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.

We’ve reached the fourth day of the 2025 World Juniors with a full slate of games ... the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without defenseman Matthew ...

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 ...

He held Latvia square and forced a shootout ... Honourable mentions: Dalibor Dvorsky is competing in his fourth, and last, world juniors but Slovakia's captain is the lifeblood of his team.

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 ...

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 ...

David Edstrom's second-period power-play goal stood as the winner, as Sweden held on for a 3-2 quarterfinal victory over Latvia ... is looking for its first world junior title since 2012.

OTTAWA - Benjamin Rautiainen had a goal and an assist while Petteri Rimpenen earned a 28-save shutout as Finland capped its preliminary round at the world junior ... 3-0 win over Latvia on Tuesday.