Schedule Announced For The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship

Hockey Canada and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have released the agenda for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, which is about to take region Dec. 26, 2022-Jan. Five, 2023 in Moncton and Halifax.

Last month, it was introduced that Scotiabank Centre in Halifax will host Group A, proposing Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Germany and Austria. Avenir Centre in Moncton will see the US, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia compete in Group B. iihf u20

“The 2023 World Juniors might be an unforgettable party of hockey across the Maritimes, and we can not wait to drop the p.C. On Boxing Day,” stated Dean McIntosh, vice-president of occasions and properties with Hockey Canada. “From the outlet-day matchups to the contention games on New Year’s Eve, this 12 months’s agenda is extraordinarily aggressive and will show off the best underneath-20 hockey players inside the world in a go back to the match’s traditional holiday format.”

After triumphing a silver medal on the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, Finland will open the 2023 occasion in opposition to Switzerland in Moncton at eleven a.M. ET/12 p.M. AT on Dec. 26, the first of 20 preliminary-spherical games break up among the two host cities.

Canada will begin its defence of its gold medal against Czechia on Boxing Day in Halifax at 6:30 p.M. ET/7:30 p.M. AT, in a rematch of the World Juniors semifinal from ultimate month.

The United States will face Finland on Dec. 31 at four p.M. ET/5 p.M. AT within the only initial-round matchup between of the three teams that have gained gold at the World Juniors because 2013

Canada and Sweden will play each different on New Year’s Eve for the primary time since the 2016 event, starting at 6:30 p.M. ET/7:30 p.M. AT.

All 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship video games may be broadcast on TSN and RDS, the respectable broadcast companions of Hockey Canada.