Latvian floorball players abroad: Zariņš's team loses in Sweden, Stukāns's club beats leaders in Finland
Latvian floorball players in the Swedish and Finnish leagues had mixed results: Gustavs Zariņš's team suffered a heavy defeat, while Kārlis Stukāns's club in Finland beat the table leaders.
Several Latvian floorball players, who compete in Swedish and Finnish leagues, played matches with mixed results. Floorball is a team sport played with sticks and a light plastic ball.
Zariņš's team loses in Sweden's junior league
In Sweden's top junior floorball league, Hasselby SK IBK, the team of Gustavs Zariņš, lost 10–5 (4–1; 3–3; 3–1) away to Jarfalla Bele IBK. The hosts led 4–1 after the first period. In the second period Zariņš scored on a power play and later, from a penalty shot, made it 6–4 to the hosts. In the third period the visitors scored once, with Zariņš providing the assist, but he later missed a second penalty shot. After four games the team has three points and sits sixth in a nine-team table. Zariņš, who has played two games, has 5 (4+1) points and is the ninth most productive player in his group.
Stukāns's club beats the leaders
In Finland's second-tier floorball league, Pirkat, the club of Kārlis Stukāns, won 5–3 (2–0; 0–2; 3–1) away against table leaders Blackbirds. Playing in the second line, Stukāns recorded no points. The team had lost its previous game, played without him, to the second-placed side. With eight points from seven games, Pirkat moved up to ninth place, while Blackbirds lead with 21 points from nine games.
Other Latvians
In Finland's top women's floorball league, Pirkat, the team of Aurēlija Zariņa, lost 5–4 at home to PSS. The hosts had trailed 4–1 but levelled at 4–4, yet the visitors scored the winner a minute later. Zariņa has still not recorded any points, and her plus-minus rating in this game was -2.
In Sweden's junior first division, Storvreta Ungdom IBK drew 2–2 at home with Vasby AIK and is seventh in an eight-team table with two points from two games.
In Finland's second-tier league, FBC Turku, the club of Mikko Sillanpē, lost 5–4 away to SalBa after a shootout. Turku led 4–2, but the hosts equalised six minutes before the end of regulation. With six points from eight games, the team is 13th in a 14-team table.
