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.

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 ...

It was a Miracle on Ice moment for Latvia, which had never beaten Canada at the world juniors before and lost its previous four matchups to the 20-time gold medal winners by a combined 41-4 score.

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 ...

The 2025 World Juniors got underway on Thursday night and have already produced incredible moments. The World Juniors are a place where NHL Draft hopefuls can make names for themselves. And it can ...

“We were pumped when Latvia upset Canada for Girgensons,” McDonagh ... Last week’s upset resurfaced memories of Girgensons’ own World Juniors experience in 2012. He smiled from the ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...