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Teddy Stiga scored at 8:04 of overtime as the Americans battled back from a 3-1 deficit late in the second period to defeat Finland 4-3 and win the country香蕉视频直播檚 second straight world junior hockey championship Sunday in Ottawa.
Cole Hutson, with a goal and an assist, James Hagens and Brandon Svoboda provided the rest of the offence in regulation for the U.S., which secured consecutive men香蕉视频直播檚 under-20 titles for the first time in the program香蕉视频直播檚 history.
Trey Augustine made 20 saves for the Americans, who took gold for a seventh time and will host the 2026 tournament in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. Ryan Leonard had two assists.
Jesse Kiiskinen, Tuomas Uronen and Emil Pieniniemi replied for Finland, which last won the event in 2019 in Vancouver. Petteri Rimpinen stopped 36 shots for the Finns, who suffered their only other defeat on Boxing Day against Canada. Emil Hemming had two assists.
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Czechia beat Sweden 3-2 in a 14-round shootout to take bronze. Canada finished a disappointing fifth for the second straight year after being ousted by the Czechs in the quarterfinals.
Rimpinen made huge stops on Zeev Buium, Leonard and Hagens in extra period before Augustine made a nice save on Benjamin Rautainen, who scored the OT winner for the Finns against Sweden in the semifinal, to set the stage for Stiga香蕉视频直播檚 five-hole winner off the rush 香蕉视频直播� his first goal of the tournament 香蕉视频直播� after starting the event as a scratch.
Despite the loss, the Finns won their first medal since grabbing silver at the pandemic-delayed 2022 event when the Canadians secured world junior overtime glory in Edmonton.
Finland beat the U.S., which had nine returnees from last year香蕉视频直播檚 championship roster, 4-3 in overtime in the preliminary round and went ahead on a power play at 7:37 of Sunday香蕉视频直播檚 opening period when Kiiskinen scored his sixth.
Expected to be one of the first names off the board at June香蕉视频直播檚 NHL draft, Hagens made it 1-1 at 12:04 when he scored his fifth off a rebound.
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The Finns went up 2-1 when Uronen fired past Augustine香蕉视频直播檚 blocker for his second just 59 seconds later. Pieniniemi added his second at 4:52 of the middle period for a 3-1 lead.
The Americans, who topped hosts Sweden in the final of last year香蕉视频直播檚 event in Gothenburg and have three gold medals since 2021, didn香蕉视频直播檛 have a lot going on, but caught a break when Svoboda香蕉视频直播檚 point shot hit a Finn in front of Rimpinen for his third at 17:38.
Hutson then fired home after cutting into the slot for his third with 28.7 seconds left in the period to tie things through 40 minutes.
Rimpinen stopped Leonard on a breakaway five minutes into the third. The American captain, seemingly in the middle of the action all night, then fanned on a tap-in moments later as the teams played an even period to set up the OT heroics.
Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press
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