RIGA — The return home proved successful for Dinamo Riga, defeating MVD 3-1.

The win keeps Dinamo Riga alive, albeit for one more day, needing to win again this evening to remain in their best-of-five Western conference semifinal series with HK MVD.

The sudden death nature of the Monday night game was inspiration enough for the Dinamo Riga players, but if they were in search for more, they only needed to look as far as their [private_supervisor]goal with Edgars Masaļskis returning from injury a week earlier, pumped on various painkillers, assuring Dinamo Riga did out have to look to their third string goalie, with Martin Prusek also struck down by injury.

Krišjānis Rēdlihs proved in the 14th minute that it is not only brother Miķelis who knows how to score goals, placing himself perfectly in front of the MVD goal to pick up Aleksandrs Ņiživijs cross into the center. Ņiživijs was leading by example, wearing the captain’s ”C” in the absence of another on the injury list, Sandis Ozoliņš.

It looked as if it would be a lead that they would take into the break but confusion in goal in the final minute of the period saw MVD pull even. Masaļskis was caught out when the puck deflected of the left post. Thinking the puck had gone behind the goal, that is where he directed his glance, not realizing the puck had deflected into the path of MVD’s Maxim Velikov, who had no problem beating the clueless Masaļskis.

It was not the only time bizarre behavior was seen in the Dinamo Riga goal, with Masaļskis often playing more like a defenseman than a goalie, often caught out a long way from his goal. This lead some in the media box to question the medication dosage given to the Dinamo Riga goalie.

Mārtiņš Cipulis was again  dynamic around the ice, seeing him rewarded with his second goal of the current series. It came on the 18th minute when he beat his defender for pace before unleashing his shot into the back of the net.

Masaļskis again found himself caught out in the 8th minute of the final period, leaving Canadian star Matt Ellison with an empty goal in front of him. However, the goal won on this occasion, with the puck deflecting of its framework. It was the closest MVD would come to tying the game up.

Marcel Hossa has gone relatively unnoticed in the playoffs to date, but like he has all season, he managed to be in the right place at the right time to deflect Guntis Galviņš shot in the 15th minute, putting the game out of reach of MVD.

It is the first time that Dinamo Riga have got the better of MVD this season, having lost the previous four encounters. They will be hoping that come this time next week, the ledger will be even more even, with victory today and Wednesday obligatory. [/private_supervisor] [private_subscription 1 month]goal with Edgars Masaļskis returning from injury a week earlier, pumped on various painkillers, assuring Dinamo Riga did out have to look to their third string goalie, with Martin Prusek also struck down by injury.

Krišjānis Rēdlihs proved in the 14th minute that it is not only brother Miķelis who knows how to score goals, placing himself perfectly in front of the MVD goal to pick up Aleksandrs Ņiživijs cross into the center. Ņiživijs was leading by example, wearing the C in the absence of another on the injury list, Sandis Ozoliņš.

It looked as if it would be a lead that they would take into the break but confusion in goal in the final minute of the period saw MVD pull even. Masaļskis was caught out when the puck deflected of the left post. Thinking the puck had gone behind the goal, that is where he directed his glance, not realizing the puck had deflected into the path of an MVD sick, which had no problem beating the clueless Masaļskis.

It was not the only time bizarre behavior was seen in the Dinamo Riga goal, with Masaļskis often playing more like a defenseman than a goalie, often caught out a long way from his goal. This lead some in the media box to question the medication dosage given to the Dinamo Riga goalie.

Mārtiņš Cipulis was again dynamic around the ice, seeing him rewarded with his second goal of the current series. It came on the 18th minute when he beat his defender for pace before unleashing his shot into the back of the net.

Masaļskis again found himself caught out in the 8th minute of the final period, leaving Canadian star Matt Ellison with an empty goal to compete. However the goal won on this occasion, deflecting the puck of its framework. It was the closest MVD would come to tying the game up.

Marcel Hossa has gone relatively unnoticed in the playoffs to date, but like he has all season, he managed to be in the right place at the right time to deflect Guntis Galviņš shot in the 15th minute, putting the game out of reach of MVD.

It is the first time that Dinamo Riga have got the better of MVD this season, having lost the previous four encounters. They will be hoping that come this time next week, the ledger will be even more even, with victory today and Wednesday obligatory. [/private_subscription 1 month] [private_subscription 4 months]goal with Edgars Masaļskis returning from injury a week earlier, pumped on various painkillers, assuring Dinamo Riga did out have to look to their third string goalie, with Martin Prusek also struck down by injury.

Krišjānis Rēdlihs proved in the 14th minute that it is not only brother Miķelis who knows how to score goals, placing himself perfectly in front of the MVD goal to pick up Aleksandrs Ņiživijs cross into the center. Ņiživijs was leading by example, wearing the C in the absence of another on the injury list, Sandis Ozoliņš.

It looked as if it would be a lead that they would take into the break but confusion in goal in the final minute of the period saw MVD pull even. Masaļskis was caught out when the puck deflected of the left post. Thinking the puck had gone behind the goal, that is where he directed his glance, not realizing the puck had deflected into the path of an MVD sick, which had no problem beating the clueless Masaļskis.

It was not the only time bizarre behavior was seen in the Dinamo Riga goal, with Masaļskis often playing more like a defenseman than a goalie, often caught out a long way from his goal. This lead some in the media box to question the medication dosage given to the Dinamo Riga goalie.

Mārtiņš Cipulis was again dynamic around the ice, seeing him rewarded with his second goal of the current series. It came on the 18th minute when he beat his defender for pace before unleashing his shot into the back of the net.

Masaļskis again found himself caught out in the 8th minute of the final period, leaving Canadian star Matt Ellison with an empty goal to compete. However the goal won on this occasion, deflecting the puck of its framework. It was the closest MVD would come to tying the game up.

Marcel Hossa has gone relatively unnoticed in the playoffs to date, but like he has all season, he managed to be in the right place at the right time to deflect Guntis Galviņš shot in the 15th minute, putting the game out of reach of MVD.

It is the first time that Dinamo Riga have got the better of MVD this season, having lost the previous four encounters. They will be hoping that come this time next week, the ledger will be even more even, with victory today and Wednesday obligatory. [/private_subscription 4 months] [private_subscription 1 year]goal with Edgars Masaļskis returning from injury a week earlier, pumped on various painkillers, assuring Dinamo Riga did out have to look to their third string goalie, with Martin Prusek also struck down by injury.

Krišjānis Rēdlihs proved in the 14th minute that it is not only brother Miķelis who knows how to score goals, placing himself perfectly in front of the MVD goal to pick up Aleksandrs Ņiživijs cross into the center. Ņiživijs was leading by example, wearing the C in the absence of another on the injury list, Sandis Ozoliņš.

It looked as if it would be a lead that they would take into the break but confusion in goal in the final minute of the period saw MVD pull even. Masaļskis was caught out when the puck deflected of the left post. Thinking the puck had gone behind the goal, that is where he directed his glance, not realizing the puck had deflected into the path of an MVD sick, which had no problem beating the clueless Masaļskis.

It was not the only time bizarre behavior was seen in the Dinamo Riga goal, with Masaļskis often playing more like a defenseman than a goalie, often caught out a long way from his goal. This lead some in the media box to question the medication dosage given to the Dinamo Riga goalie.

Mārtiņš Cipulis was again dynamic around the ice, seeing him rewarded with his second goal of the current series. It came on the 18th minute when he beat his defender for pace before unleashing his shot into the back of the net.

Masaļskis again found himself caught out in the 8th minute of the final period, leaving Canadian star Matt Ellison with an empty goal to compete. However the goal won on this occasion, deflecting the puck of its framework. It was the closest MVD would come to tying the game up.

Marcel Hossa has gone relatively unnoticed in the playoffs to date, but like he has all season, he managed to be in the right place at the right time to deflect Guntis Galviņš shot in the 15th minute, putting the game out of reach of MVD.

It is the first time that Dinamo Riga have got the better of MVD this season, having lost the previous four encounters. They will be hoping that come this time next week, the ledger will be even more even, with victory today and Wednesday obligatory. [/private_subscription 1 year]

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