Sale and Jakub Stancl (St. Louis Blues) scored in the second period for Czechia, which won a medal at the World Juniors for the third straight year for the first time. It won the bronze medal at the 2024 WJC and the silver medal at the 2023 WJC. Michal Hrabal made 32 saves.

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.

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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

Team USA, the only team with more than four NHL-drafted players that didn’t have a Utah HC prospect, captured the gold medal in an overtime battle with Team Finland.

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.

The defending champion United States overcome a 3-1 deficit to beat Finland and win back-to-back world junior hockey gold medals for the first time.

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.

Teddy Stiga is the overtime hero for the United States at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa, leading them to a 4-3 OT victory over Finland on Sunday evening at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Eduard Sale scored in the 14th round of a shootout to give Czechia a 3-2 victory over Sweden on Sunday in the third-place game at the world junior hockey championship. The Czech captain beat Marcus Gidlof on his fifth attempt — and 28th between the teams — with a move to the backhand.