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 ...

With the IIHF World Junior Championship just around the corner, Team Latvia announced their final roster early on Wednesday morning. Head coach Artis Abols will be leading Latvia’s U20 team for ...

Latvia’s move to tighten rules on selling tobacco products and substitutes is seeing businesses in the Baltic country scrambling to find loopholes to circumvent the law. Starting in January 2025 ...

Sweden continued its Group B dominance with an 8-1 outburst over Kazakhstan that featured contributions from up and down the lineup and Latvia stunned Canada and the world by beating the ...

Latvia 4, Germany 3 (OT) --Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored with 1:37 left in overtime at Canadian Tire Centre to send Latvia into the quarterfinal round. Mateiko skated down left wing ...

Tanner Molendyk snapped the program and country back to reality. Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the powerhouse ...

Jett Luchanko's shorthanded goal was the lone marker as Canada heads into the third period with a 1-0 lead over Latvia at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. Luchanko opened the scoring early ...

The Canadian military has raised concerns that some of the key equipment it has sent to Latvia will face maintenance problems as there are few facilities available to protect the systems from the ...

Great moments are born from great opportunity, and with the chance to pull off perhaps the greatest upset in the history of the world junior hockey championship, Latvia did the unthinkable ...

Latvia 3, Canada 2-- Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored in the eighth round of the shootout as Latvia (0-1-0-0; W-OTW-OTL-L) won its first game of the tournament in a Group A game at ...

Canada’s World Juniors defeated Finland 4-0 during the opening day victory against Finland on Dec. 27 at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa.

In one of the most shocking upsets in tournament history, Canada lost 3-2 in a shootout to Latvia in the 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship (WJC).