Willie Weber ran into Prikulis before the puck went in, he's going to the box for goaltender interference!

Faceoff in the Canadian zone...


Won by the Canadians! And they get it clear to the other end of the ice.

But Prikulis comes out to play the puck, now.

He passes it up to Zanis Zarins!

ZARINS GIVES A GORGEOUS PASS TO JANIS KRUMINS, AND HE'S BEHIND THE DEFENDERS!



HE MAKES HIS MOVE...
HE SHOOTS!
















































A POWERPLAY GOAL FOR THE LATVIANS!

Code:

3. Latvia , Janis Krumins 2 (Zanis Zarins, Lauris Prikulis) at 15:57 (PP)

The latvians are looking to build off of that goal!

Code:

16:13 of 1st period - Shot by Oliver Pettyfer.
16:13 of 1st period - Stopped by Colin Schmidt without a rebound.
17:49 of 1st period - Shot by Emils Vilmenietis.
17:49 of 1st period - Shot Blocked by Brian Morley.
17:53 of 1st period - Shot by Roberts Birkavs.
17:53 of 1st period - Stopped by Colin Schmidt with a rebound.
17:55 of 1st period - Shot by Roberts Birkavs.
17:55 of 1st period - Shot Misses the Net.
17:57 of 1st period - Shot by Kaspars Tsizling.
17:57 of 1st period - Deflect By Emils Vilmenietis.

But Colin Schmidt is playing strong!

Shot now by Tsizling from the point...

Vilmenietis gets his stick on it!

AND IT'S IN!

WHAT A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE HERE BY THE LATVIANS!









THAT MAKES IT 3-1 IN THE FIRST!

Code:

4. Latvia , Emils Vilmenietis 3 (Kaspars Tsizling, Roberts Birkavs) at 17:57

Lauris Prikulis with an assist! Wooooop!

LW | ZELMA ZUNTNERE | LATVIA | FORGE
Age: 23
Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 190 lbs
Number: 14
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SMJHL Regular Season stats
[S54]CAR - GP:50 G:4 A:5 P:9 Hits:14 +/-:-8 SB:14
[S55]NBB - GP:50 G:18 A:7 P:25 Hits:37 +/-:-17 SB:59
[S55]NBB - GP:50 G:23 A:19 P:42 Hits:7 +/-:+8 SB:36
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SHL Regular Season stats
[S56]WPG - GP:66 G:16 A:10 P:26 Hits:10 +/-:-7 SB:11
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SMJHL Playoff stats
[S54]CAR - GP:20 G:1 A:0 P:1 Hits:2 +/-:0 SB:3
[S55]NBB - GP:4 G:0 A:0 P:0 Hits:2 +/-:-5 SB:4
[S55]NBB - GP:5 G:1 A:3 P:4 Hits:1 +/-:-3 SB:4
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SHL Playoff stats
[S56]WPG - GP: G: A: P: Hits: +/-: SB:
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Transactions
Drafted 33OA In The S54 SMJHL Draft - Kraken
Drafted 37OA In The S55 SHL Draft - Jets
Signed a one-year deal with the Aurora (Through S58)
Signed a two-year deal with the Aurora (Through S60)
Drafted in the expansion draft by Philadelphia Forge
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Honours and awards
S54 Four Star Cup Champion with Carolina Kraken
S55 WJC Champion
Oliver Pettyfer / Isaac Cormier Hale / Eva Lykke Aparjode

And the first period comes to a close!

What a period by the players from Latvia.
Canada will need to improve before the second.

Code:

Goals for this period are 1 for Canada vs 3 for Latvia.
Shots for this period are 8 for Canada vs 8 for Latvia.

The period starts and the Canadians are buzzing!

They've spent the first 2 minutes in the Latvian zone!


The puck works over to Brandon Donini!






HE LET'S THE SHOT GO FROM THE DOT
















































BUT PRIKULIS COMES UP HUGE!

The Canadians are still flying around the Latvian zone!

But Brandon Donini hauls a Latvian player down and is going to the box for holding!

The Latvians enter the Canadian zone, now.

Zanis Zarins puts a weak shot on net.



































BUT SCHMIDT MISPLAYS IT! IT FINDS IT'S WAY IN!

AND THAT WILL DO IT FOR SCHMIDT'S NIGHT, HUNTER WONG COMES IN RELIEF.

Code:

5. Latvia , Zanis Zarins 1 (Martins Daugavins, Arthur Grosberg) at 4:48 (PP)

Code:

4:48 of 2nd period - Hunter Wong enters game.

Wong is tested immediately!
The Latvians are using the goal as momentum and are pouring on the pressure!

SHOT BY GROSBERG!




































BUT WONG IS UP TO THE TASK!
HE COVERS UP!

The Canadians are bringing it back up, now

Jordan Hall, skating through the neutral zone...


KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KID!
ARTHUR GROSBERG PUTS HIM DOWN!!!

The Latvians have all the momentum, now! They're piling it on!

SHOT BY VLATERS!







































AND IT'S A BEAUTY!!! 5-1 LATVIA!!!

Code:

6. Latvia , Vuro Vlaters 1 (Jackson Spruill, Zanis Zarins) at 19:12

And that brings the second to a close!

Absolutely dominating performance here by the Latvians!

Code:

Goals for this period are 0 for Canada vs 2 for Latvia.
Shots for this period are 8 for Canada vs 10 for Latvia.

The third period is off to a very slow start!

Both teams appear to be deadlocked off the start, neither gaining any solid pressure on the other.

Canada needs to find a way to break this, fast!


Maxim Horvat has found a way through the Latvian defence!

He lets a shot go!!!














































STOPPED
BY
PRIKULIS!

What a game the Latvian goaltender is having tonight!

The Latvians come right back!

Paurs over to Krumins....






















CROSS-CREASE PASS TO GROSBERG AND HE TAPS IT HOME!!!!

Make that 6-1 for the Latvians!

Code:

7. Latvia , Arthur Grosberg 3 (Janis Krumins, Alens Paurs) at 11:08