Yesterday the 2010 Sino Cup finished, as the last two games were held, despite the fact that Latvian U20 team had already played it’s four games by November 12. Latvian team has finished tournament in the second place, right after Belarussian team.

Latvian team started the tournament with an unconvincing 3:2 shootout win over the hosts – Danish U20 team. On the next day Latvians lost 0:3 to Belarussians, which will be the main contestant for the win at the 2011 World U18 Championships in Division 1, but then Latvians beat Finland 3:2 in the shootout – that wasn’t a huge upset, as the Finnish U20 first team is currently at the Four Nations Tournament in Prague. The last game will probably remain as the most memorable of this tournament – a 9:0 run-over the Austrian U20 team.

In the end, Belarussians had eight points and finished the tournament in first place, while Latvians, Danes and Finns had all seven points, and Latvians ended up in the second place only because of a better goal difference. Ronalds Kenins, who scored 6 (2+4) points, was the leading scorer of the whole tournament.

Latvian U20 results:

3:2 SO Denmark November 9 0:3 Belarus November 10 3:2 SO Finland November 11 9:0 Austria November 12

Latvian U20 statistics:

Player GP G A P PIM YOB Team League F Ronalds Kenins 4 2 4 6 2 1991 GC Kusnacht Lions NLB F Maris Dilevka 4 3 2 5 4 1992 Metalurgs Liepaja-2 Latvia F Rolands Vigners 4 3 0 3 6 1991 Reims French Division 1 F Egils Kalns 4 2 0 2 2 1991 Metalurgs Liepaja Belarus F Girts Jansons 4 1 1 2 0 1991 Muik Hockey Finland4 F Edgars Kurmis 4 1 1 2 0 1993 HK Riga MHL F Maksims Firsovs 4 1 1 2 6 1991 SK LSPA/Riga Latvia D Martins Porejs 4 0 2 2 20 1991 HK Riga MHL D Martins Jakovlevs 4 0 2 2 4 1991 HK Riga MHL F Maris Bicevskis 4 0 2 2 4 1991 HK Riga MHL F Arturs Mickevics 4 0 2 2 6 1991 HK Riga MHL D Eriks Sevcenko 4 1 0 1 0 1991 HK Riga MHL F Elvijs Biezais 4 1 0 1 0 1991 HK Riga MHL F Davis Straupe 4 0 1 1 0 1992 HK Riga MHL D Kristers Freibergs 4 0 0 0 0 1992 HK Riga MHL D Edgars Dikis 4 0 0 0 0 1991 HK Riga MHL D Karlis Kalvitis 4 0 0 0 2 1991 HK Riga MHL F Raimonds Upenieks 4 0 0 0 8 1992 HK Riga MHL D Raimonds Tubelis 4 0 0 0 2 1991 Metalurgs Liepaja-2 Latvia D Reinis Demiters 4 0 0 0 0 1991 HK Riga MHL