Meanwhile, Sweden will play for bronze as they did during the 2023 tournament in the Canadian Maritimes. The Swedes have two gold medals to show for in their entire history at the World Juniors.

USA cracked a brick wall in overtime to beat Finland and win their second-straight gold at the world juniors, while Czechia defeated Sweden for bronze. Here's what stood out. Seattle Kraken ...

Sweden's Otto Stenberg, right, Rasmus Bergqvist, centre, and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, left, are seen above earlier at the world juniors in Ottawa. Sweden beat Switzerland 7-5 on Sunday to clinch its ...

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship resumes with the semifinals Saturday. The championship and third-place game are Sunday.

Czechia will head home from the nation's capital with some new hardware. Eduard Sale scored in the 14th round of the shootout to lead his country past Sweden 3-2 and claim bronze at the world junior ...

The world juniors will have rematches of thrilling group stage games in the medal round, with USA and Finland going for gold ...

The 2025 World Junior Championships begin with a four-game slate on Thursday, Dec. 26. The U.S. won last year's tournament, defeating Sweden in the gold medal game. Canada, which entered the ...

Forsfjall is returning for his second World Juniors after making Team Sweden as an 18-year-old. Last tournament, he was primarily in a fourth-line center role in addition to playing some penalty ...

The United States enters the tournament as the defending gold medallists from 2024, going undefeated at last year's World Juniors and knocking off Sweden in the gold medal game. Competing at the ...

What could’ve possibly been the biggest upset in World Juniors history was Latvia beating Canada in a shootout on Dec. 27.

Czechia defeated Sweden 3-2 in a 14-round shootout to win ... The USA has 16 wins and 19 losses at the world juniors vs. Finland. They also tied once. One of those losses was Finland's 4-3 ...

The United States will have a chance to win back-to-back titles for the first time after it defeated Czechia 4-1 in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship. The Americans got goals ...