It has already been reported that Latvian young hockey players beat Canada for the first time in the world junior championship on Friday in Ottawa. In the first game of the 2025 World Junior Championship, Latvians won 3:2 (0:0, 0:1, 2:1, 0:0, 1:0) in the shootout.
“The beginning was a bit calm, but in the second period my legs began to cramp because there were a lot of shots. I did everything to win this game. I was calm during the postgame shots and played as I was taught,” said Feldberg, who made 55 of 57 shots.
The captain of the Latvian junior hockey team, Pēteris Bulāns, emphasized that it was not allowed to give the opponents the opportunity to launch quick attacks. “We stuck to the game plan and did not allow any sloppiness that would give us the opportunity to score a goal,” said the Latvian national team’s second goal scorer.
The reaction of 🇱🇻 goalie Linards Feldbergs was PRICELESS. pic.twitter.com/lQmlv3bQyk
— Nathan “Grav” Murdock (@NathanGraviteh) December 28, 2024
An estimated 17,490 spectators watched the game in the usually popular tournament in North America.
In the continuation of the tournament, Latvian ice hockey players will meet the USA national team on Saturday at 10:30 p.m., on December 30 at 10:30 p.m. they will play against their peers from Germany, and in the final battle of the subgroup on December 31 at 9:30 p.m. they will compete against the Finnish national team.