Riga Captain on Team Start

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(February 4th, 2021 - Riga) It may just be 12 games, but the Riga Reign are taking notice to their hot start after coming out flat three previous couple seasons. The Reign haven’t made the playoffs since S79, and newly named captain Anze Miklavz credits the new faces on the team with the success.

 

“It feels like a new team, a new era for Riga – adding a guy like Sandy (Battre Sandstrom) makes your team significantly better no matter who’s on your roster, and Riga needed a guy like that”

Sandstrom leads the Reign with 22 points, but he isn’t the only player that Miklavz brings up when talking about the great start.

 

“The three rooks (Cheese, Leduc and Chiang) give us the depth that we didn’t have. They are making the plays, scoring the goals that we wouldn’t see in previous seasons and it’s making a huge difference for us. It’s nice to see them all come in at the same time and learn together – not something I got to do”.

 

Miklavz is of course referring to his rookie status on the S79 team after his draftmate Milk Jugs retired abruptly – but thankfully he has another draftmate that developed late and finally is making their mark with the Reign.

“But the last player I want to give credit to is Toby (Tobias Reinhart) – he’s kept us in a lot of these games and we’re looking forward to see him break out this year. I think we have the roster to win, a good mix of young and new”.