The World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa are headed to the semifinals with Team USA in the mix. That means it’s less than a year before the next tournament in St. Paul and many from Minnesota are attending to learn more about the tournament.

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.

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.

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.

The Utah Hockey Club was well-represented at hockey’s biggest junior tournament. Here’s how its prospects fared.

The global hockey event will unfold in the Twin Cities between Dec. 26, 2025, and Jan. 5, 2026, as the U.S. goes for a gold medal three-peat.

A! The Team USA hockey program has won back-to-back gold medals for the first time ever at the world junior hockey championship, doing so in a massive comeback Sunday against Finland that took place in Ottawa.