Latvia, Canada and World Juniors

World Juniors Today: Canada back in action, Latvia still buzzing over experience
Canada returns to action for the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without defenseman Matthew Schaefer, who reportedly suffered a broken clavicle in the loss against the Latvians and may require surgery. Defender Sawyer Mynio will take his place.
World Juniors: Canada Loses to Latvia in One of the WJC’s Biggest Upsets Ever
The impossible happened at the world juniors on Friday as Latvia beat Canada for the first time in the tournament's history. What does this mean for Team Latvia, and where dothe Canadians go from here?
World juniors: Reinforcements on way as Canada moves forward from devastating loss to Latvia
With a suddenly nervous and critical country peering over its shoulder, Canada is calmly turning to its bullpen as it steps into must-win territory for its hopes of finishing first in Group A at the world junior hockey championship. As for the goal of winning gold, the home team realizes it needs to immediately enter must-be-better mode.
Canada, Latvia scoreless after first period at World Juniors
Canada and Latvia are tied following a scoreless first period at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
WHL At The 2025 World Juniors: Lewandowski Impresses Again While Latvia Stuns Canada On Day 2
Day two of the 2025 World Juniors saw plenty of WHLers stepping up for their countries. Four games were on the schedule, with Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Latvia all skating away with victories. Here is a look at how WHL players faired on Friday.
Canada loses to Latvia in shootout at World Juniors
Canada was shocked Friday night by Latvia, losing 3-2 in a shootout in round-robin play of the 2025 World Juniors. The night started off dreadful for Canada following the injury of one of their best players and potential 2025 No.
'Devastating': Uninspired Canada upset by Latvia in a shootout at world juniors
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.
'Let's not panic': Canada picks up the pieces after ugly Latvia loss at world juniors
Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday. Coming off a disastrous fifth-place finish last year in Sweden and having talked a lot about upping their compete level and preparation,
Canada simply not good enough in stunning world junior setback vs. Latvia
A shocking loss to Latvia displayed how vulnerable Canada is in this world junior championship — and for years to come. It will go down as one of the biggest upsets in tournament history, but Latvia deserved to win.
4 Takeaways From Canada’s 3-2 Shootout Loss vs. Latvia
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).
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Latvia stuns Canada in World Juniors, winning 3-2 on lone shootout goal
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory ...
Canada’s Matthew Schaefer leaves World Juniors game vs. Latvia with injury
Defenseman Matthew Schaefer, the current favorite to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft, was injured early in the first ...
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World Junior Championship roundup: Latvia stuns Canada with shootout win
Konsta Helenius (Buffalo Sabres) had an assist for Finland (1-0-0-1), which rebounded after a 4-0 loss to Canada on Thursday.
Latvia pulls off generational feat with shootout win vs. Canada
Latvia stunned the entire hockey world on Friday night with a shootout win over Canada at the 2025 World Juniors.
World Juniors Today: What’s at stake in the final preliminary round games?
We’ve reached the final day of the 2025 World Juniors’ preliminary round. With four games on tap, you’ll know the ...
USA downs rival Canada, wins group at world juniors hockey tournament
The winner will clinch the top seed and a Thursday quarterfinal meeting against Switzerland, the bottom seed in Group B. The ...