The impossible happened at the world juniors on Friday as Latvia beat Canada for the first time in the tournament's history.

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa. But first, what happened last night? The story of Day 2 was undoubtedly ...

Eriks Mateiko scored the only goal of the shootout Friday as Latvia stunned an alarmingly uninspired Canada 3-2 in the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

It’s nice. It doesn’t always happen,” Capitals General Manager Chris Patrick said of the attention on Washington’s prospects.

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 preliminary round of the world junior ...

Those are all good questions, and as I tend to do for almost every World Junior tournament, I had predicted this team would ...

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.

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.