Latvia Makes History at the World Championship

The United States and Latvia competed earlier today for the bronze medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship.

Latvia Makes History at the World Championship

In a surprising turn of events, the Latvians won in overtime to earn the first hockey medal in their history.

Kristians Rubins, a former Leafs player, scored the winning goal.

An Emotional Win

See the bench's reaction to the goal that wrote a new page of history:


You can feel all the emotions when the Latvians were signing their national anthem after the game:


This win will probably feed the Latvians' hunger for the nexxt tournaments. We can't wait to see them compete next year!

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