Americans stun Canada with a shutout and win gold at the World Juniors in 2021. And on the 12th day, the Hockey Gods bestowed upon us the ideal conclusion to the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship—Canada vs the United States for a gold medal. In what has become an annual event, the two countries squared off today at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario for the gold medal match. The game was close throughout, but at the end of regulation time and with the score tied 1-1, there would be no winner other than the tournament champion. Instead, the Canadians and Americans traded blows for five minutes before time ran out, leaving us with a gold medal game that had to be decided by overtime. After 20 minutes of four-on-four action, we went back into regular play where Ryan Poehling scored the first goal of the game just 2:49 into the second period. Neither team could find the back of the net again until midway through the third when Brady Tkachuk scored the game-winning goal. He did not have an assist, but rather earned it through pure talent as he shot from well beyond the faceoff circle. The Canadians outshot the Americans 14-9 during the game. Canada's goalie Peyton Jones made several big saves throughout the game, including a couple of point-blank shots from Brady Tkachuk and Ryan Poehling with less than 10 seconds remaining in regulation time.