According to the UN, all tree Baltic states are located in the same section with Scandinavian countries, UK, Ireland and other countries. Although such a devision exists since 2002 many have found out about it at the beginning of 2017. According to the UN Latvia is part of Northern Europe. Glad at last somebody did his homework. 🎉😂😂
not sure if you know, but the aircraft which was carrying our hockey team back home, before landing at RIX, made a low circle above The Freedom Monument and the aircraft itself had a livery of the Latvian flag. anyway, this year's bronze made our people so united that various society integrity programs (worth multiple millons) run by "whatever" ministry is nothing compared to what one hockey team has achieved. it's a pity that this hockey celebration has ended and won't be seen again in Riga in the nearest years. Nevertheless, the preparations for next year's championship in Ostrava and Prague have been started and we will be sure to make our boys to feel like they are playing at our home arena. ❤
In this tournament Silovs was nicknamed "Mūris" (Brick wall) because of how impenetrable he was. There was even a shot during one of the last games where a fan is holding a sign with the word Silovs and a painting of a brick wall next to it. He was truly the best player this tournament saw.
I was stunned when I heard he deflected 40 of 41 attempted goals by Sweden, and 280 total over the championship, with the next one being at 209. No wonder he's being called the brick wall!
I actually got to go to the freedom monument & celebrate with the other 30k(!!!) people who showed up! The energy was amazing, despite how crazy crowded it was -- i even got to see the trophy from the back for a split second! Now, we've got to go for gold, and make next year's celebration twice as big as monday!
He is the next Arturs Irbe (Artūrs Irbe), a.k.a. The Wall. Just to refresh history, he played in San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, as well in Vancouver Canucks, and Carolina Hurricanes at NHL. Our news already made the comparison with the legend, because they both have first name the same, both are goalies/goaltenders. Arturs Irbe currently is the goaltender coach, he coached at NHL and coached in this championship our goaltenders.
Had a chance (as a finn) to see that game on site and whole crowd in Nokia Arena, Tampere, Finland was to Latvia. Best was soooo loud latvian fans who took the arena on their hands; beautiful story !!! Congrats to Latvia !!!!
1:30 I like how for Latvia, Ventspils is actually not that small :D but yeah internationally it is tiny, but so are all the other cities in Latvia, except the capital city.
@@erlensmitrofanovs2947I guess it is debatable, based on population it is the 6th largest city in LV, but comparatively not that far off from 4th and 5th. Thought there are only 10 cities in LV, and it is on the bottom half, so can say that it is small.
