In fact, this was just Latvia’s third-ever win at the World Junior Championships. In their previous matchups with Canada, they’d been outscored 41-4. This was never supposed to be a close game.

Latvia defeated Canada 2-1 in a shootout, with goaltender Linard Feldbergs stealing the show: The netminder made 54 saves in the game, following in the footsteps of former Bridgeport Islanders ...

Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship Credit: AP Credit: AP OTTAWA ...

Latvia 3, Canada 2-- Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored in the eighth round of the shootout as Latvia (0-1-0-0; W-OTW-OTL-L) won its first game of the tournament in a Group A game at ...

Eriks Mateiko scored a goal in the third period and buried the game-winning goal in the shootout to help Latvia secure a 3-2 win over Canada at the World Junior Championship. OTTAWA — Three ...

“We’re not here to beat Canada tonight,” Augustine said. “We’re here to win a gold medal.” The other matchups will have Group B winner Sweden take on Latvia, and Finland square off ...

Hundreds of Swedish troops arrived in Latvia on Saturday to join a Canadian-led multinational brigade along NATO’s eastern flank, a mission Sweden is calling its most significant operation so far as a ...

Latvia pulled off a huge upset by defeating Canada 3-2 in a shootout at the World Junior Championship. Eriks Mateiko scored the winning goal in the eighth round, sealing one of the tournament’s ...

It started when Latvia upset Canada 3-2 in the preliminary round, which set off alarm bells throughout the host country. Feldbergs stopped 55 of 57 shots through regulation and overtime and then ...

That, in turn, is putting the recently purchased medium-range radar as well as the Leopard tanks that Canada sent to Latvia “at significant risk of un-forecasted maintenance requirements to ...