Canada was just a step ahead of Latvia in a 2-1 overtime win on Saturday at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship in Minnesota. photo: © INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION / TIM AUSTEN

... 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.

Fresh off a tournament-opening win, Canada’s National Men’s Team is back on the ice Sunday to face Latvia as the preliminary round continues at the 2025 IIHF World Championship.

3 days ago - Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday in Minneapolis.

6 for the Priority Ticket Draw at HockeyCanada.ca/PriorityDraw. ... Prior to the shootout stunner in Ottawa, Canada has controlled the head-to-head history, outscoring the Latvians 41-4 in four wins.

4 days ago - Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.

4 days ago - USA vs Germany World Juniors 2026 Score, Live Updates & Hockey News · 2026 World Juniors Pre-Tournament Schedule And Scores · Follow FloHockey's Coverage Of The 2026 World Junior Championship · The contest started out slow with both teams getting shots on goal early. Latvia took the early lead but the goal was called back due to the puck being kicked in by Sieradzkis. After the goal was called back, Canada took a one goal lead courtesy of Cole Reschny early in the second period.

2 days ago - Canadian forward Michael Hage, a Montreal Canadiens prospect, delivered the decisive blow, finishing a cross-ice play with a blistering shot to secure a narrow 2-1 overtime victory.

Canada is back in action at the 2025 IIHF World Championship, facing Latvia as the preliminary round continues in Stockholm, Sweden.

May 11, 2025 - A day after shutting out Slovenia in their tournament opener, Canada's men's national hockey team responded with a dominant 7-1 win over Latvia on Sunday at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden.

Canada won that game, 11-0, and scored an IIHF record nine goals on the power play. Today Latvia was much tighter in their half of the ice, and a young Canadian team had trouble getting quality chances on Kivlenieks.

November 15, 2025 - The team is ranked 10th in the world by IIHF as of 2023. The team is controlled by the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. Their best ever finish at the World Championships was in 2023, when they won the bronze medal.

4 days ago - You could almost feel a collective sigh of relief across the country as Michael Hage scored the winner to lift Canada past Latvia in overtime. David Morassutti has more takeaways from Saturday's victory.

Latvia 3, Canada 2 -- Eriks Mateiko (Washington Capitals) scored in the eighth round of the shootout as Latvia (0-1-0-0; W-OTW-OTL-L) won its first game of the tournament in a Group A game at Canadian Tire Centre.

4 days ago - Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.

Buzzing all around, he missed one good chance but then converted a Bo Horvat pass in front, reversing two goals from yesterday when he was the passer and Horvat the scorer. Just like that, the 1-0 deficit was an impressive 2-1 Canada lead, and they had plenty of good chances to increase it as the period progressed. Gustavs Grigals came up big in the Latvian goal, and 2-1 was how the period ended.

Eriks Mateiko scored the game winner in the 8th round of a penalty-shot shootout to give Latvia a 3-2 win over Canada tonight in Ottawa, the nation's first-ever win against Canada at the World Juniors.

4 days ago - The Canadians outshot Latvia 11 to seven in the first period but surrendered a handful of strong chances to Latvia early on. However, Canada did record 10 of the last 12 shots.

Latvia - Canada game starts on May 11, 2025 at 2:20:00 PM UTC. Follow the game on Sofascore with live scores and statistics.

Latvia U20 - Canada U20 game starts on Dec 27, 2025 at 9:30:00 PM UTC. Follow the game on Sofascore with live scores and statistics.