Sweden avenged its 2024 gold-medal loss to the United States with a 6-3 victory on New Year’s Eve.
Now if the USA is going to pull off a three-peat at the world junior hockey championship, it will have to find a way to get past 2025 gold medal game opponent Finland in the quarterfinals.
The USA could have faced Latvia if it had beaten Sweden and won Group A. Instead the American loss set up a rematch of last year’s title game. Finland and the United States split their meetings in the 2025 tournament, though the USA won the most important one.
Canada won Group B by defeating Finland in the late game Wednesday night.
Here’s the quarterfinal schedule and how to watch the world junior hockey championship:
World juniors hockey quarterfinal schedule
Jan. 2
(All times Eastern)
Sweden vs. Latvia, 2
Czechia vs. Switzerland, 4:30
USA vs. Finland, 6
Canada vs. Slovakia, 8:30
Note: Germany and Denmark will play at 12:30 p.m. in the relegation game.
How to watch the world junior championships
The USA’s games and others will be shown on NHL Network in the United States. TSN will broadcast the tournament in Canada.
How to stream the world junior championships
Watch world junior championships on Fubo
