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.

The Sporting News provided all the updates and highlights from the USA vs. Finland gold meal game game at the 2025 World Juniors.

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 win back-to-back titles when it faces Finland in the gold-medal game of the world junior hockey championship.

Team USA’s roster features six Boston College men’s hockey players, forwards Ryan Leonard, Gabe Perreault, James Hagens, and Teddy Stiga as well as defensemen Drew Fortescue and Aram Minnetian. This will be the third meeting between the two programs in this year’s tournament.

OTTAWA -- Two of the biggest powers in international hockey meet with junior hockey supremacy on the line, as the United States and Finland face off for the gold medal at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. Where: Canadian Tire Centre (Ottawa, Ont.)

Teddy Stiga nets the winning goal in overtime as the United States tops Finland to win the world junior hockey championship for the second year in a row.

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L ast night in Ottawa, Team USA knocked off Finland in overtime to take the gold medal at the World Junior Championship for the second year running. Teddy Stiga (a Boston College

Team USA is the winner of the 2025 World Junior Hockey championship in Ottawa, Canada, and the countdown is on for the next edition of the event. That starts in December and even organizers are taking lessons learned in Canada back to Minnesota.