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.

Canada was shocked Friday night by Latvia, losing 3-2 in a shootout in round-robin play of the 2025 World Juniors. The night started off dreadful for Canada following the injury of one of their ...

This happened on Friday night when Latvia and Canada went to battle on the ice in Ottawa. Latvia and Canada played a scoreless game through most of the first two periods. However, the Canadians ...

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 at the world junior hockey championship.

Canada returns to action for the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without defenseman Matthew Schaefer, who reportedly suffered a broken clavicle in the ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — 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 preliminary round of the world junior ...

Team Canada will look to make it two wins in a row with a victory over Latvia at Canadian Tire Centre on Friday, December 27. Canada is among the favorites to win the entire event, and Latvia will ...

We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Maybe it wasn’t as shocking as a 6-3 loss to Kazakhstan in 1998, but Canada’s 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia Friday night at Canadian Tire Centre ...

Sixty-five minutes of play would not be enough, as Latvia pulled off a massive upset, winning the game 3-2 in an eight-round shootout. Canada came out of the gates quickly, much like they did in ...

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

Latvia Stuns Canada in World Junior Hockey, Winning 3-2 on Lone Shootout Goal OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 ...