 assists) played 14 minutes, took one shot and won five of 13 faceoffs.

Basel won 5:2 away at Thurgau. Nineteen-year-old Serkins scored, added an assist and blocked three shots in 18 minutes. Eighteen-year-old forward Daniels Reidzans, in his second game, took one shot in 15 and a half minutes.

La Chaux-de-Fonds beat the Küsnacht Lions 4:1. Toms Andersons (10; 3+8) added another assist in 20 minutes and fired five shots at the goalkeeper. Küsnacht defenceman Nauris Sejejs (12; 1+3) took one shot in 18 minutes.

In the National League, Switzerland's top division, Ajoie lost 0:3 to Ambrì-Piotta in the evening, after a 5:0 defeat by Geneva's Servette. Deniss Smirnovs (16; 2+5) lost 10 of 18 faceoffs in 19 minutes and was penalised for hooking. The hosts scored on that power play very quickly.

Czech Republic

In the Czech second tier, Jihlava's Dukla lost 5:6 to Tábor. Edgars Kulds (15; 1+7) had a goal and an assist in 13 and a half minutes but lost 13 of 20 faceoffs. Defencemen Ralfs Bergmanis (15; 1+3) and Patriks Ozols (15; 3+1) each finished with a plus-minus of -2.

Sokolov lost 3:5 to the Pardubice Dynamo reserve team. Twenty-year-old forward Valdis Dommers (16; 1+3) had an assist, a penalty and two shots in 12 minutes.