Junior World Hockey Championship. Team Canada finished the tournament with a brilliant victory

The bronze medal match took place between the Canadian and Finnish national teams at the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship held in the USA.

Yesterday, the Canadians lost to the Czechs and the Finns to Sweden in the semi-finals. In the third place match, Maple came out stronger and won with a score of 6:3.

Forwards Michael Hage and Gavin McKenna scored four points each for Canada. It’s worth mentioning that McKenna is currently at the top of scouts’ lists as a first pick candidate in the 2026 draft.

This is a pretty important bronze for the team, even though the Canadians hold the record for most titles (20).

Maple won the medal after two consecutive unsuccessful tournaments outside the top 3.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. third place match

Canada – Finland 6:3 (3:2, 2:1, 1:0)

Discs: 01:10 O’Reilly (Hage, McKenna) – 1:0, 03:23 Valila (Riuhonen) – 1:1, 04:57 Coates (Verhoff, Greentree) – 2:1, 11:58 Miettinen (Bolius) – 2:2, 18:41 Parekh (Hage, McKenna) – 3:2, 21:47 Martone (Iginla, Parekh) – 4:2, 25:27 O’Reilly (Mckenna, Hage) – 5:2, 34:18 Riuhonen – 5:3, 53:35 McKenna (Hage) – 6:3

Goalkeepers: George – Rimpinen