🇸🇪 Sweden 8-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
O2 arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Monday, 04 May 2015
Buoyed by a three-goal performance from star forward Loui Eriksson, Sweden stayed undefeated in Group A with a 8-1 thrashing of Latvia on Monday.
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With virtually every professional and international competition (besides the NHL playoffs) complete, the world’s best will assemble in Czechia for the 79th IIHF World Championship, looking to assert their hockey supremacy and punch their ticket to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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After a fan vote to decide the first six participants, the National Hockey League today announced the participants for the 2015 NHL All Star Game in Columbus, Ohio on 25 January, with rosters to be determined in a fantasy draft on 23 January.
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2014 was quite a year for the International Hockey Lineal Championship, in that theihlc.com formally launched in September, bringing 100+ years of international hockey history online. But this calendar year certainly saw its share of movement and excitement as well.
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Amid reports of a European “All-Star” team making up a seventh team at the 2016 World Cup Of Hockey, which would be comprised of players from nations not already fielding full teams (Sweden, Finland, Russia and Czechia), much speculation has already begun about what that potential team would look like. Matt Larkin of The Hockey News took the speculation a step further, setting a full projected roster for 2016, which brings up a very unique and interesting looking squad.
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The IIHF has released a new microsite for the 2015 World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia, iihfworlds2015.com, and with it released the full schedule for the World Championship in May.
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Some more details on the 2015 Worlds in Prague and Ostrava have been released – the all-important groupings! The teams break down as follows (current IIHF rankings in parentheses):
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🇱🇻 LATVIA (LAT) Men’s National Ice Hockey Team (1932-40, 1991-)
3 wins, 2 reigns, 3 games with IHLC – ranked 17th
IHLC last held 27 May 2023
Latvia emerged as an IHLC contender in the 1930s, playing for the IHLC first in 1935, and then again in 1936 before being occupied by the Soviet Union in 1941. It was not until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 that the Latvians began to emerge as a contender once again, with NHLers like Artūrs Irbe and Sandis Ozoliņš leading the way. Latvia won its first IHLC from Finland in 2003, only holding the title for a single day – however, Latvia continues to improve, needing two decades before their second title on home ice at the World Championships.
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🇱🇻 LATVIA (LAT) Men’s Junior National Ice Hockey Team (1992-)
After a quarter century of futility in Division I and II, Latvia has emerged as a recent contender on the Top Division stage, first breaking through in 2009, returning in 2012, 2017 and 2022. While their debut game was a 16-0 thrashing from Canada, their scores and skills have continuously improved, and look for Latvia to work hard to keep a permanent seat in the Top Division in the coming years. Continue reading
🇨🇦 Canada 2-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
Olympic Quarterfinal
Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi 🇷🇺
Wednesday, 19 February 2014
Patient Canada got a power-play goal off a blistering one timer from Shea Weber at 13:06 of the third period to give Canada a 2-1 win over Latvia.
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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev, Ufa 🇷🇺
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Dmitrij Jaškin’s goal with just 6:14 left in regulation broke a 2-2 tie and led the Czech Republic to a crucial 4-2 win in Group A play at the Sports Palace tonight.
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🇫🇮 Finland 5-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev, Ufa 🇷🇺
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
For the second straight year, Latvia opened the World Juniors with a tough loss to a Nordic nation. A three-point effort by Miro Aaltonen lifted Finland to a 5-1 victory at Ufa’s Sports Palace.
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🇸🇪 Sweden 9-4 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary 🇨🇦
Monday, 26 December 2011
Overcoming some early defensive breakdowns, Sweden hammered Latvia 9-4 in Monday’s World Junior opener at the Scotiabank Saddledome. Max Friberg led the Swedish attack with a four-goal outburst.
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🇨🇦 Canada 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
SAP Arena, Mannheim 🇩🇪
Monday, 10 May 2010
The kids may have been alright two nights ago against Italy, but tonight Canada’s kiddie corps skated to a much more impressive and confident 6-1 victory over Latvia in Group B action at SAP Arena.
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🇨🇦 Canada 16-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon 🇨🇦
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Gabriel Bourque knows it won’t be easy every game at the World Junior Hockey Championships.
The stocky winger for the Moncton Wildcats tied a team record with seven points, three goals and four assists, as Canada opened the tournament with a 16-0 victory over Latvia on Saturday.
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🇷🇺 Russia 6-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Qualifying Round
PostFinance Arena, Bern 🇨🇭
Sunday, 03 May 2009
Despite having already secured the top spot in the group, Russia didn’t allow any bad habits to creep into its game, and rolled over Latvia in its last Qualification Round game, 6-1.
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🇫🇮 Finland 5-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
Arēna Rīga, Rīga 🇱🇻
Sunday, 07 May 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:44 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Vasiļjevs, hooking
04:25 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Pujacs, hooking
06:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – T. Ruutu, charging major
08:59 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Lehtonen, roughing
11:57 – 🇫🇮 PEN – T. Ruutu, game misconduct
14:33 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Ruutu, 10 min. misconduct
14:45 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Saviels, high sticking
17:52 – 🇫🇮 PEN – J. Jokinen, interference
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🇸🇰 Slovakia 6-3 Latvia 🇱🇻
Olympic Preliminary Round
Torino Esposizioni, Turin 🇮🇹
Thursday, 16 February 2006
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:23 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Zedník (Višňovský)
05:43 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Petrovický (Surový, Meszároš)
06:27 – 🇱🇻 GOAL – Ozoliņš (Cipulis, Panteļejevs)
07:02 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Jurčina, hooking
07:54 – 🇸🇰 SH GOAL – Demitra (Marián Hossa)
10:41 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Majeský, boarding
13:17 – 🇸🇰 GOAL – Marián Hossa
17:30 – 🇱🇻 PEN – Saviels, holding
18:53 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Jurčina, tripping
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🇺🇸 United States 3-1 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Preliminary Round
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck 🇦🇹
Tuesday, 03 May 2005
In 2001 in Cologne, Latvia blanked the Americans 2-0, prompting boisterous fans to go down to the American Embassy in Rīga and lay flowers outside for the fallen American team. But there would be no eulogies today as Team USA rallied for a 3-1 victory on the strength of Mark Parrish’s game-winner in the third.
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🇨🇦 Canada 2-0 Latvia 🇱🇻
World Championship Qualifying Round
Sazka Arena, Prague 🇨🇿
Friday, 30 April 2004
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:51 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Bergeron, boarding
12:38 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Bergeron (Dumont)
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