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Nika

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Latvia is in a tough group and has been unable to make it out of the group stages in the last couple of tournaments. It will once again be a tall order for Latvia to climb their way up the standings enough to make it to the knockout stage, but Latvia still has a puncher's chance. While Latvia's future looks strong with a lot of young players starting to gain more and more TPE, this will still be a tough ask for Latvia who will be underdogs in most of their games. Jarrod Lakemore is in the prime of his career and one of the strongest forwards in the league and will be looked towards to lead the attack for Latvia. The depth for Latvia however doesn't match what some of the stronger nations like Canada or Sweden can put on the ice. Still, Lakemore has proven himself to be one of the best two way forwards in the SHL and there's no reason that can't translate into similar production in the IIHF. (178 words)

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Originally Jarrod Lakemore represented the United Kingdom. This is my first player and I didn't know anyone in the SHL so I simply made my player from Liverpool, England because I am a fan of Liverpool (sadge). I didn't make a lot of friends early on, and those that I did make I never really talked to about IIHF representation as most were more focused on SMJHL/SHL things. I considered switching to Ireland where a lot of my fellow S68 members were, but ultimately decided on Latvia because they were the only nation to reach out to me. I hadn't had much interaction within UK and thought it would be cool to be part of a Latvia team that was looking to build something. (128 words)