Brodie Ziemer (Hutchinson, Minn.) kicked off the scoring at 4:12 with a fluttering shot through traffic from the top of the left circle to give the U18s an early one-goal advantage. Ziemer caught a Swedish clearing attempt before delivering one near the top right corner of the net for his fifth goal of the tournament.

Sweden stormed back with two quick goals to pull in front and take a lead after 20 minutes of action. Alexander Zetterberg tied the game with a slap shot off a great feed from Melvin Fernstrom and Jakob Ihs-Wozniak claimed the lead for the Swedes a little over two minutes later with a quick far-side wrister after driving the left wing.

The U18s converted a scoring chance to tie the game at 5:31 in the second. Cole Eiserman's (Newburyport, Mass.) aggressive forecheck forced a turnover in the corner and he backhanded a pass out to Max Plante (Hermantown, Minn.). He collected and sniped one far-side, top-corner past the Swedish keeper to even the tallies at twos. 

Team USA took their first lead at 13:53 during a 5-on-3 power play. Cole Hutson (Chicago, Ill.), Plante and Ziemer went tic-tac-toe, with Ziemer burying one from the hashes and lighting the lamp for his second tally of the tournament finale.