from Mike G. Morreale of the NHL's website,

The 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship resumes with the semifinal round on Thursday at Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The championship and third-place game are Friday.

On Tap for the semifinals

All games on NHL Network in U.S., TSN in Canada

Sweden vs. Czechia (9 a.m. ET): Czechia defeated Canada 3-2 in the quarterfinal round to advance to the medal round a second straight year following a 3-2 overtime loss to Canada in the 2023 WJC championship game. Five players from that game played Tuesday: defensemen Tomas Hamara (Ottawa Senators) and Ales Cech, and forwards Matyas Sapovaliv (Vegas Golden Knights), Jiri Kulich (Buffalo Sabres) and Eduard Sale (Seattle Kraken)....

United States vs. Finland (1:30 p.m. ET): The United States has outscored the opposition 36-11 in five straight wins, including a 7-2 victory against Latvia in the quarterfinal round Tuesday.

The U.S. has won 11 of its past 15 WJC games against Finland, including 6-2 in last year's preliminary round, and is 15-3-0-18 with one tie in 37 games.

more on the two games today...