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The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing continue and the hockey tournament is well underway. It was now time for Latvia to face a feisty team - Team Slovakia.

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing continue and the hockey tournament is well underway. It was now time for Latvia to face one of the tournament favorites - Team Finland.

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing have arrived and the hockey tournament is getting underway. The tournament underdogs - Latvia returned to the big stage for the first time since 2014.

On Monday head coach of the Latvian national team - Harijs Vitolins addressed the media and announced the 25 players that would be heading to the Olympic hockey tournament.

The star of today’s issue of the Shift 2.0 column is Russia’s hottest prospect – Matvei Michkov. His year was a fantastic one, with his KHL debut with SKA aged just 16, a double potted at his third pro game, a lacrosse-style goal with the Russian national team, and a Team Russia record for the youngest player and the youngest goal scorer beating nothing less than Alex Ovechkin. The WJC is about to start on Dec 26, and Michkov will take part in the tournament.

In an exciting announcement, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) will be making all of this season’s 640 games available live for viewers on the Portable.TV app. The partnership was facilitated by the global sports business agency SPORTFIVE.

The Finnish forward moves to Chelyabinsk.

Russia gives a rest to some Gagarin Cup winners, Sweden counts on Magnus Hellberg and Finland brings a strong contingent from Jokerit. KHL.ru takes a look at the League's presence at the 2018 World Championships.