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.

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.

Latvia had their best tournament ever at the World Juniors, winning two games for the first time. They beat Canada and Germany, and played Sweden, Finland and USA closer than expected. Mateiko and ...

Canada had won its previous four games against Latvia at the World Juniors by a combined score of 41-4, including a 10-0 victory in the preliminary round of the 2024 World Juniors on Dec. 27 ...

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 ...

OTTAWA — Team Canada lost in the quarterfinals to Czechia at the World Juniors for a second straight ... in the round-robin and a historic loss to Latvia — to want explanations and look ...

The United States beat Canada 4-1 to win its group in the world junior hockey championship. It will face Switzerland in ...

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.

The United States won the world junior hockey championship ... in Thursday's quarterfinals. Canada dropped to third place and will face Czechia. Sweden-Latvia and Finland-Slovakia are the other ...

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. As we navigate through ...