The United States and Finland will meet in the World Junior Hockey Championship final after earning hard-fought semifinal victories on Saturday in

The 2025 World Junior Championship ended thrillingly on Sunday night with Team USA defeating Team Finland in overtime in the Gold Medal game. The entire tournament, as always, didn’t disappoint and all of New Jersey’s high school hockey alums fared well.

Ten players from three of the conference’s schools — six from Boston College, three from Boston University, and one from Providence — were part of the 25-man roster.

Team USA has won back-to-back World Juniors championships for the first time thanks to overtime heroics from Teddy Stiga. The Boston College forward

Despite Canada’s loss and elimination Thursday, a few New Brunswick players had a chance to shine at the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.

Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second-period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game.

The United States and Czechia will play in Saturday's second semifinal in the World Junior Hockey Championship, being held in Ottawa, Ontario. Sweden will meet Finland in the earlier game.

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Now, the puck has been passed from Ottawa to Minnesota. The State of Hockey will host the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship from Dec. 26, 2025 to Jan. 5, 2026. The 10-nation tournament features the best men's players in the world who are under the age of 20 — a glimpse of future NHL stars.

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The Americans avenged a 4-3 overtime loss to Finland in group play, overcoming a two-goal deficit in the second period to win their second straight junior worlds title and seventh overall.