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.

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa. But first, what happened last night? The story of Day 2 was undoubtedly Latvia’s 3-2 shootout win over a lacklustre Canadian team.

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.

We’ve reached the fourth day of the 2025 World Juniors with a full slate of games ... the first time since their stunning upset loss to Latvia on Friday. They’ll be without defenseman Matthew ...

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 ...

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

It was Latvia's third-ever win in the preliminary round at the World Juniors. "It's unreal," Latvia captain Peteris Bulans (2025 draft eligible) said. "Actually, no words to describe it.

Team Latvia’s journey at the 2025 World Junior ... Last week’s upset resurfaced memories of Girgensons’ own World Juniors experience in 2012. He smiled from the Lightning locker room on ...

In nine years of playing in the tournament's top division, Latvia has never sniffed a medal. It started 0-27 at the highest level of the world juniors, securing its first round-robin win in 2022.

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.