Latvians in sport: Tralmaks scores twice in the AHL, Lomažs hits 16 in the EuroCup (10 November)

Eduards Tralmaks was Tuesday’s standout. The forward scored both goals for the Bakersfield Condors against the Calgary Wranglers in the AHL, North America’s top minor league, although his team lost. In the EuroCup, Rihards Lomažs scored 16 points as Cedevita Olimpija of Ljubljana won comfortably in Rostock, and Kristiāns Rubīns set up a goal for Plzeň in Davos, where the first leg of their Champions Hockey League last-16 tie ended in a one-goal defeat. In the Latvian Hockey League, Liepāja won away at Rīgas Prizma, while Latvian volleyball champions Robežsardze/RSU failed to win a set in Serbia.

Ice hockey

• Eduards Tralmaks (Bakersfield Condors, AHL): two goals, but Bakersfield lost 4-2 at home to the Calgary Wranglers.
• Kristiāns Rubīns (Plzeň, Champions Hockey League): an assist in the first leg of the last 16 as Plzeň lost 5-4 at Davos.
• Latvian Hockey League: Liepāja won 3-2 at Rīgas Prizma, with two goals from Kārlis Ozoliņš.
• Danish league: Oskars Cibuļskis and Herning Blue Fox won 3-1 at Frederikshavn, and E. Bergmanis and E. Laškovs’s Esbjerg won 2-1 at Rungsted in overtime; none of them scored a point.
• Swiss second tier: Emīls Veckaktiņš’s Sierre won 4-1 at the Bellinzona Snakes, while Toms Andersons’s La Chaux-de-Fonds lost 5-3 at Thurgau; neither scored a point.
• AHL: Dans Ločmelis and the Providence Bruins lost 4-2 at the Charlotte Checkers, and Anri Ravinskis’s Abbotsford Canucks lost 4-3 to the Colorado Eagles in a shoot-out; neither scored a point.
• NHL: the Florida Panthers won 4-1 at Columbus, with Sandis Vilmanis and Uvis Balinskis not in the line-up.

Basketball

• Rihards Lomažs (Cedevita Olimpija, EuroCup): 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 30 minutes as the Ljubljana side won 88-71 at Rostock.

Volleyball

• Robežsardze/RSU (CEV Challenge Cup): lost the first leg 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-17) at Takovo in Serbia, with 11 points for Dāvis Stroķis. The return leg is in Riga next week.

Tennis

• Jeļena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei (WTA Finals, doubles): lost 6-3, 1-6, 12-10 in the match tie-break to Guo Hanyu and Kristina Mladenovic on Tuesday morning Riga time.

Playing today

• Latvia’s women’s basketball team play Austria away in EuroBasket qualifying (19:00 Riga time).
• In the EuroCup, Rīgas Zeļļi visit Aris in Thessaloniki (20:00); Artūrs Kurucs and Tenerife play in Šiauliai (18:30), and Artūrs Strautiņš and Roma host Ulm (21:00). In the EuroLeague, Rodions Kurucs and Baskonia visit Partizan (21:45).
• In the Champions Hockey League, Gustavs Dāvis Grigals and SaiPa host Pardubice (18:30), and Kristaps Zīle and Liberec play in Cologne (20:30). In Switzerland, Rodrigo Ābols and Bern visit Lugano (20:45); in the Latvian league, Zemgale host Panter (19:00).
• NHL, overnight into Thursday: Zemgus Girgensons and Tampa Bay at Buffalo (02:00), Alberts Šmits’s New York Rangers at Calgary (02:30; he has missed the last two games), Artūrs Šilovs and Pittsburgh at San Jose (05:00).
• Ostapenko and Hsieh face Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai at the WTA Finals, probably overnight into Thursday Riga time.

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

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