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

In fact, this was just Latvia’s third-ever win at the World Junior Championships. In their previous matchups with Canada, ...

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

Konsta Helenius (Buffalo Sabres) had an assist for Finland (1-0-0-1), which rebounded after a 4-0 loss to Canada on Thursday.

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

Fresh off of an impressive goal-a-game performance at the World Juniors for Team Latvia, Eriks Mateiko's profile has never ...

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 ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over ...

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

Day two of the 2025 World Juniors saw plenty of WHLers stepping up for their countries. Four games were on the schedule, with ...