With the IIHF World Junior Championship just around the corner, Team Latvia announced their final roster early on Wednesday morning. Head coach Artis Abols will be leading Latvia’s U20 team for ...

Finland finished with eight points, while Canada and the U.S. had seven entering their game. Latvia, which entered the game a point behind Finland, finished fourth in the group and will face ...

Latvia 4, Germany 3 (OT) --Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored with 1:37 left in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre to send Latvia into the quarterfinal round. Mateiko skated down left wing ...

Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds announced that another batch of drones from Latvian manufacturers -- over 1,000 units -- has been prepared for shipment to Ukraine. He announced this on the ...

Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday. Coming off a disastrous ...

Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the powerhouse nation's backyard. "They battled," said Cameron, the Canadian head ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. United States forward Ryan Leonard (9) scores on Latvia goaltender Linards Feldbergs (29) during the second ...

Toronto Maple Leafs top prospect Easton Cowan spoke on Canada's stunning 3-2 shootout loss against Latvia in the World Juniors. In what is clearly the upset of the World Juniors so far, Canada lost in ...

EDMONTON -- Nobody saw that coming. Latvia defeated Canada at the World Junior Championship yesterday in a stunning turn of events. Canada didn't get blown out of the water, but the team they lost ...

Feldbergs, a player for the Sherbrooke Phoenix in the QMJHL, was key to Latvia’s win. He stopped 54 of 56 shots in regulation and the shootout. In overtime, he blocked all eight Canadian attempts.

Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the powerhouse nation’s backyard. “They battled,” said Cameron, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Latvia players celebrate after defeating Canada in shootout IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship ...