Interviews after Canada's gold medal win with goaltender Benjamin Gaudreau (left), captain Shane Wright (right) and head coach Dave Barr.

Brennan Othmann and Logan Stankoven scored in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and send Canada on its way to a 5-3 gold-medal victory over Russia at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship.

Sweden grabbed a two-goal first-period lead and pounded Finland 8-0 in Thursday’s bronze medal game at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Frisco.

The Red Machine is moving forward. Captain Nikita Chibrikov had two goals and an assist and Ivan Miroshnichenko scored twice as Russia outlasted Finland 6-5 in Wednesday's late semi-final.

Canada overwhelmed Sweden again, this time 8-1, to advance to its first gold-medal game at the U18 since winning gold in 2013.

Sweden got two goals from Fabian Lysell and fantastic goaltending from Carl Lindbom, defeating the United States 5-2 in the last of the quarter-finals games tonight in Frisco.

Captain Samu Salminen's power-play goal broke a scoreless tie at 19:56 of the second period as Finland beat Switzerland 2-0 in Monday's third quarter-final.

Connor Bedard had two goals and three assists, including a goal and two assists in the first eleven minutes of the opening period, to lead Canada to a 10-3 win over the Czechs in quarter-finals action.

Russia held off a determined Belarusian side to advance with a 5-2 win in Monday's first quarter-final at the 2021 U18 Worlds. Russian scoring leader Matvei Michkov tallied his tournament-leading 10th goal, while Danila Yurov stepped up with a goal and an assist.