Sweden - Latvia quick facts

15 Feb 2014 | Davide Tuniz

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Sweden beat Latvia 6-1 in their only Olympic meeting, a preliminary round game at Torino 2006.
Latvia's only tournament win over the Swedes came in a 2009 world championship preliminary round game.
Sweden head coach Par Marts was an assistant coach for Sweden when it won gold at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games
Defenceman Alexander Edler is expected to return to the line-up after serving a suspension related to an incident at last year's world championship.

Quote of the game:
Oskars Bartulis: We'll play every shift, play hard like we did in first two games, and play our best. When we do that and give 100%, our game will be a lot better. That's the most important thing, we have to play the full 60 minutes, no matter what the score is."

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