The United States won back-to-back gold medals for the first time and host Canada lost for the second year in a row in the quarterfinals.

OTTAWA — 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. Team USA has repeated as champions for the first time in their history at the tournament.

The United States will try to make history and avenge its only loss at the 2025 world junior hockey championship when it faces Finland in Sunday's gold-medal game in Ottawa. The defending champion Americans lost 4-3 in overtime to Finland in the third game of the preliminary round.

The 2025 World Junior Championship has concluded, with Team USA claiming back to back gold medals while Finland and Czechia take silver and bronze respectively. THN looks back at three of the top WHL performers from the tournament.

The former Pope Francis star and current Boston College forward captained the gold-winning United States team.

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Gaudreau, who was killed in August along with brother by an alleged drunk driver, was honored by one of his former teams after he helped inspire their gold-medal run.

The jersey has been there the whole time, and now it’s directly in the spotlight. After Team USA earned the gold medal in the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship on Sunday, the group posed with the trophy and a Johnny Gaudreau jersey,