The defending champion United States overcome a 3-1 deficit to beat Finland and win back-to-back world junior hockey gold medals for the first time.

BC's Stiga, Ryan Leonard, Gabe Perreault, James Hagens, and Aram Minnetian combined for 14 goals and 34 points across seven games, the last avenging a group-stage loss to the Finns.

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

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.

While they didn't have their fingerprints directly on the game-winner, it was a gold medal game littered with Detroit Red Wings prospects. Jesse Kiiskinen (whom Detroit acquired via trade in June) scored the opening goal of the evening on the power play, funneling down the slot before wiring home a wrist shot.

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 Boston College forward beat goalie Petteri Rimpinen through the leg pads to end it.

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.

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.

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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.