The Latvian U18 national team loses to Norway and the fate of the quarter-finals will be decided by the competitors

In subgroup A, the USA and Finland have nine points each in three games, Norway and Latvia have three points each, having played three out of four matches, respectively, and Slovakia is fifth, which has no points in three matches.

Daniels Serkins, Martins Klaucāns and Darels Uļjanskis scored for the Latvian national team.

Although in the first 20 minutes Latvia made more shots on goal (12:8) and twice played in the majority, they lost 0:3 in the period.

First, in the eighth minute, Lukas Finkenhagen threw the puck into the empty corner of the goal, but 69 seconds later, Matias Dēli used a two-on-one defender. When less than two minutes were left until the end of the third period, Niklas Oram-Ulsen made it 3-0.

At the beginning of the second period, Finkenhagen received a 5+20 minute penalty for pushing on the edge, giving the Latvians the opportunity to play in the majority.

In the third minute of the third period, Serkin took advantage of it with a shot from in front of the goal, scoring the only goal in five minutes. In the second half of the period, the Sons restored the three-goal advantage and Ludvig Laughton made it 5-1 in the majority.

After playing 40 minutes, Mikus Vecvanags replaced Nilu Mauriņu in the goal of the Latvian national team.

In the third quarter, Latvia only needed 59 seconds to get one goal back, Klaucāns making it 2:5. In the middle of the period, Uljanskis reduced the advantage of most opponents to two goals.

The ratio of shots in this match in favor of the Latvians – 35:29.

In the second subgroup, Kazakhstan caused a surprise, defeating the Czech Republic with 4:3 in extra time. The winning goal was scored by Mstislav Šipilín.

In subgroup B, Canada has nine points in three games, the Czech Republic has six points in four matches, while Sweden, Switzerland and Kazakhstan have four, three and two points, respectively, with these three national teams playing three duels each.

The quarter-final matches of the World Championship will take place on May 2, the semi-finals on May 4, and the medal winners will be determined on May 5.

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