Crunch time for Latvia versus USA at hockey world championships

Tuesday, May 21 is another red-letter day in Latvian hockey history with a game versus the United States set to decide if the national team is homeward bound or will stay in the Czech Republic for the knockout stages of the IIHF World Championships.

Ostrava is the place and 17:20 is the (Rīga) time the match will start – though as always Latvian Television will spend nearly an hour talking about it beforehand with coverage set to start at 16:30 on the LTV7 channel and here on LSM.   

Only a victory in regular time over the Americans will keep Latvia's hopes alive – and even then, there will be fingernails chewed later in the evening with Sweden required to beat Slovakia to guarantee a place in the last eight for Latvia.

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