If the Swedish nation folded in IIHF, Willow would have quite a difficult choice to make as to where she’d wind up playing. Logically, Great Britain would make some sense considering that one half of her parentage is from there, but she never grew up there and doesn’t hold any super close connection to the country. Odds are that Willow would wind up playing for Latvia in this extreme no Sweden scenario. The reason largely being is willow’s first friend on the hockey circuit growing up was someone named Evelina Nikolajeva. Both of them played on the same youth team while in Swedish junior leagues, and remain inseparable to this very date. With Willow spending lots of time on vacation in Latvia with Evelina and her family, she’s Latvian without actually being Latvian. The people there are wonderful, the flag is pretty dang cool, and the fans are passionate and energetic, whats not to love about it?