CANADA vs SWEDEN GOLD MEDAL HIGHLIGHTS | 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship #U18WJC
🇨🇦 Canada and 🇸🇪 Sweden went head-to-head for gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship, and we’ve got every clutch moment right here. From jaw-dropping goals to game-saving stops, this final in Frisco, USA had it all! 🏆🎥🏒
Whether you’re following top NHL Draft prospects or soaking in the #U18WJC finale, this gold medal clash delivered elite talent and nonstop drama.
#U18WJC #CanadavsSweden #IIHF #U18Worlds #2025U18WJC #HockeyHighlights #HockeyCanada #SwedishHockey #NHLProspects #WorldJuniors #TeamCanada #TeamSweden #U18Hockey
🇨🇦 Canada and 🇸🇪 Sweden went head-to-head for gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship, and we’ve got every clutch moment right here. From jaw-dropping goals to game-saving stops, this final in Frisco, USA had it all! 🏆🎥🏒
Whether you’re following top NHL Draft prospects or soaking in the #U18WJC finale, this gold medal clash delivered elite talent and nonstop drama.
#U18WJC #CanadavsSweden #IIHF #U18Worlds #2025U18WJC #HockeyHighlights #HockeyCanada #SwedishHockey #NHLProspects #WorldJuniors #TeamCanada #TeamSweden #U18Hockey
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00:00And for the first time ever, anticipation in the building, Canada, Sweden, meeting for a gold medal.
00:08Never happened before at the Under-18 World Hockey Championship.
00:12And the top line out for Sweden, top line out for Canada, head-to-head big boys all the way down the ice to Heronstaff.
00:19Here comes Brady Martin, big body check early on Vomidia.
00:23He was just...
00:24Rubrik, barrels in to keep it alive with Brady Martin.
00:27Rubrik, goes to the goal line, center for Kendall, the shot just wide.
00:31Kendall at the side of the net, Sweden trying to clear, they can't, Vildoos, score!
00:36Xavier Vildoos, rockin' race shot, 1-0 Canada.
00:42He's got four on the tournament and the icebreaker in the gold medal game.
00:50So again, Canada trying to get the puck deep below the goal line, they do exactly that.
00:55And then you put pressure on, now that puck skipped out from the backboards on one of those bounces.
00:59Kendall with a real good chance.
01:01And now you see Heronstaff trying to find his positioning again.
01:04But Xavier Vildoos, who plays on his toes both physically and mentally, is right on this puck.
01:11He's up on the top of the circles, and so when the puck comes, he's on it.
01:15And a short side shot high over the right shoulder of Heronstaff gets Canada on the board, 1-0.
01:21The center.
01:23Comidian, though.
01:24Quickly up ahead, Frontell.
01:26Breeze Wozniak.
01:27Cutting in, race shot, wide of the net.
01:30Pass in front, it was bouncing, but no swing in the vicinity.
01:33And it slipped down the ice.
01:35Behind the net, Zada, and it's released for Wang.
01:37Wang.
01:38Maybe a two-on-one to Velvet Kendall.
01:40Leaves it back, Vildoos again, race shot!
01:42Rebound bouncing, and Heronstaff kept that one out.
01:45Walked, as Carl's let it go.
01:50Brady Martin's parked in front.
01:54Katzen, up top, O'Shane's drive, hit a player, Reschney, in front, score!
01:58Brady Martin, up top!
02:00Canada, leads by two!
02:05Second of the tournament for Brady Martin, as he buries the rebound by Heronstaff.
02:09Canada, from the beginning of this game, have established a down-low game.
02:14Below the goal line, and they have really been able to play a lot in the offensive zone.
02:19And when you're able to do that, you've got the defenders turned around.
02:23I talked about getting the puck to the net and standing there.
02:26You're going to get rebounds.
02:27Be ready for them.
02:28Don't swing by the net.
02:30You don't have to tell Brady Martin that.
02:31He knows what he's doing.
02:33Gets himself established in front of the net, and finds that puck off the rebound.
02:372-0 Canada.
02:38Brady Martin had 33 goals in the Sioux in the Ontario Hockey League.
02:44He's ranked 11 by NHL Central scouting.
02:48Power play against the number one penalty kill.
02:50Bomidion across.
02:53And Merck Bomidion.
02:55Klingsell, wrist shot.
02:56Ivan Kovic, the save.
02:57Rebound through the crease.
02:59As Canada's killed off 18 of 20 opportunities.
03:01Eckberg and Martin in the corner battling.
03:05Stenberg's got the puck trying to win.
03:06Paddling, 2-23 to go in the period.
03:10Sweden, off the ice.
03:12Frandell first to speed.
03:13Anton Frandell cutting right in.
03:15And Verhoff played him well.
03:17The 16-year-old able to stand him up.
03:20He got his stick on Frandell's stick, and that really eliminated the danger.
03:27There's a turnover wrist shot.
03:28Hairstamp shorthanded as Cole Reshny.
03:32Five goals in the tournament.
03:33He's been hot down the stretch.
03:35Nice little move, Schmidt.
03:37And Kutz jumping up into the play.
03:39Cameron Schmidt makes a move to the forehand.
03:42Lost it.
03:42Backhand drive.
03:44Still the whistle.
03:45Hairstamp down.
03:46It's in his crest as Kutz was jamming away.
03:49What a rush.
03:52Nice little play in the defensive zone.
03:54And then he takes a good look.
03:55He sees where he's at.
03:56Makes a nice little move here.
03:57He tries to poke it over at the coots.
04:04There, Hoff.
04:06And Jackson Smith getting back.
04:07Yes, Streen stole it in front.
04:08Eckberg there.
04:09One chance.
04:10Two chance.
04:11Still lose.
04:12Wilstrup shoots.
04:13Big block in front.
04:14What a push.
04:15Late stages by Sweden.
04:17But Ivan Kovic shut it down.
04:20Forced to play it.
04:20Purple Midian took the body check mark.
04:23Brady Martin to steal.
04:24He'll use the boards up top.
04:25Great shot.
04:26Missed.
04:27Picked up by Katson.
04:28Katson.
04:28Martin.
04:29Great shot.
04:29Stop.
04:30Rebound.
04:30Off the post.
04:31Behind here.
04:32And Stam.
04:32And it's Dato.
04:33Through center ice.
04:36Here comes Di Iorio.
04:37In on Mo Midian.
04:40Jack Nesbitt trying to create a little space.
04:42Handed it off.
04:42Di Iorio.
04:43Great shot.
04:44Post.
04:45Another follow up try.
04:46Here at Stam.
04:47Diving over to stop that one.
04:50Eckberg locks the puck.
04:51Martin's coming again.
04:54Little move.
04:55Katzen into the corner.
04:57Lev Katzen.
04:58Up for Smith.
04:59Smith.
05:00Re-shot.
05:00Score!
05:02Jackson Smith.
05:03Top shelf.
05:043-0 Canada.
05:05Canada.
05:0812 goals from the defense.
05:11And for Jackson Smith.
05:12Number four in the tournament.
05:13Good.
05:18Keaton Beerhoff makes a great play in the neutral zone.
05:22As Sweden is trying to come out.
05:23This leads to everything moving the other direction.
05:26Katzen with a really good play.
05:28And Jackson Smith.
05:30Who to me.
05:31Has just embodied what Canada wants to do.
05:34Get the puck.
05:35Move it quick out of your own zone.
05:36Get the puck towards the net.
05:38Don't be messing around with it.
05:40All the defenders have been doing that.
05:42Jackson Smith gets rewarded with a goal that puts Canada at 3-0.
05:49There's Smith.
05:50Works it into the corner.
05:52And work.
05:54Reaching for it.
05:54Weighing in deeper.
05:55Hopkins.
05:56Ridge shot.
05:56Stop.
05:56Hairstamp.
05:57Rebound.
05:58Through the crease.
05:58Bouncing.
05:59Behind the net.
06:00Jammed in front.
06:01Zada to the net.
06:01Coutts.
06:02Down and out.
06:03Hairstamp.
06:03And Coutts couldn't find it in time.
06:05To the left wing.
06:08Picked off by Reshny.
06:09Up for Zada.
06:10Zada's got a step.
06:11And Zada shoots.
06:13Score!
06:14Canada's got another one.
06:16Ethan Zada first in the tournament for nothing Canada.
06:26Canada has had to get their pace of play high in this game.
06:30And they've done that.
06:31They've done it defensively.
06:33Great play at the defensive blue line.
06:35And then now a transition.
06:37And Zada with a really good play here.
06:40Takes a little look.
06:41Takes a little look.
06:42And Guilfoyle by going to the net.
06:45Might have just opened up that short side.
06:47As Aronson might be thinking pass.
06:50Zada buries his short side.
06:52Took a big body check.
06:53Ivan Kovic got clipped.
06:55And the net is off the moorings.
06:57But Canada's coming the other way.
06:59Play continues.
06:59Brady Martin cutting in.
07:01To the net.
07:02Score!
07:03How's that for payback?
07:05Martin doubles down in the game.
07:07And Canada's got five.
07:11Right now it's real simple.
07:14Sweden has no answer for Canada's tenacity, speed, and game plan.
07:20And this should have been a penalty.
07:22Melvin Novotny goes right through the crease.
07:24Bashes in to Ivan Kovic here on the back side.
07:27That should have been an interference penalty.
07:28But they go the other way.
07:31And here's Brady Martin.
07:33Him and Kendall with him.
07:35Real good little move.
07:36And then boom.
07:37Right into the net.
07:39That's not the knockout punch.
07:40I don't know what is.
07:41Because right now through just about 34 minutes of this game, Sweden isn't even close to being on the same level as Canada.
07:52Not even close.
07:53From Theodore Alquist.
07:57Jackson Smith at the corner.
07:59Right in front.
08:00Nielsen.
08:01What a stop!
08:02Ivan Kovic robbed him.
08:04And Nielsen can't believe it.
08:06There's many things.
08:09There's Brady Martin with the big hockey.
08:11I talked about hockey sense for goaltenders.
08:13It's exceptional.
08:14But he knows what's happening.
08:16He reads it.
08:16Reads it.
08:16And then he's so quick to read the play.
08:19But then to move out and be able to close down the net.
08:23Goaltenders that have their eye on the play.
08:25That are tracking what's going on.
08:27They don't get trapped deep in their net where there's a lot of net.
08:30Eric Nielsen looks at it.
08:31He goes.
08:31But that's just outstanding goaltending.
08:34It cannot happen unless you read the play and are so alert.
08:38And Jack Ivan Kovic is exactly that.
08:40Nielsen O'Sweden.
08:41But light things up offensively in a hurry.
08:44We've got to stick to that tenacious good habits here in the third.
08:48Shot.
08:48Score!
08:49On cue the captain.
08:51Kootz from the boards to the back of the net.
08:55Six on the board for Canada.
08:57Welcome man's goose.
08:59And right between the legs from a bad angle.
09:01And Jackson Smith talked to you during the second intermission.
09:05And there's certainly no way to try to get your way back into the game.
09:10I mean, just a quick shot.
09:14Just inside the hash marks.
09:16And Braden Kootz is the lucky recipient.
09:20Right between the legs.
09:26Here's Kendall.
09:29From Wang.
09:31Back to Kendall.
09:32He shoots.
09:33Rebound in front.
09:34Score!
09:34Nesbitt.
09:35Power play goal.
09:37And it's a touchdown.
09:38Stevitt in the gold medal game for Canada.
09:40Nesbitt establishes himself perfectly right outside the crease.
09:48Shot comes in nicely.
09:50Rebound.
09:51And totally ready for it.
09:53That's just a real good effective play.
09:57Got Wang.
09:57And then Kendall just gets it quickly to the net.
10:00There's the rebound.
10:01And just deposited it into the four by six.
10:05And that becomes a 7-0 lead.
10:09I want to say this too.
10:11Because I've watched this Swedish group play for a lot of years.
10:14They've got good players.
10:16This is a good Swedish.
10:17Oh.
10:1710 seconds left here in Texas.
10:22As the Canadian fans come alive.
10:25And for the first time ever.
10:27Canada.
10:28Back to back.
10:29Gold medals.
10:30At the under 18 World Hockey Championship.
10:33And they mob the goalie.
10:37Jack Ivan Kovic.
10:39A shutout in the semi-final.
10:41And a shutout in the gold medal game.
10:43And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:44And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:44And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:45And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:46And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:46And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:47And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:48And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:49And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:50And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:51And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:52And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:53And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:54And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:55And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:56And a shutout in the semi-final.
10:57And a shutout in the semi-final.