IIHF World Junior Championship

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Nine Preview

It’s time for the final day of the 2025 World Junior Championship. The bronze, silver, and gold medals are handed out today. Let’s take a look at today’s games with one player to watch. Bronze Medal Game: Sweden vs Czechia (2:30 PM CST) I didn’t expect the bronze medal game to be between Sweden and […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Sweden vs. Finland Game Recap

Teams Finland and Sweden took each other on in the first semifinal game of the 2025 World Junior Championship. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship Both teams entered the game off dominant runs through the beginning of the tournament, and both were fresh off of tight victories in their qualifying games. With […]

2025 World Junior Championship: USA Set to Defend Gold Medal in Thrilling Win

In a game with all the intensity of a playoff battle, reigning champion team USA took down Czechia 4-1 in Saturday’s 2025 World Junior semifinal at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, punching their ticket to their second consecutive gold medal game. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship Trey Augustine (DET) made […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Eight Preview

It’s hard to believe that we’re one sleep away from the gold medal game at the 2025 World Junior Championship. Today’s slate of games only has two games as the relegation game wrapped up and four teams advanced to today’s semifinal round. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship Today’s slate of games […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Kazakhstan Relegated After Germany’s Thrilling Comeback

In a wild tilt with country pride on the line, Kazakhstan came out firing. Still, Germany completed a stunning comeback to win 4-3 on Thursday in Ottawa and secure their place in the 2026 World Juniors in Minnesota. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship The loss sends Kazakhstan back to Division […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Latvia vs. Sweden Game Recap

Team Sweden was set to take on Team Latvia in the first quarterfinal of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship Sweden entered the game with a perfect four-win run, and Latvia was flying high on a historic Cinderella run. The Swedes were off to a […]

2025 World Junior Championship: USA Eliminates Switzerland in Dominating Fashion

Team USA came out flying and never looked back in their 7-2 quarterfinal win over Switzerland, as the reigning World Juniors champions secured a spot in the medal round. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship It didn’t take long for the U.S. to strike, as Brandon Svoboda (SJ) opened the scoring […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Seven Preview

Day six of the World Junior Championship is over. Each team had a nice day off to celebrate the new year, and now they will all battle for their spot in the semifinals on Saturday. The final two teams will battle to stay in the top division in the relegation game. Related: A Quick Guide […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Six Preview

Day five has come and gone. We can say that it was quite the twist and turn as Kazakhstan took Slovakia to overtime, and Latvia secured their spot in the quarterfinals. Day six is just as exciting, with Kazakhstan and Switzerland now battling for the final group B spot, and the biggest game of the […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Five Preview

Day four of the 2025 World Juniors has wrapped up and we’re headed into day five of the tournament. With the shocks and surprises of the tournament, one has to wonder if day five of the tournament has more in store. Let’s take a look at day fives games. Related: A Quick Guide to the […]