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's ...

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 world junior hockey championship. Mateiko ...

Kristians Rubins scored the medal winner just 1:22 into the overtime period at Nokia Arena in Finland — the crowd consisted of mostly Latvia fans, so the goal sent just about everybody into a frenzy.

Team Latvia has officially revealed their roster ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics Qualification tournament. The team will feature one Vancouver Canucks player in Artūrs Šilovs, who is the only NHL ...

RIGA - The Latvian Hockey Federation (LHF) together with the Finnish Hockey Association has started the bidding process to host the 2030 Men's World Championships, the LHF said on Tuesday.

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Trevor Moore and 18-year-old Matty Beniers scored in a 1:47 span midway through the second period to help the United States beat Latvia 4-2 on Thursday in the world hockey ...

Latvia has blacklisted the head of Belarus's ice hockey federation as the Baltic country seeks to prevent its neighbor from co-hosting the 2021 World Championships. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars ...

TROY, N.Y. — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers men’s hockey team recently landed a notable recruit. Rainers Rullers, 19, of Latvia, is slated to enroll and skate for this Engineers ...

HELSINKI, FinlandHELSINKI, Finland — Finland is expected to host the men’s hockey world championships two years in a row after teaming up with Latvia in a bid to stage the 2023 tournament that was ...

Monday became a national holiday for Latvia after the country’s biggest hockey win ever. The country, whose national sport is hockey, defeated the United States, 4-3, in overtime in the bronze medal ...