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The guest of this episode of the Ghetto Podcast is Harijs Vītoliņš - the head coach of the Latvian national hockey team and a former player for the Latvian national team and NHL. Although the main challenge for the Latvian national hockey team coach is currently the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, we remembered our childhood in the conversation, talked about the difference between sports, coaching style, future plans and jokes from the locker room. Follow Ghetto Games: http://www.ghetto.lv / ghettogames / ghettogames TikTok: ghetto.games 00:00 - Introduction 1:49 - Childhood 10:05 - Why hockey? 13:00 - Why is hockey so high? 19:32 - Football and hockey 28:55 - Latvians in the world 33:50 - spectators, sympathizers 37:33 - Olympic Games 2026 44:30 - Competition in the World Championships 50:42 - The character of a coach 54:05 - The future captain of the Latvian national team 55:20 - How did you decide to become a coach? 57:53 - National team without Daugavins 1:01:00 - The right time to prove yourself 1:11:20 - The road to the NHL 1:16:50 - Favorite hockey club 1:17:36 - Favorite hockey club in Latvia 1:17:52 - Favorite hockey player 1:18:38 - Favorite hockey player in Latvia 1:21:19 - Funniest memory from the locker room 1:24:40 - Game against Gretzky 1:25:42 - Coach's benchmark