OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Teddy Stiga of Sudbury, Mass., scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 extra time to provide the USA a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday evening on the planet junior hockey championship recreation.
The Boston Faculty winger — a wholesome scratch firstly of the match — collected a ahead go from Denver’s Zeev Buium and beat goalie Petteri Rimpinen by means of the leg pads to finish it.
“You got to find a role,” Stiga mentioned. “Trying to do what I could do best to help the team win. It wasn’t always points and scoring. Being able to top it off with one there was pretty cool.”
The Individuals avenged a 4-3 extra time loss to Finland in group play, overcoming a two-goal deficit within the second interval to win their second straight title and seventh total.
“Dynasty … it’s sick,” mentioned Ryan Leonard, the U.S. captain from BC who was the match MVP. “There’s no better feeling. We wanted to do something that’s never been accomplished. It’s crazy.”
Boston College teammates Brandon Svoboda and Cole Hutson scored late within the second interval to tie it. Svoboda minimize it to 3-2 with 2:22 left on a deflected shot, and Hutson fired a wrist shot from the slot previous Rimpinen with 29 seconds remaining.
“Pure joy for the guys,” coach David Carle of Denver mentioned. “It’s all worth it. … I’m really proud. They’ll walk together forever.”
Michigan State’s Trey Augustine made 21 saves.
“They played really well, but we stuck with it,” Augustine mentioned. “We were down 3-1, which isn’t ideal, but we capitalized in overtime. It’s unbelievable. There’s no better feeling. They took it to us in the first period, but the last 40 and overtime, we handled the play.”
Tuomas Uronen gave Finland a 2-1 lead with 6:57 left within the first interval, 59 seconds after Boston Faculty’s James Hagens tied it for the USA. Emil Pieniniemi made it 3-1 at 4:52 of the second.
Jesse Kiiskinen opened the scoring at 7:13.
“We kept just growing up day-by-day,” Finnish captain Aron Kiviharju mentioned. “We were really close to getting the most shining medal. Not this time, but I’m really proud of everybody on this team.”
Within the third-place recreation, Eduard Sale scored within the 14th spherical of a shootout to provide Czechia a 3-2 victory over Sweden on Sunday within the third-place recreation on the world junior hockey championship. The Czech captain beat Marcus Gidlof on his fifth try — and twenty eighth between the groups — with a transfer to the backhand.
The 2026 match will likely be in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
