Latvia men's national junior ice hockey team

Latvia
AssociationLatvian Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachLatvia Artis Ābols
AssistantsLatvia Kārlis Zirnis
Latvia Edgars Masaļskis
CaptainDans Ločmelis
Most pointsAleksandrs Ņiživijs (45)
IIHF codeLAT
First international
 Latvia 47 – 1 Greece 
(Riga, Latvia; November 10, 1992)
Biggest win
 Latvia 47 – 1 Greece 
(Riga, Latvia; November 10, 1992)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 16 – 0 Latvia 
(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; December 26, 2009)
IIHF World Junior Championship
Appearances31 (first in 1993)
Best result7th (2022 (August))

The Latvian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Latvia. The team represents Latvia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Junior Championship.

They have played at the top division of the tournament seven times; it has been at the top division since the 2022 tournament, where Latvia was called up to replace Russia in the rescheduled tournament due to the country being banned from international ice hockey (Latvia had originally been promoted for 2023). During the tournament, Latvia won its first-ever preliminary round game in the top division.[1]

  1. ^ Ellis, Steven. "Latvia is the Little Team that Could at World Juniors". The Hockey News. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

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