Mogo/RSU on Wednesday lost 0–4 to tournament hosts the Nottingham Panthers in the first game of the IIHF Continental Cup final.
In the opening match of the Continental Cup final tournament, Mogo/RSU started with Kārlis Mežsargs in goal, while the hosts entrusted their net to Kevin Carr. Nottingham began actively, but Mežsargs was solid early on. At the other end, Ernests Krūms neatly beat a defender, but was unable to get past Carr. In the 12th minute, Cooper Zech went to the penalty box for interference, giving the visitors a power play. Gatis Sprukts redirected a shot by Deivids Sarkaņis, and Sarkaņis also fired a good effort himself, but the score remained unchanged. Brian Lemos then held Kristaps Sotnieks, putting the hosts shorthanded again. Niks Feņenko took several shots, but Carr was equal to them every time.
Six minutes into the second period, Gatis Sprukts was penalized for interfering with Brendan Harris. After a shot by Lemos, Mežsargs caught the puck in his glove, and he stopped a Chase Pearson attempt with his pad. Sprukts had just returned to the ice when Pearson picked up the puck behind the net, made a quick pass, and Harris finished with a precise shot under the crossbar to put the hosts ahead. In the 33rd minute, the referees called an unusual infraction on Reinis Lejnieks for pinning the puck against the boards with his skates. At the end of the ensuing power play, Zech found Didrik Henbrant in the left faceoff circle, and Mežsargs could not react in time to the shot.
Early in the third period, both teams came close to scoring—first the puck hit the post after a deflection by Pearson, and moments later Jānis Zemītis’ stick also sent the puck off the goal frame. Mežsargs then reacted to a Henbrant shot and later gloved a drive from Volkan. Panthers forward Mets Marcinevs received a two-minute penalty for roughing, giving Mogo/RSU another power-play opportunity. For about a minute and a half, the Latvian champions moved the puck well and created chances, but then Renarts Bērziņš stumbled at the blue line, allowing Lemos a breakaway. The Panthers forward calmly beat Mežsargs to make it 3–0. Another timely, accurate pass from Pearson was converted by Zombor Garat, who finished into an open corner to seal a 4–0 Nottingham win.
Māris Bičevskis was named Mogo/RSU’s best player, while Panthers goaltender Kevin Carr—who stopped every shot—was recognized as Nottingham’s top performer.
Source: mogohalle.lv
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About Mogo/RSU
Founded in 2014, Mogo/RSU has become one of the strongest and most decorated hockey clubs in Latvia. The team won the Latvian championship in its very first season and repeated the achievement in 2019, 2024, and 2025. From 2016 to 2017, Mogo/LSPA claimed the Latvian Cup three years in a row, defeating HK Kurbads in each final. The founder and president of Mogo/RSU is Māris Martinsons, who is also a board member of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. The team’s head coach is former Latvian national team player Ģirts Ankipāns. Mogo/RSU’s general manager since the club’s first day is Elviss Želubovskis, who continues to represent the team on the ice as well.
