ZUG, Switzerland - Colin White (Hanover, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help the U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team knock off Finland, 2-1, here today at Bossard Arena in the gold-medal game of the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 Men's World Championship.

The victory marks the ninth all-time gold medal for the United States at the IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship and sixth in the last seven years.

White's game-winner came 12:44 into the extra session on a one-timer from the right of the Finnish net. The play started when Charles McAvoy (Long Beach, N.Y.) fed Jeremy Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.) just inside the offensive blue line. Bracco pulled up, moved to the middle and eventually threaded a pass through traffic to White on the backdoor for a game-winning tally.

Finland scored off the rush just 17 seconds into the opening period and despite 19 shots by Team USA, the goal remained the only of the frame.

The first-period tally would stand as the lone goal until 11:19 of the third period when Jack Roslovic (Columbus, Ohio) slammed the puck past Veini Vehvilainen from the right of the net. The play started when Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Ariz.) chipped a puck to the end wall for Matthew Tkachuk (St. Louis, Mo.). As a Finland defender went to take Tkachuk off the puck, he dished it between his legs and into the slot for Roslovic, who one-timed it in to tie the score and set the stage for White's overtime winner.

Evan Sarthou (Black Diamond, Wash.) started in net for Team USA and made 19 saves in the victory.