Latvia U20 News & Stories
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Feb 6th, 17:152026 NHL Draft'He's ready for the next step' Why Alberts Šmits will have scouts watching at the Olympics
After an impressive World Juniors, Alberts Šmits will have all eyes on him at the Olympics in Milan.
Jan 7th, 15:18World Juniors 2026
How NHL draft-eligible prospects fared at the 2026 World Juniors
For NHL draft-eligible players, there's nowhere to hide at the World Juniors.
Jan 6th, 16:00World Juniors 2026How top NHL affiliated prospects fared at the 2026 World Juniors
Many NHL affiliated prospects shone at the 2026 World Juniors — our scouts take a closer look.
2025-12-31, 17:38World Juniors 2026Why the World Juniors can be a lifeline for goalies passed over in the NHL Draft
Last year's World Juniors served as a coming out party for Finland goaltender Petteri Rimpinen, and this year's tournament is doing the same for other netminders.
2025-12-28, 01:24World Juniors 2026Alberts Šmits arrives at World Juniors and is already turning from a curiosity to commodity
The Latvian defender made his World Junior debut and is one of the most fascinating players for the 2026 NHL Draft.
2025-12-23, 15:16World Juniors 2026Bold predictions for the 2026 World Junior Championships
Cam Robinson orders off of the extra spicy menu and makes eight bold predictions for the 2026 World Juniors.
2025-12-22, 20:30World Juniors 2026Ranking every country's goaltending room at the 2026 World Juniors
David Phillips takes a look at each country's goalie room ahead of the 2026 World Junior Championships.
2025-12-20, 15:53World Juniors 2026Meet the Team: Denmark and Latvia's rosters at the 2026 World Juniors
For Latvia and Denmark, the primary objective at any World Juniors is survival. Janik Beichler breaks down the most notable players on both rosters.
2025-01-06, 16:46World Juniors 2025How top NHL affiliated prospects fared at the 2025 World Juniors
With the World Juniors over, our scouting team takes a look at how over 70 NHL-affiliated prospects fared.
2024-12-28, 23:44World Juniors 20252025 World Juniors Notebook: Life without Matthew Schaefer
Despite having the day off, Canada still dominated the narrative. Cam Robinson has all the details from Day Three at the WJC.
2024-12-27, 14:24World Juniors 2025Watch NHL Network’s 2025 WJC Preview Show Presented by Elite Prospects
As the official sponsor of NHL Network's broadcasts of the 2025 WJC, Elite Prospects is proud to present the NHL Tonight WJC Preview Show. Our very own Head of Video Scouting, Cam Robinson, made a guest appearance on the show to discuss some of the most exciting prospects in this year’s tournament.
2024-01-06, 22:15World Juniors 2024Emptying the Scout's Notebook on almost 70 affiliated skater prospects at the 2024 World Juniors
Lassi Alanen, David St-Louis, and Mitch Brown break down the performances of 69 NHL-affiliated skater prospects at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2024-01-06, 15:00World Juniors 2024What we learned at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship
J.D. Burke reflects on what was learned at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championships.
2023-12-30, 23:26World Juniors 2024EP Rinkside's 3 Stars from Day 5 of the 2024 World Juniors
Rodwin Dionicio, Sandis Vilmanis, and Ēriks Mateiko lead the way in EP Rinkside's 3 Stars from the fifth day of the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2023-12-25, 19:53World Juniors 2024Previewing the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championships
Cam Robinson and J.D. Burke team up to preview the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2023-12-23, 15:00World Juniors 2024Each team's X-Factor at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship
Daniel Gee looks at the X-Factors for each team at the 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2023-01-09, 22:38World Juniors 202310 data-driven observations from 2023 World Junior Championships
Lassi Alanen looks at the numbers and breaks it down from the WJC.
2023-01-06, 06:00World Juniors 2023What we learned at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championships
Now that the medals have been awarded, J.D. Burke reflects on what we learned at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship in Halifax and Moncton.
