Latvians in sport: Latvia win the Deutschland Cup, Andersons sets up four goals (8 November)

Sunday belonged to the national hockey team: Harijs Vītoliņš’s young side beat Austria 6-2 in Düsseldorf and, with three wins from three games, won the Deutschland Cup. Renārs Krastenbergs scored twice and Toms Andersons had four assists in the game. In Scotland, Meļņiks set up a goal as Falkirk won 5-2 away at Hearts in Edinburgh, while Zemgus Girgensons picked up a point in the NHL, although the Tampa Bay Lightning lost in Winnipeg.

Ice hockey

• Latvia 6-2 Austria (Deutschland Cup), periods 3-0, 2-2, 1-0: two goals for Krastenbergs, one each for Bruno Osmanis, Fēlikss Gavars, R. Polcs and R. Vītoliņš, four assists for Andersons. Latvia finish first in the tournament with 8 points.
• Zemgus Girgensons (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL): one assist, but his team lost 4-3 to the Jets in Winnipeg.
• Uvis Balinskis (Florida Panthers, NHL): a 4-1 defeat in Boston, no points.

Football

• D. Meļņiks (Falkirk, Scottish Premiership): Hearts 2-5 Falkirk, one assist in 82 minutes on the pitch.
• Oskars Vientiess (Teplice, Czech First League): played the full 90 minutes, but Teplice lost 4-1 at home to Pardubice.

Basketball

• Viimsi 104-88 VEF Rīga (Latvian-Estonian Basketball League): 23 points for Sīrs, 11 points and 9 rebounds for Rodrigo Bumeisters.

Coming up

• Overnight into Tuesday, 03:00 Riga time: Edmonton Oilers v New York Rangers, NHL. Alberts Šmits missed Saturday’s game through injury, and it is not yet clear whether he will play.
• On Tuesday in the Danish league, Oskars Cibuļskis plays for Herning Blue Fox (20:00), and Artūrs Kulda and E. Bergmanis for Esbjerg (20:30).

All games involving Latvian players today and in the coming days, plus season statistics, are on the Latvians abroad page.

Match centre

• Deutschland Cup: fixtures and results