The United States and Finland will meet in the World Junior Hockey Championship final after earning hard-fought semifinal victories on Saturday in

The 2025 World Junior Championship ended thrillingly on Sunday night with Team USA defeating Team Finland in overtime in the Gold Medal game. The entire tournament, as always, didn’t disappoint and all of New Jersey’s high school hockey alums fared well.

Ten players from three of the conference’s schools — six from Boston College, three from Boston University, and one from Providence — were part of the 25-man roster.

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

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.

Teddy Stiga’s OT goal means the U.S. will be defending back-to-back titles when the tournament is played in the Twin Cities in 2026.

Boston College forward Teddy Stiga beat goalie Petteri Rimpinen through the leg pads to end it, avenging a 4-3 overtime loss to Finland in group play.

He ended it bathed in glory with a gold medal hanging from his neck. The 18-year-old forward scored at 8:04 of overtime as the United States battled back from a 3-1 deficit late in the second period to defeat Finland 4-3 and secure the country's second straight world junior hockey championship Sunday.