‘Let’s not panic’: Canada picks up the pieces after shocking loss to Latvia at world juniors
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Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia -- a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings -- in a shocking shootout Friday.
Peter Anholt tried to keep things light as he emerged from one of the elevators at Canada’s hotel.
The temperature had been turned way up on the veteran hockey executive and the country’s under-20 program after a stunning upset some 12 hours earlier.
“You only want to talk to me when things are bad, eh?” Anholt joked to reporters Saturday morning.
“Is that how this works?”
That is indeed what happens when a powerhouse with a record 20 gold medals expected to roll over an opponent suffers one of its worst all-time defeats at the tournament.
Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday.
Coming off a disastrous fifth-place finish last year in Sweden and having talked a lot about upping their compete level and preparation, the Canadians looked disjointed for long stretches against the plucky, hard-working Latvians.
The power play finally clicked late in the third period, but stands at 1-for-7 through two games, while the top line of Easton Cowan, Calum Ritchie and Bradly Nadeau has yet to translate its pre-tournament chemistry into success in the spotlight.
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