Team Latvia’s journey at the 2025 World Junior Championship ended on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to Sweden in the quarterfinals.

The goalie behind Latvia’s unexpected run at the World Juniors will be remembered for his saves and his smile.

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 ...

Canada returns to action for the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without ...

Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion ...

Kazakhstan will finish the preliminary round against Switzerland on Tuesday (Noon ET). Slovakia will next play in the ...

Day 3 of the 2025 WJC will see only two games. Latvia will look for another upset, facing the US, and Czechia looks to move ...

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, 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 world junior hockey championship.

As good as Linards Feldbergs was in Latvia’s net, too many of the pucks ... We know we’re in a world championship tournament. There are good teams, and you’re going to have some bumps ...

Latvia defeated Canada at the World Junior Championship yesterday in a stunning turn of events. Canada didn't get blown out of the water, but the team they lost to makes it feel like they were.

David Edstrom's second-period power-play goal stood as the winner, and Sweden held on for a 3-2 victory over Latvia in ...