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.

Sweden's Otto Stenberg, right, Rasmus Bergqvist, centre, and Axel Sandin-Pellikka, left, are seen above earlier at the world juniors in Ottawa. Sweden beat Switzerland 7-5 on Sunday to clinch its ...

USA cracked a brick wall in overtime to beat Finland and win their second-straight gold at the world juniors, while Czechia defeated Sweden for bronze. Here's what stood out. Seattle Kraken ...

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.

But for hockey fans, it means that we’re two days away from the start of the World Juniors. While everyone expects a lot out of Canada and the United States in this tournament, Sweden has the ...

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 and Sweden are deadlocked 1-1 after the first period as the two countries battle for the bronze medal at the World Juniors on Sunday. The Czechs opened the scoring on the power play less ...

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

The world juniors will have rematches of thrilling group stage games in the medal round, with USA and Finland going for gold ...

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 ...

The United States will have a chance to win back-to-back titles for the first time after it defeated Czechia 4-1 in the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship. The Americans got goals ...