
OTTAWA, CANADA – DECEMBER 31: Ryan Leonard #9 of Crew USA skates within the second interval in opposition to Crew Canada of the Group A match through the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship at Canadian Tire Centre on December 31, 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Crew USA defeated Crew Canada 4-1. (Picture by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Pictures)Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Pictures
The search for a repeat remains to be alive for Crew USA whereas Canada’s hope for a event victory on residence ice got here to an finish.
The Individuals superior to the medal spherical with a 7-2 victory over Switzerland within the quarterfinal spherical of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Event. The U.S, who gained final yr’s event, are aiming to be the primary American repeat champion within the 49-year historical past of the event.
Canada, then again, fell 4-3 to Czechia after a late penalty and won’t advance to the medal spherical for the second consecutive yr.
Along with the united statess victory and Canada’s loss, this is a have a look at the opposite scores of the day and the remaining event schedule.
Relegation: Germany def. Kazakhstan, 4-3.
Quarterfinals:
Sweden def. Latvia, 3-2
United States def. Switzerland, 7-2
Finland def. Slovakia, 5-3
Czechia def. Canada, 3-2
Semifinal Schedule
Jan. 4
Sweden vs. Finland, 3:30 p.m. ET
United States vs. Czechia, 7:30 p.m. ET
Medal Spherical Schedule
Jan. 5
Third-Place Recreation: TBD vs. TBD, 3:30 P.M. ET.
Gold Medal Recreation: TBD vs. TBD, 7:30 P.M. ET.
Click on here for full schedule and outcomes.
Sweden 3, Latvia 2
Latvia’s event involves an finish after a wonderful run that noticed the nation pull of an upset over Canada and dangle tight with No. 1 seed Sweden.
Sweden jumped out to a 3-0 lead with the primary two objectives coming within the opening interval. The objectives got here from Zeb Forsfjäll, Anton Wahlberg and David Edstrom.
Latvia wasn’t seeking to go down straightforward and a pair of objectives within the center body from Eriks Mateiko made issues attention-grabbing.
Nonetheless, the Swedes restricted Latvia to simply two pictures within the ultimate interval and secured a spot within the medal spherical for the fourth consecutive event.
United States 7, Switzerland 2
The potent U.S. offense confirmed precisely what it was able to with 4 first interval objectives in a dominant victory.
Brandon Svoboda, James Hagens, Ryan Leonard and Danny Nelson discovered the again of the online within the first interval whereas
Hagens and Leonard every added one other tally within the second interval whereas Zeev Buium added the opposite U.S. aim. Nils Rhyn and Andro Kaderli had been the aim scorers for the Swiss.
Finland 5, Slovakia 3
Slovakia proved to be a worthy opponent for a powerful Finland workforce however they didn’t have fairly sufficient to drag off the upset.
Slovakia really outshot Finland 36-19 within the recreation however a powerful effort from Finnish netminder Petteri Rimpinin and a few well timed offense helped preserve the workforce forward,
Finland jumped out to a 4-1 lead however Slovakia was in a position to lower it to a 4-3 deficit late within the third interval. That is when Jessi Nurmi offered a key insurance coverage aim to offer Rimpinin some respiratory room
Czechia 3, Canada 2
It was the worst case of déjà vu conceivable for Canada.
The workforce fell to Czechia within the quarterfinal spherical of the 2024 event in Sweden and had been seeking to avenge that loss of their residence nation. As a substitute, undisciplined play and well timed scoring led Czechia to the victory.
Czechia had a double dagger within the opening interval, with objectives in each the primary and final minute. Petr Sikora opened up the scoring earlier than Tanner Howe evened it up. Jakub Stancl re-established the lead moments later and Eduard Sale offered the final minute dagger to offer his workforce a 3-1 lead.
Porter Martone lower the deficit to at least one within the second interval and Bradly Nadeau tied it with simply 4 minutes remaining within the recreation.
Nonetheless, Andrew Gibson took a kneeing penalty moments later, organising a late powerplay for Czechia to safe a victory. Adam Jecho made certain his workforce would not waste this chance.
Czechia advances to the medal spherical for the second consecutive yr and can hope to hold a few of this momentum over to a matchup with the U.S.