After scoring the game-winning goal against Team USA, Finland hero Kaapo Kakko talks about his big moment and his coach calls him a future superstar.

Finland is taking home gold from this year's World Junior Hockey Championship after beating the United States 3-2 in a dramatic final on Saturday.

American forward Ryan Poehling was named the World Juniors Most Valuable Player, as voted by the media. See the rest of the award winners.

Kirill Slepets scored a hat trick, his second on a breakaway in the third period, as Russia defeated Switzerland 5-2 to win the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship on Saturday.

The Americans were left to digest a heartbreaking loss to Finland in the gold medal game and Josh Norris and head coach Mike Hastings spoke about their disallowed goal and what they took away from the loss and tournament as a whole.

A day after apologizing for his behaviour after the semifinal loss to the USA, Russian captain Klim Kostin was in the spotlight again during an emotional performance in the bronze medal game. The Blues prospect, who's playing in the AHL this season, covered his ears as the Vancouver crowd rained boos down following his goal against the Swiss. Afterwards, Kostin said he didn't mean to offend and isn't bothered by being the villain in Vancouver.

Christian Wohlwend called it the chance of a lifetime. Team Switzerland had an opportunity to reach the podium at the World Juniors despite the big talent gap between them and the other contenders. And that's why the coach was so surprised on Saturday afternoon when his players came out flat against Russia in the bronze-medal game. "We were sleeping," Wohlwend said. "We played scared. We played slow and with no courage."

With the United States set to take on Finland for the first time in the gold medal game, James Duthie, Craig Button, and Bob McKenzie get you primed and ready for a showdown that will feature Kaapo Kakko and Jack Hughes, two prospects slated to go one and two in the 2019 NHL entry draft.

René Fasel believes playing on the smaller NHL-sized surface has helped make the World Juniors more exciting and he's pushing for other events to follow suit in the future even though Europeans have, historically, preferred playing on a bigger rink. During a news conference in Vancouver on Saturday, the IIHF president said he wants the next Olympics in Beijing and the 2022 World Championship in Finland to be on the smaller surface.

The United States edged Russia 2-1 at the World Juniors on Friday to advance to the gold medal game. The Americans face Finland on Saturday with a chance to improve on their bronze medal from a year ago.

Aarne Talvitie scored two goals less than three minutes apart in the first period as Finland rolled over Switzerland 6-1 in Friday's semifinal at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Anaheim Ducks prospect Max Comtois played in the World Juniors with a separated shoulder and is expected to miss about two weeks, the Ducks announced early Saturday.