Aatos Koivu looks ahead to Finland's ... Canadiens prospect Michael Hage. ... Alberts Smits finished with two goals and an assist, while Bruno Osmanis also finished with three points, as Latvia picked up their first win of the ...

2 days ago - For the second consecutive tournament, the underdogs pushed the hockey powerhouse to the brink, forcing the game into overtime — after a game-tying goal by Latvia’s Rudolfs Berzkalns with less than two minutes remaining — and stirring uneasy memories among the Canadian faithful of last year’s humiliation. Cole Reschny scored Canada’s first goal on a power play in the second period, but Hage’s winner provided dramatic relief, allowing Canada to avoid another monumental upset and improve its tournament record to 2-0.

4 days ago - Reschny and Hage were the leading scores for Canada with one goal each. Gavin Mckenna, Harrison Brunicke and Zayne Parekh each had one assist. For Latvia, Rudolfs Berzkalns was the leading scorer with one goal.

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4 days ago - Michael Hage was able to work his way around a couple of defenders in one of the few five-on-five chances Canada had in the opening half of the game. He ended up with two from close-range attempts that Maurins had to be sharp on. Latvia got a chance to play on a long power play as well when Kristians Utnans got past Ben Danford on the boards, leading Danford to swing his stick wildly behind him across the nose of Utnans, meriting a four-minute call.

Watch as Canada’s Michael Hage blasts a one-timer home after a sweet cross-ice feed from Gavin McKenna to lift Canada past Latvia in overtime while on the power play.

The French got on the board first, ... last played the Latvians in the semifinals at the 2023 Men’s Worlds, advancing to the gold medal game with a 4-2 win....

Never before had they been in such a close game with Canada at the World Juniors. Canada drops to 1-1 in Group A in Ottawa as the World Junior Championship wraps up play on day two.

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4 days ago - Canada, which topped Czechia 7-5 in Friday's barn-burning opener after getting eliminated by the same opponent at the quarterfinal stage the last two tournaments, gently ticked another revenge box following a stunning shootout loss to Latvia — ...

3 days ago - Hage buried a one-timer on a 4-on-3 man advantage off Gavin McKenna's setup to rescue his team after Latvia's Roberts Naudins was whistled for delay of game late in the third period. Canada holds off Czechs in wild opener of men’s junior hockey worlds

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Canada 2, Latvia 1 (OT): Michael Hage (Montreal Canadiens) scored a power-play goal 44 seconds into overtime, and Canada won its second straight game in Group B at 3M Arena at Mariucci on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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