The Latvians got the early 1 - 0 advantage under five minutes thanks to a goal from Gints Meija .
It was short lived as just a minute later , Robert Dowd shot the puck five - hole through goaltender Edgars Masalkis for the equalizer .
The Latvians got the early 1 - 0 advantage under five minutes thanks to a goal from Gints Meija , but it was short lived as just a minute later , Robert Dowd shot the puck five - hole through goaltender Edgars Masalkis for the equalizer .