2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was the 49th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, held from December 26, 2024 to January 5, 2025. The United States won their second consecutive championship, defeating Finland 4–3 in overtime of the gold medal game.
Top Division
Background
The tournament returned to Ottawa, which last hosted the 2009 competition. This marked the 19th time that Canada hosted the WJC and fourth time in six years.The Sports Network broadcast more than 84 hours of coverage for the event, including analysis and games at both arenas. The event was the 35th championship broadcast by TSN and the final one produced by Paul Graham.
Venues
The tournament games were played at the Canadian Tire Centre, home of the Ottawa Senators, and Ottawa Black Bears, and TD Place Arena, home of the Ottawa 67's, Ottawa BlackJacks and Ottawa Charge.Match officials
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2025 World Junior Championships.Referees
- Andris Ansons
- Riku Brander
- Michael Campbell
- Mads Frandsen
- Christoffer Holm
- Mikael Holm
- Jan Hribik
- Mike Langin
- Sean Macfarlane
- Peter Stano
- Michael Tscherrig
- Kristian Vikman
- Albert Ankerstjerne
- Nick Briganti
- Jake Davis
- Oto Durmis
- Shane Gustafson
- Onni Hautamäki
- Daniel Hynek
- Tommi Niittylä
- Anders Nyqvist
- Tarrington Wyonzek
- Dāvis Zunde
Preliminary round
Seeding
;Group A;Group B
| Tie-breaking criteria |
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows:
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoff round
Winning teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:- Higher position in their group
- Higher number of points in preliminary pool play
- Better goal differential
- Higher number of goals scored
- Better seeding coming into the tournament
| Rank | Team | Group | |||||
| 1 | B | 1 | 12 | +14 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2 | A | 1 | 10 | +12 | 22 | 1 | |
| 3 | B | 2 | 9 | +16 | 25 | 3 | |
| 4 | A | 2 | 8 | +2 | 10 | 4 | |
| 5 | A | 3 | 7 | +3 | 10 | 5 | |
| 6 | B | 3 | 5 | −3 | 11 | 6 | |
| 7 | A | 4 | 4 | –5 | 8 | 8 | |
| 8 | B | 4 | 3 | –5 | 10 | 7 |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:
Goaltending leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| 1 | Carter George | 239:01 | 7 | 1.76 | 109 | 93.58 | 2 | |
| 2 | 436:45 | 17 | 2.34 | 255 | 93.33 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Linards Feldbergs | 306:46 | 16 | 3.13 | 226 | 92.92 | 0 | |
| 4 | Michael Hrabal | 366:45 | 15 | 2.45 | 184 | 91.85 | 0 | |
| 5 | Trey Augustine | 309:50 | 13 | 2.52 | 156 | 91.67 | 0 |
TOI = Time on ice ; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:
Awards
- Best players selected by the directorate:
- *Best Goaltender: Petteri Rimpinen
- *Best Defenceman: Axel Sandin Pellikka
- *Best Forward: Ryan Leonard
- Media All-Stars:
- *MVP: Ryan Leonard
- *Goaltender: Petteri Rimpinen
- *Defencemen: Cole Hutson / Axel Sandin Pellikka
- *Forwards: Ryan Leonard/ Jakub Štancl / Gabe Perreault