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.

Anton Wahlberg scored one of Sweden’s five-period goals and had another in the second in an 8-1 victory over Kazakhstan on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship.

Team Canada defenceman Matthew Schaefer went to the locker room early in the first period against Latvia with what appeared to be a shoulder injury.