4 Nations Face-Off Day 2 Preview — United States & Finland Enter the Tournament Nick Haydon | February 13, 2025 Team USA and Team Sweden will battle tonight in the second game of the 4 Nations Face-Off. Alongside the high-end talent on the ice, there will be intriguing storylines percolating…
Predicting Each Country’s Goal Song for 4 Nations Face-Off Daniel Amoia | February 9, 2025 There’s nothing that invokes more national pride than belting out your country’s goal song during an international tournament. Since the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off is the first best-on-best hockey in…
Finland Names Aleksander Barkov Captain for 4 Nations Face-Off Justin Giampietro | January 30, 2025 The 4 Nations Face-Off is right around the corner, as it’ll last from Feb. 12-20. Finland became the first country to announce its captain—it wasn’t much of a surprise. Seeing…
USA Repeats as Gold Medalists With 4-3 Overtime Win Over Finland Jordan Orth | January 5, 2025 In the gold medal game of the 2025 World Junior Championship, Finland and the United States battled in a rematch from their game on Dec. 29, which Finland won 4-3…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s Overtime Thriller vs Sweden Christopher Babos | January 5, 2025 Finland advanced to the Gold Medal Game of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship after Benjamin Rautiainen’s late overtime goal sent Sweden to an all-too-familiar disappointing tournament ending. After finishing…
3 Takeaways From Sweden’s 4-3 Overtime Loss to Finland Jordan Orth | January 4, 2025 Sweden looked to return to the gold medal game for the second year in a row at the 2025 World Junior Championship when they took on Finland in the semifinals.…
Finland Bests Sweden in Overtime Thriller, Heads to WJC Gold Medal Game Daniel Amoia | January 4, 2025 Saturday afternoon, Finland and Sweden met up for the semifinal round of the 2025 World Junior Championship (WJC). In a wild back-and-forth affair, the Finns were the ones who pulled…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s 5-3 Win Over Slovakia Christopher Babos | January 2, 2025 Finland (3-1-0-1) advanced to the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship Semifinals in Ottawa following a 5-3 win over Slovakia (1-1-0-2). It was an impressive showing for Finland, which scored five…
Finland Holds Off Slovakia in 5-3 Win to Move On to Semifinals Jordan Orth | January 2, 2025 In a quarterfinal matchup, Finland and Slovakia locked horns for a semifinal spot in the 2025 World Junior Championship. The Finns rode their top players offensively and held onto a…
Finland Jumps to Early Lead to Defeat Germany 3-1 Jim Bay | December 27, 2024 Finland got early goals from Emil Pieniniemi and Arttu Alasiurua and held off a pesky German squad to win their Group A matchup at the 2025 World Junior Championship. In…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s Shutout Loss to Canada Christopher Babos | December 27, 2024 A 3-0 shutout loss to the home nation is not an ideal start for a Finland squad looking to get back into the medal scene for the first time since…
3 Takeaways From Canada’s 4-0 Win vs. Finland Justin Giampietro | December 26, 2024 Canada opened their 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship (WJC) with a 4-0 victory over Finland. This one was pretty convincing even acknowledging the two late insurance…