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.

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 ...

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 World Juniors kick off on Thursday in Ottawa, with a stacked field across a number of teams. In particular, Group B standout Sweden will be looking to take home the elusive gold medal ...

With Saturday’s upset of Sweden, the Finns have tumbled right into Sunday’s gold-medal game. Undrafted centre Benjamin Rautiainen scored a power-play goal on a sharp-angle shot with just 38 ...

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

The final day of the group stage has arrived at the world juniors. Every game has major implications on the final standings, determining the quarterfinal matchups. Both groups have a tie at the ...

Buffalo Sabres prospects Adam Kleber and Brodie Ziemer helped the United States capture the gold medal at the IIHF World ...

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 ...

The IIHF World Juniors Championship is back, playing through the new year in Ottawa. The U.S. enters as the favorite, winning last year's title in a defeat of Sweden. But can Canada have its way ...