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.

Team USA has won back-to-back World Juniors championships for the first time thanks to overtime heroics from Teddy Stiga. The Boston College forward

Cole Eiserman scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and the United States beat Czechia 4-1 in the semifinals Saturday night.

Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game.

The Americans avenged a 4-3 overtime loss to Finland in group play, overcoming a two-goal deficit in the second period to win their second straight junior worlds title and seventh overall.

For the first time in tournament history, Team USA has won gold at the IIHF World Junior Championship in back-to-back years. Teddy Stiga (NSH) scored the golden goal in overtime off a terrific stretch pass by Zeev Buium (MIN) to clinch a 4-3 victory for the Americans.