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 ...

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

Sweden is moving on to the semi’s after ... Mateiko currently lead the World Juniors in goals with five, and that doesn’t include the shootout winner against Canada. The power forward was ...

Czechia and Sweden are deadlocked 1-1 after the first period as the two countries battle for the bronze medal at the World Juniors on Sunday. The Czechs opened the scoring on the power play less ...

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 ...

Last year, they defeated Canada 3-2 in the World Juniors quarterfinals in Sweden. Aaron Korolnek and Dave Feschuk also pointed to more significant problems within the Team Canada machinery.

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 2025 World Juniors will take place in Canada this holiday season, a year after the tournament was hosted by Sweden. The Juniors is an opportunity for fans to get an early glimpse at some of ...