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Riga Dinamo starts new KHL season with loss

By Editor. 14.09.2009

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The Latvian ice hockey club Riga Dinamo lost its opening game of the new KHL season to Russia's "Salavat Yulaev" in Riga today, the final result was 1-5 (1-1, 0-2, 0-2).

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L. Sweatt scored the only goal for the Dinamo, whereas the scorers for Salavat Yulaev were Andrei Taratukhin, Alexander Perezhogin, Alexander Rardulov, Igor Grigorenko and Miroslav Blatak. Dinamo goalie Martin Prusek sustained a light injury in the third period, and was replaced by Edgars Masalskis in the goal.

Prusek and Perezhogin were awarded as the players of the game today.

A total of 10,344 spectators saw the match at "Arena Riga".