The impossible was made possible, Latvia defeated Canada at the world juniors. The outlook for the rest of the group stage for both Latvia and Canada is now drastically altered going forward.

OTTAWA — Linards Feldbergs could barely stop smiling throughout the World Juniors. It started when Latvia upset Canada 3-2 in the preliminary round, which set off alarm bells throughout the host ...

In nine years of playing in the tournament's top division, Latvia has never sniffed a medal. It started 0-27 at the highest level of the world juniors, securing its first round-robin win in 2022.

It was Latvia's third-ever win in the preliminary round at the World Juniors. "It's unreal," Latvia captain Peteris Bulans (2025 draft eligible) said. "Actually, no words to describe it.

The victory marks Latvia’s first time winning two preliminary games at the World Junior Championship. OTTAWA — Maxim Strback scored two minutes 55 seconds into overtime as Slovakia posted a ...

Team Latvia’s journey at the 2025 World Junior ... Last week’s upset resurfaced memories of Girgensons’ own World Juniors experience in 2012. He smiled from the Lightning locker room on ...

Mateiko, who also scored one of Latvia’s two goals in regulation, shocked the home fans and clinched his team’s first-ever victory over Team Canada in the history of the World Juniors.

Sweden is moving on to the semi’s after a 3-2 defeat over Latvia The first period was ... Mateiko currently lead the World Juniors in goals with five, and that doesn’t include the shootout ...

OTTAWA -- Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 at the world junior hockey championship Friday. The forward moved in on his ...

Day two of the 2025 World Juniors saw plenty of WHLers stepping up for their countries. Four games were on the schedule, with Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Latvia all skating away with victories.

Denmark won the Division 1A tournament and will replace Kazakhstan in the 2026 World Juniors in Minnesota. • Sweden defeated Latvia 3-2 in the first quarterfinal of the day to remain the ...