On Jan. 5, 19-year-old Philadelphia Flyers forward prospect Cutter Gauthier captured gold for the United States at the 2024 World Junior Championship (WJC), becoming the tournament’s best forward as voted by the IIHF for his two goals and 10 assists for 12 points. Not only did that give him the highest point total for Team
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Team USA headed into their gold medal matchup with Sweden in an attempt to cap off an undefeated tournament, as well as gain some revenge for their loss in the 2022 U18 Gold Medal matchup. Sign up for our NHL Prospects & Draft Substack newsletter As was evident from the beginning, their speed and talent
It seemed like the potential for a storybook ending was there from the beginning: a very strong Team Sweden hunting for an elusive gold medal on home soil. Everything went according to plan as they put together a fantastic tournament in which they steadily emerged as one of the strongest teams. Unfortunately, the fairytale was
Finally, the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC) from Gothenburg, Sweden is upon us as the world’s best U20 players fight to take home the WJC title. There is a ton of excitement around the tournament this year, as Sweden will be hosting for the first time since 2014. On Saturday, Dec. 23, Team Germany
Thursday is the second-last day of the 2024 World Junior Championship, and is the final day that will feature more than two games. Early in the morning (at least for North Americans) we will get the relegation match and then a bit later on we’ll have both of the Semi-final games which will decide who
The final quarterfinal game of the day came to an end with a thrill-filled overtime ending. Sweden is coming off a dominant regulation round that only saw them concede four goals in four games before taking on Switzerland, a team that had a rocky regulation round but is tough to play against. The Swedes mainly
In recent years, Finland has continued to remain a dominant presence throughout the international hockey scene. At all levels, they’ve typically sent rosters full of smart, disciplined, and mature players who flourish in their system. In terms of the World Junior Championship (WJC), they’ve churned out tons of talent, including but not limited to: Aleksander
Czechia finished their preliminary play in Group B of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC) with a 4-2 win over Switzerland. Switzerland also completed its preliminary play and was hoping to get another win on the board after their last victory over Norway on Saturday (Dec. 30). As for Czechia, they were turning heads