LATVIA: ICE HOCKEY - NHL "WORLD STARS" TEAM START EUROPEAN TOUR WITH A 4-2 WIN OVER A LATVIAN TEAM IN RIGA

Record ID: 584709

  • Title: LATVIA: ICE HOCKEY - NHL "WORLD STARS" TEAM START EUROPEAN TOUR WITH A 4-2 WIN OVER A LATVIAN TEAM IN RIGA
  • Date: 9th December 2004
  • Summary: RIGA, LATVIA (DECEMBER 9, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LATVIAN TEAM WARMING UP 2. LATVIAN DEFENSE MAN SKRATINS (FROM NHL) WARMING UP 3. ANSON CARTER WARMING UP 4. LATVIAN TEAM BEFORE THE GAME BEHIND THE NET 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Latvian) LATIVAN FAN VLADMIRS SAMOHINS SAYING: "We have seen and read interviews with them, and now we want to meet them and see how they look in real life." 6. LATVIAN TEAM ATTACKS 7. TRIPPING 8. LATVIAN TEAM ATTACKS 9. WORLDSTARS ATTACKS 10. LATVIA ATTACKS 11. HIGH-STICKING 12. BLAKE BEING SENT TO THE PENALTY BENCH 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORWARD SERGEI FEDOROV SAYING: "People really love this game and I am glad to have a chance to give something back, coming after such a long career in North America, and play in front of them." 14. FACE-OFF NEAR THE LATVIAN NET 15. LATIVAN GOALKEEPER ROMASHKO TURNS ASIDE SHOT BY WORLDSTARS 16. WORLDSTARS CONTRA-ATTACK, LATVIAN NET PUSHED OUT 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GOAL KEEPER MARTIN BROEDER SAYING: "Tough. You know, they are 29 guys, we are 15. It made it hard on the guys, physical, you know. But it was good." 18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORWARD ANSON CARTER SAYING: "We started great. I think that the adrenaline from not playing for so long had us pretty pumped up before the game. But sooner rather than later the reality of actually playing the game kicked in. Those guys competed hard in the second period, I think we play well in the third period, and we got a win." 19. MORE OF GAME 20. CARTER GIVING AUTOGRAPHS TO CHILDREN 21. HASEK GIVING AUTOGRAPHS TO CHILDREN 22. (NIGHTSHOT) BUS CARRYING WORLDSTARS TEAM DRIVING DOWN ROAD WITH POLICE ESCORT Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: RIGA, LATVIA
  • Country: Latvia
  • Reuters ID: LVA3I50UX5O03MQ8N9ONZ07VUWT6
  • Story Text: NHL "World Stars" Team starts European tour.



    The NHL Worldstars team began their charity world
    tour with a game against Latvian ice hockey champions Riga
    2000 in the Latvian capital Riga on Thursday (December 9).

    In Latvia, the game was dedicated to the memory of late
    Latvian NHL player Sergei Zholtok who recently died.

    The score was opened in the first period by Anson
    Carter's shot from the blue line. In the middle of the
    second period Undelis netted the first goal for Latvia.

    Robitaille, Fedorov and Whitnev scored the other goals
    for the Worldstars while Undelis and Cipullis tallied the
    second goal for the Latvians. An assist was collected by
    another NHL lookouter, Kariis Skrastins, now playing for
    his native Latvia.

    The game ended with a 4-2 win for the Worldstars.

    The Worldstars will also play two games against the
    Russian All Star Team in Moscow and St. Petersburg. After
    that, they will take on the Slovakian national team in
    Bratislava, a Swiss team, three Swedish clubs and the
    Norwegian and Polish national teams.

    The NHL team includes goalkeepers Martin Broeder and
    Dominik Hasek, defense men Robert Blake, John-Michael Liles, Robyn
    Regehr, Rhett Warrener, Sean O'Donnell, Pavel
    Kubina and Barret Jackman, and forwards Anson Carter,
    Alexandre Daigle, Tie Domi, Sergei Fedorov, Glen Murray,
    Luc Robitaille, Mats Sundin, Ray Whitney, Kris Draper and
    Anthony Amonte.


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