Latvia made the Swedes sweat, with Eriks Mateiko scoring back-to-back goals to cut the lead to 3-2 heading into the second intermission
Team Latvia forward Davis Livsics loses possession of the puck after pressure from Team Sweden defenceman Theo Lindstein , forward Felix Nilsson and defenceman Tom Willander during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship quarter-final action in Ottawa, on Jan. 2.David Edstrom’s second-period power-play goal stood as the winner, and Sweden held on for a 3-2 victory over Latvia in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world junior hockey championship.
In Thursday’s other quarterfinals, the United States faced Switzerland, Finland took on Slovakia and host Canada met Czechia.
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