 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekubudirira kwechikwata chenyika chakasimbisawo mutambo wehoki muLatvia. Nzvimbo itsva dzokubhejera dzakasimukira zvishoma nezvishoma uye Latvian Hockey Higher League yakava ligi yakasimba yeBaltic mushure mekuparadzwa kweEEHL, nechikwata chinobva kuLithuania neEstonia chinotamba chimwe nechimwe. Nzvimbo mbiri itsva, Skonto Arena neRiga Arena dzakavakwa kuti dzichengete 2006 Mens World Ice Hockey Championships muLatvia, ine huwandu hwezvikamu gumi nezvishanu zvechando zviripo. Nekusimuka kweligi uye nekuvandudzwa kwemitambo uye mikana yekudzidzira vatambi vazhinji veLatvia vakadzoka uye hunhu hwezvikwata hwakachinja zvakare mukufarira maLatvia. Zvirongwa zvevechiduku zvomunyika uye zvomunharaunda zvakatangwa zvokuti muna 2006 chikwata chenyika chechiduku cheLatvia chakabvumirwa kupinda mumakwikwi eU20 World Youth Championship muBritish Columbia. Mugore rimwe chetero, chikwata cheLatvia U18 chakakwanisa kukunda Chikamu I, zvekuti muna 2007 yaive yekutanga kirasi uye yakatora chikamu muU18 World Cup, asi ipapo zvakare yakadzikiswa kuDivision I., MuDivision I U20 World Championship 2008, chikwata cheLatvia Under-20 chakakunda mutambo muRiga ndokudzokera kuGroup A. Mukuwedzera, Kaspars Daugaviņš akanga ari muchengeti wepamusoro uye Artūrs Kulda akasarudzwa semudziviriri akanakisisa wemutambo. 