Pre-tournament schedule announced for 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship
CALGARY, Alta. – The pre-tournament schedule for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship has been introduced, with six communities slated to host video games from Dec. 19-23, 2022. In whole, 11 video games might be performed all through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia upfront of the World Juniors.
The province of New Brunswick will host 5 matchups, with video games scheduled in Bouctouche, Moncton and Quispamsis. All three medallists from the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship – Canada, Finland and Sweden – will play pre-tournament video games in New Brunswick.
Canada will open its exhibition schedule with video games at Avenir Centre in Moncton, N.B., on Dec. 19 and 21, dealing with Switzerland and Slovakia, respectively.
Six exhibition video games will happen in Nova Scotia, in Antigonish, Halifax and Truro. The remaining pre-tournament recreation might be a rematch of the 2022 World Juniors gold medal recreation, with Canada and Finland taking to the ice at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on Dec. 23.
“This year’s World Juniors will celebrate hockey across the Maritimes, and we are thrilled to have six communities host games leading up to the tournament,” stated Dean McIntosh, vice-president of occasions and properties for Hockey Canada. “We cannot wait to see fans in each community cheering on the 10 teams as they prepare to compete for gold starting on Boxing Day.”
Among the matchups, the United States will face Finland in Quispamsis on Dec. 19, Germany will play Austria in Antigonish on Dec. 20 and Latvia on Dec. 22 in Bouctouche, and Truro will host Slovakia and Austria on Dec. 23.
Ticket info for pre-tournament video games might be out there at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets within the coming days.
TSN and RDS, the official broadcasters of Hockey Canada, will air 5 pre-tournament video games, together with all three that includes Canada, the United States and Sweden on Dec. 21 and Sweden and Slovakia on Dec. 23.
Limited match ticket packages, which embody pre-tournament video games, stay out there for 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship video games in Halifax and Moncton at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets. If stock stays, single-game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 6.
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