Men's hockey Czech Republic vs Latvia live stream: Watch online free Olympics game two in group-play pitting two teams that are 0-1.

In the Czech Republic's opening game, they lost 4-2 to the favorite of the group in Sweden. This veteran club wasn't able to make the four-goal comeback, but played a much better second half of the game, scoring two goals. Latvia had a strong opener for the men's hockey portion of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. They lost 1-0 vs Switzerland, but watch the free live stream online as they try to get the puck into the back of the net for the first time.

Watch the free live stream online of men's hockey - featuring Czech Republic vs Latvia

Date: Friday Feb. 14
Start Time: 3 a.m. ET
TV Info: MSNBC
Live Stream: NBC Olympics Live Extra or NBC Olympics.com        

The Latvians were had a strong showing against one of the up-and-comers in international hockey against the Swis.

"We got better and better and showed that we can really compete," coach Ted Nolan told NHL.com. "Unfortunately it's a game of mistakes and we made one when it mattered the most. ... One of our players got hit behind the boards. It was a 5-on-4 situation and we still had the puck. If we just would have thrown it in deep maybe we would have been able to kill off the last nine seconds."

The Czechs found themselves in a four-goal hole 24:07 into their game against the Swedes in their opener. On a positive, New Jersey Devils teammates Marek Zidlicky and Jaromir Jagr were able to find the back of the net.

"We were just sitting back too much," forward Patrik Elias, also of the Devils, told NHL.com. "We were passive. We didn't go. We backed off. We talked about being patient without the puck but that's what we did for the whole [first] period. We got in trouble with the penalties, they scored on it. That's simplified but that was the reason."