OTTAWA – For the first time in the modern format of the World Junior Championship, Canada failed to reach the semifinal for the second consecutive year. You have to go back to 1978-80 to find the last time Canada didn’t even have a chance to play for third place in the event.

Canada is looking to make the most of home ice as they play host to the rest of the world in Ottawa at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. The home team will be among the favorites, looking to improve on a disappointing quarterfinal exit in 2024.

OTTAWA – Canada’s lack of discipline and USA’s ability to capitalize on three of seven power play opportunities helped make up the difference in an emotional 4-1 victory for the Americans on New Year’s Eve at the World Juniors.

OTTAWA – First place in Group A is on the line as North American rivals USA and the Canada world juniors teams square off at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship on New Year’s Eve. Once a semi-annual tradition, the New Year’s Eve showdown between these two teams is back for the first time since 2016.

OTTAWA – For the last 20 years at the World Junior Championship, few series have provided more classics than USA vs. Canada. Despite this tournament dating back 49 years, the U.S. has only been competitive for the last half of that, but that competitiveness has provided iconic moments for both countries.

OTTAWA – They don't always ask you how you won, just if you did. But when you're Canada at the World Juniors, especially after losing to Latvia for the first time in World Juniors history, the questions are coming. Canada didn’t really reassure its fans very much in a 3-0 win over Germany Sunday that saw the scoreline read 1-0 with five minutes remaining in regulation.

OTTAWA – Losing is bad enough, but being upset by Latvia on home ice followed by a day off is about as bad as it gets for Canada at the 2025 World Juniors.

OTTAWA – The World Juniors can be where stars are born. If you know hockey, you probably already know the name Gavin McKenna. Anyone who didn’t yet is sure to find out now as the youngest member of Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship is ready for the bright-shining spotlight.

Brayden Yager will wear the “C” for Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. The Pittsburgh Penguins draft pick and current Winnipeg Jets prospect will return for his second go at the WJC. Also wearing letters for Canada are Nashville Predators prospect Tanner Molendyk and Colorado Avalanche draft pick Calum Ritchie, who will both serve as alternate captains.

USA’s World Junior camp opened today in Plymouth, Michigan. Team USA will only have to make four cuts from its roster, but plenty of questions remain about the U.S. squad’s roster construction.

When a roster gets picked for the World Juniors or any tournament, you don’t really get the chance to know what it’s going to truly look like until you see what the staff has in mind for how the lineup could look. Canada had its first full team practice Sunday after its final roster was named Friday night and had all 25 players on the ice once again Monday morning.

Canada has its roster for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship. Four returning players will be looking to improve on a disappointing quarterfinal finish from last year’s event as they take to home ice in Sweden. They’ll get some help from a trio of highly-regarded prospects yet to be drafted including No. 1 candidates in 2025, Matthew Schaefer and Porter Martone, and the consensus No. 1 pick for 2026, Gavin McKenna.

Canada’s roster for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship is starting to come into focus now that we’ve seen Hockey Canada’s selection camp roster. Thirty two players were invited to Canada's camp which will open Dec. 10 in Ottawa.

OSHAWA, Ontario – Team CHL scored in the opening minute and final minute of regulation to earn a 3-2 win and the sweep of Team USA in the inaugural CHL USA Prospects Challenge. Cole Reschny scored with 1:12 to play in regulation to seal the victory and the sweep, sending the partisan crowd home happy.

LONDON, Ontario – In the first meeting between Team CHL and the U.S. National Under-18 Team, the Canadian junior side won comfortably, 6-1.