The U.S. ran up a 6-1 first-period lead and thrashed Canada 10-3 to win bronze on home ice on Sunday. It was the biggest blowout in U18 bronze history.

Jesse Puljujarvi shone with a hat trick as Finland beat Sweden 6-1 to win the gold medal at the 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

In a tense semi-final, Finland upset the host U.S. 4-2 to make the gold medal game. Aapeli Rasanen scored twice, including the winner with 37 seconds left.

Linus Lindstrom scored the shootout winner as Sweden beat Canada 6-5 in the late semi-final. The Swedes will face neighboring rival Finland for gold on Sunday.

Canada advanced to the semi-finals with an overpowering 9-1 win over Switzerland on Thursday. Captain Tyson Jost set the tone with three goals and two assists.

The host United States hammered the Czechs 8-0 in Thursday's last quarter-final in Grand Forks. The defending champs will meet Finland in the semi-final.

Eeli Tolvanen got a hat trick to lead Finland to a 4-3 quarter-final win over Russia. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen debuted in goal since starter Leevi Laakso was sick.

The United States completed its round-robin slate with a solid 4-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday. The U.S. will face the Czechs in the quarter-finals.

Patient and opportunistic, Canada topped Slovakia 3-1 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Canada will battle Finland on Tuesday to determine first place in Group B.

With a 5-1 win over Russia at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Tuesday, Sweden wrapped up second place in Group A behind the U.S. heading into the quarter-finals.

Backstopped by Evan Fitzpatrick’s stellar netminding, Canada took a 2-0 first-period lead and beat Finland 3-1 on Tuesday to clinch top spot in Group B.

Finland defeated Denmark 4-1 on Sunday night to temporarily take over top spot in Group B. The Finns have played three games to second-place Canada's two.

Russia scored four first-period goals and never looked back in a 7-0 shellacking of Latvia on Monday. Mikhail Bitsadze and Maxim Marushev both scored twice.

Alexander Nylander ran wild with two goals and four assists and Tim Wahlgren had a record-setting natural hat trick as Sweden trounced the Swiss 8-1 on Monday.

Brett Howden scored twice to pace Canada to a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic. Goalie Evan Fitzpatrick recorded 38 saves in his Saturday night debut.

If Neil Young rewrote one of his hits for the U.S., it’d be “Scorin’ in the Free World.” The hosts pounded Latvia 12-1 for their third straight win on Sunday.

Despite a 45-minute power outage between the first and second periods, Canada didn’t lose its energy in its opening 10-2 win over Denmark on Friday.

Pavel Dyomin scored at 1:55 of overtime as Russia beat Switzerland 2-1 for its first win of the 2016 tournament on Saturday.

The United States got three second-period goals in a 6-1 rout of Sweden on Saturday. In their second straight win, the hosts had six different goal-scorers.

Slovakia allowed three goals in 56 seconds in the first period, but bounced back to defeat Denmark 5-4 in Thursday's second game at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Home sweet home. The U.S. started the 2016 U18 tournament off right, pounding Russia 8-2 to the delight of the home fans in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Jacob Moverare scored with 24 seconds left in overtime to lift Sweden to a 4-3 win over underdog Latvia. Dodging a bullet, Sweden outshot Latvia 47-15.

Dominik Volejnicek scored with seven seconds left in overtime as Switzerland beat Latvia 5-4 to open the World U18 Championship in Grand Forks.