Athletistic/Hockey. After the group stage of the Ice Hockey World Championship, the Latvian national team showed the best match results in the numerical minority among all tournament participants.
In seven matches, where the Latvian national team was in the minority, the team conceded only one goal. This gives him the best neutralization rate for most opponents with a score of 95%. The Finns also conceded only one goal, but they have been shorthanded 14 times and sit in second place with a strikeout rate of 92.86%.
However, the Latvian national team did not show good efficiency in achieving the numerical advantage. In the 26 times the team had the majority, they scored only five goals. His implementation percentage is 19.23%, ranking 11th among 16 teams. The best indicators in the implementation of the majority were presented by Austria and Denmark (41.67%), and the third place was taken by Kazakhstan (35.71%).
The tournament’s quarter-final matches are on May 25, the semi-finals are on May 27, and the finals and medal matches are scheduled for Sunday, May 28. Finland is currently the reigning world champion.
Ice Hockey World Championship – 2023: results of the matches of May 22
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