The government of Latvia declared Monday a national holiday after its national hockey team beat the United States on Sunday in the third-place game of the world championship. The bronze is Latvia ...

Riga hosted the 2021 men's World Hockey Championship, but without fans due to COVID-19. That year, though, Latvia pulled off one of the biggest wins in team history when they beat Canada to open ...

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a stunning 3-2 victory over host Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship.

Latvia will meet Finland in the second game of the day in the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship on Tuesday night at Rogers Place. Latvia hasn't seen action in the top division since 2017 as ...

giving Latvia its first-ever win over Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Hockey Canada's brain trust spoke before these world juniors about how ...

Latvia Stuns Canada in World Junior Hockey, 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 ...