Each team will have a chance to play for a medal this weekend. The Athletic breaks down the two semifinal matchups at the World Juniors.

It’s the final day of the 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa. By day’s end, we’ll have a champion. Team USA hopes to repeat as gold medalists at the World Juniors for the first time in their ...

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 ...

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.

Eiserman had the same mindset in his first World Juniors. The 18-year-old was given a variety of roles as the tournament went ...

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 ...

Sweden is the only team in Group B with a 2-0 record after beating Kazakhstan 8-1 on Friday evening in Ottawa. Sweden dominated the first period, racking up five goals on 12 shots. Victor Eklund ...

Two 6-foot-6 goalies stood tall in a bronze-medal game at the world juniors that lasted more than three hours on Sunday. Finally, Michael Hrabal and his Czechia mates prevailed over Marcus Gidlof ...

The semifinals of the world junior hockey championship feature Sweden vs. Finland and USA vs. Czechia. What to know about Saturday's games.

Team USA is a back-to-back champion for the first time at the world junior hockey championship. It took a major rally against Finland on Sunday in Ottawa to make it happen. Outplayed in the first ...