VANCOUVER – December 24, 2021
The IIHF world juniors pre-tournament started and ended on Thursday with Finland edging the United States with a score of 4-3 and then Team Slovakia beat Team Germany 4 – 0. Home Team Canada beat the Russians 6- 4 and for the final game of the night Team Sweden beat Team Austria 7 – 0. The official tournament starts on December 26th with Germany kicking it off against Finland at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Team Sweden will be playing Team Russia in Red Deer, Alberta in the Peavey Mart Centrium. Team Canada will be playing Team Czech Republic back in Rogers Place. The final game of the night will be Team Slovakia vs Team United States.
In some NHL news the NHL’s return to play will be delayed by one day due to the league wanting to make sure the testing that will take place on Sunday when teams return to practice will be done accordingly. So, all games scheduled for Monday December 27th will be postponed for another date. If most player tests come back negative the league will continue as planned and be playing on the following day on December 28th.