Amidst the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, two international teams have opted to distance themselves from the primarily-Russian Kontinetal Hockey League. On Friday, Finnish club Jokerit withdrew from the upcoming KHL postseason. Today, Latvia’s Dinamo Riga has taken it a step further. The club has announced that they have withdrawn from the league entirely.
Riga, which did not qualify for the playoffs this season and could have waited to take a stand, instead decided to make their position soundly known. “The decision to withdraw from KHL has been made, thus expressing a clear position of the club management,” the team announced, as relayed by The Hockey News’ Ian Kennedy. “In such a military and humanitarian crisis, we do not see any opportunity for cooperation with the Kontinental Hockey League.” The team representing Latvia has decided to stand with Ukraine, a fellow former Soviet nation.
With this as an example, Jokerit could soon follow suit and fully withdraw from…
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