Latvia WINS BRONZE MEDAL! - Latvia Beats USA In INSANE Overtime To Win First Medal! | NHL News

Kirk Day and Noah Byrne react to Latvia beating the USA to win win the bronze medal and get their first professional hockey medal. Kristians Rubins get the overtime goal for Latvia and is the hero in this game along side Arturs Silovs who played an incredible tournament beating the USA and Sweden.
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[@alohamai273]

Congratulations to Latvia from Finland! 🎉

[@ivohawk]

Thankyou, and so nice to co-host!!!👏

[@ilversbendrups320]

Kiitos

[@adrina1791]

Incredible feeling!!! The whole country is soooo extremely proud! Our boys did amazing job and gave us such a shot of positivity!!!🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@user-kv7en6ns9g]

🇱🇻🇰🇿✊✌️

[@policis]

Not me thoug, it's a fucking 3rd place... That's how you rise looser by celebrating 3rd place and making a next day a holiday, wtf?

[@diha9004]

Population of Latvia is 1.8 million people.......And this summer we are going to try another medal at the basketball world cup. 😅

[@kapriizais8278]

Silovs won the MVP of the tournament, absolutely carried us

[@FVBmovies]

This historic win will inject much needed talent and reinvigorate Latvian hockey. Kaspars Daugavins was actually retired, and as he sat watching one particular tournament game on TV he thought to himself about returning for a final push. Returned, trained, and in 2023 made history with others. Wonderful! So proud for all! 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@rayhoodoo847]

The only sad thing is that his father passed away just last year. Hopefully he is able to still see this achievement from above.

[@dreamthedream8929]

Yes its tough to play hockey in your 30s. Once you reach that you are on your way out. Its a short lived career as a player

[@kristiankoski3908]

I think it was his wife who made him come back for the home tournament. Thanks to her!

[@pamelakilponen3682]

And today is a national holiday in Latvia. As an American living in Finland, I am so happy Latvia got the bronze. Latvians also happy about how they were treated in Tampere!

[@jarikszaubers6615]

Hello from Latvia. To us third place is like winning first place. Don't know who will work tomorrow, because everyone is celebrating today and tomorrow we will greet our team in Latvia.

[@rinksidedigest]

So awesome to see!

[@zaniiite]

They have officially announced tomorrow a day off for everyone in Latvia 😂 Congrats to our team! 🇱🇻🥳

[@Charles45633]

Beautiful! For a country of 1.8 million people this is an outstanding achievement. Keep your heads high Latvia!

[@dreamthedream8929]

@@Charles45633 but it has plenty of capable hockey players to select no? I mean is that really dependent of the size of the population? The capability of the players seem to matter a lot more than the population. Look at finlands team, dominating hockey for so long. It has a lot smaller population than russian or the usa. If thats the main thing then how can finland play against russia, the usa and so on so well?

[@geoffyork2887]

Cannot commend the city of Riga or the people of Latvia highly enough. Watched 3 preliminary games out there and it was great place to go, amazing atmosphere, good food / beer and fantastic weather. Enjoy this!!!! Lat - vi - ja!!!

[@edzhus]

Saules mūžu Latvijai!

[@pesfan4329]

Go Latvia!!!! 🏆🏆🏆

[@neceto1145]

It's literally a national holiday in Latvia you cant imagine how long we fought for this. So much blood, sweat and tears. Our men are legendary and true heroes for achieving this even though circumstances we're against them.

[@neceto1145]

Sveiciens savējiem c;

[@Charles45633]

@@neceto1145 Love it! It is truly amazing to see the love and passion Latvia has for hockey! In the end, Latvia was the true champion of this tournament.

[@valts777]

Latviešu komanda šogad lieliski spēlēja! Prieks, ka orku smaka no mūsu komandas ir prom pilnībā! Lūk, arī rezultāts lielisks!

[@edgarsjacinics1983]

Don't get me wrong we love team USA, but boy this win means so much to us thank you USA for beautiful game!

[@lilernecgs7946]

3:40 Latvia has had some other really amazing goaltenders. Matīss Kivlenieks got Latvia's first ever win and a shutout against Canada just 2 years ago (and, unfortunately, he passed away the same year), Artūrs Irbe, an absolute hockey legend of late 1990s and early 2000s who was also the goalie coach for Latvia this year, Edgars Masaļskis and Elvis Merzļikins as well, whose performance recently has been pretty bad but he has to deal with being the primary goalie for the blue jackets.

[@vitaozolina8795]

Thank you for all the good words! ❤ 🇱🇻

[@shdw_wrld8728]

Silovs MVP of whole tournament 👏🏽

[@themauwie8933]

Very nice to hear this from you guys. ✊ One really important thing for me is that Arturs Irbe got a medal too.

[@PersonManManManMan]

Excellent commentary and thanks for positive attitude towards Latvia, this was big moment in Ice Hockey history for Latvia~!!!

[@jerkkub]

I'm not from Latvia but i'm so happy for them and this is very good for ice hockey seeing new countries rise! Ps. Seeing you guys so happy for Latvia made me smile a lot.

[@GraveFable25]

So awesome to see all the support for our team from hockey fans around the world, sometimes even over their own team lol. Felt like the entire world is cheering them on with us. Brings a tear to my eye.

[@madwolf4595]

Been waiting for this moment for over 30+ years….finally it happened!!! Couldn’t be more prouder 💪🥳

[@TheNearFantastica]

We appreciate your support, greetings from Latvia! The whole nation is high on our love for ice hockey!

[@dogmadmins]

awesome job team Latvia ! Bronze deserve .

[@Krikals15]

Really happy with the team. Played great in clutch moments 🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻 I can't still believe what has happened. Thank you for the commentary!

[@stevencooke1027]

And as you say, it wasn't a case of the US having a terrible game, or a goalie standing on his proverbial head. This was a full team effort. One of the most rewarding things in sports is to see an underdog pull together and all play at their absolute best when it matters most. Congrats, Latvia!!!

[@janismancevics6638]

Thank you for the kind words guys!

[@rayhoodoo847]

I really hope Silovs gets put into NHL, he deserves it! Amazing performance, and well deserved tournament MVP.

[@LvLR-wn5ep]

Thx for all who believe in Latvia. Thx, we really deserve it

[@rh7018]

Thank you for the informed and emotionally positively charged commentary - from LV!

[@user-uu1wv6gy5e]

Спасибо нашей команде за море эмоций!! Латвия вперед!))

[@libarhit]

Paldies tev draugs !!! No sirds !!! 🧡

[@sofijast]

I'm so happy for my country! Latvia never gives up!❤🇱🇻❤

[@terezesulca5250]

Becouse of this win tomorrow is the national holiday in Latvia !

[@rinksidedigest]

Amazing stuff to hear! We love Latvia!

[@paulsklavins7806]

Now the Latvian government is working on declaring tomorrow a national holiday, when the team returns to Latvia, so the whole country can celebrate!!❤❤

[@some_random_person3252]

Just joined the discord,absolutely buzzing after that 4-3 OT win 🇱🇻🇱🇻💪💪

[@zaursz]

For Latvia it is the biggest achievment in hockey. Latvija Uzvara!!!! And you got it right it is great win for old Latvian hockey players like Arturs Irbe, Sandis Ozoliņš etc

[@robertsumbrasko3591]

by the way Rubins didn't join the team late cause he ''didnt make the starting lineup'', but he had some problems with his club. He is always a top 4 defensman for us, so we were waiting for him to arrive. (no hate)

[@rinksidedigest]

Didn't realize that! We got to watch Rubins fairly close, he played in the ECHL for our local team!

[@lkrnpk]

@@rinksidedigest yeah i think he had AHL play-offs and maybe some issues a bit later, not sure... I hope he gets another shot at NHL tho

[@haraldssakne1374]

Rubins is our best defender ;) He did make the starting line up, he joined when his playoff run ended with the wranglers in the ahl :)

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

Talking about goalie/goaltender, you have to remember Arturs Irbe (Artūrs Irbe), nicknamed The Wall, he was playing in NHL as well and later became coach, then he coached back for our club for one season back in 2015-2016, and now he was the goalie coach for this championship. Arturs Shilovs (Artūrs Šilovs) is walking in his footsteps, he might be the legacy, the next Wall. His future is bright, so expect him to be seen at NHL games in later part of his career.

[@_andis_]

Not from halfway but from last group game. Rubins joined the team immediately after the season ended in AHL.

[@andislange8820]

Cannucks ,just got World Championship MVP Golie ...not bad not bad

[@danyboy931]

Nice video, guys, much Love and appreciation for this. Hockey is in all our hearts ❤

[@vikone1]

Canada won the gold medals, Latvia won the championship

[@leothesun9199]

Well deserved victory! Congratulations! ❤️🇱🇻❤️👏👏👏

[@C-R-A-C-K-E-R]

1:05 Rubins wasn't available for the begining of the tournament, because he was bussy with AHL Play Offs

[@latvian_fallen_angel]

In Latvia we even got holiday next day after tournament to see our heroes!

[@edgarsvilnis1307]

Well done guys 👍

[@johngrantham5508]

Latvia beat a hockey world power. Congrats Latvia. From Ilinois in the USA. Also congrats to USA.

[@anka1286]

It was an epic game🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@artursandins]

newer mind medal,the games we did was awesome,coming up from being almost beat to this is cool

[@user-sy7ol3of3x]

Thank you guys.

[@Latvian2]

Great recap guys! Thumbs up!

[@akgarais5680]

Fills like Gold 🪙🥉🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@8KRealisticSolutions]

Must admit this a very profesional and highly positive video about our team, i liked. Realy loved to watch. This year tournament is coming closer, hope Latvia can show a consistent moving forward and bring a lot of good exciting games. Not a secret, there will be a lot of attention this year, as some countries like for example Sweden is maybe not aiming for medal first, they go for a rematch with Latvia. 😂

[@martinskeris]

We did it🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[@egilsbrencis2698]

And the greatest captain Kaspars Daugavins/Daugaviņš... mighty be interesting - his surname is derive from "Daugava", the largest river in Latvia and by diminutive "-iņš" could be translated as "small Daugava".

[@Dewonist]

:D greeting from Latvia

[@arturasmiliauskas9725]

Latvia Resoect-ot broliukai.

[@JanisGrinvalds]

An interesting fact is that the whole team with coaches are professional hockey experience, and they are completely Latvians by their attitude. In the year 1996, when they played first time in the highest level championship, there were about 50/50 ethnic Russians, from the Soviet past, some of them being even really pro-kremlin, like colonizers mentality Russian...like Znaroks. Now these are totally mentally motivated patriots of Latvia... without those "I've born here" therefore I am legit. You are Latvian when You feel like it, not mentally in Russia, but living in here for your career.

[@viktorfreond4331]

Только в 2023 году взяли медаль благодаря тому, что не было России, а топовые европейские сборные привезли 5-ые сборные. В итоге сборная Канада по уровню 10-ым составом взяла золото. Какая ценна такой бронзовой медали в реальности? Всему миру в целом плевать на этот ЧМ, тем более кто взял бронзу. Удачи!

[@ivohawk]

Dievs, svētī Latviju! Tā tik uz priekšu 🙌

[@matissmateuss6146]

thanks 😉

[@jakehedges2846]

U guys gotta make a podcast

[@rinksidedigest]

Sounds interesting 👀

[@lkrnpk]

Gudlevskis was the 2nd goalie for this game, didn't get to play of course

[@robertsumbrasko3591]

lets fucking goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@kiri220]

They gave us Monday off as a bank holiday to celebrate it.

[@indrux9947]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@mdjey2]

🐞🐞🐞 won 🦅🦅🦅

[@Gopstop222]

it wouldnt matter for us latvians if we won bronze/silver/gold medal we would be just as happy all that matters that we got any medal at all for the first time ever in history

[@ainisengelands2525]

No family Silovs! - ŠILOVS ШИЛОВ 🌿👋🇱🇻

[@edmundslobeiko]

Today's bronze win was not only about hockey, it was something special, something that brings tears of joy and inspires all our nation! ❤🥹🥹🥹

[@evisovi207]

👍👍👍✌️🇱🇻🇺🇲

[@sbasra463]

Ticiet!! Believe!! 🇱🇻🥹❤️❤️❤️