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The Noon Number: 48
48 - The number of games Kaspars Daugavins has played so far this season for the Ottawa Senators. That's as many as Filip Kuba and Chris Neil, and more than Brian Lee. I shouldn't be surprised by the figure, but I am. Daugavins plays an under-the-radar style of hockey, so it's probably easy to...
Kristians Pelss - Background From The Latvian Hockey News Report
With the first pick in the seventh round, Edmonton selects, from Dynamo Junior, Kristians Pelss. Who? From where? Latvia? Are you kidding me? Who drafts from Latvia? In a move that confounded both NHL staff on site and Edmonton fans everywhere, the Edmonton Oilers reached into Latvia's...
Presenting Your 2010 Latvian Olympic Men's Hockey Team
As you may know, the fine folks here at Broad Street Hockey prudently decided to jump on the Team Latvija bandwagon early, supporting and following their efforts throughout their 2010 Olympic Campaign. With half of their NHL talent coming from the Flyers roster, it's the only allegiance that...
Faith and Sample Size
At every single Olympics, World Championships, or World Junior tournament, it seems like ther's a goaltender from some tiny country who comes up huge. Belarus and Slovenia likely come to mind, but Latvia's done it a time or two as well. It used to be that Arturs Irbe was the goaltender who did...
