The match at the "Xiaomi" arena will start at 19:30, and the live broadcast will be conducted by the TV6 channel. On Wednesday, the Latvian hockey players won in overtime with a score of 3:2. Sandis Vilmanis scored two goals, including the winning one, marking his first goals for the senior national team. Also, 17-year-old Olivers Murnieks scored in his debut match. In April, the Latvian hockey players played friendly matches at home against Austria (3:4 and 1:0), then in Lahti faced Finland (2:1 in overtime) and Denmark (2:1 in a shootout), and last week in Bratislava met Slovakia (5:1 and 2:5). The World Ice Hockey Championship will take place from May 15 to 31 in Zurich and Fribourg, Switzerland.