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Road to World Juniors
Road to World Juniors
Schedule for exhibition games released
Canada's Ryan Johansen knocks down the Swedish player in the countries' last encounter at the IIHF World Junior Championship back in 2010. Photo: Matthew Manor / HHOF-IIHF Images
Before the first puck drop on 26 December, the participating teams will get ready for the tournament with training camps and exhibition games against local teams as well as against each other.
Canada’s road to the 2016 World Juniors will start with two games played in Toronto. After flying to Finland the defending champion will face Belarus and the Czech Republic in Imatra, a location familiar from the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. TSN will broadcast all Team Canada exhibition games back to Canada.
Sweden and Denmark will first meet in Huddinge, Sweden, on 18 December before travelling to Finland, while Team USA has a date set with the University of Massachusetts Amherst before their arrival in Finland, where both teams have two practice games scheduled before their opening game of the tournament.
Host country Finland will play Switzerland in Hameenlinna on Monday, 21 December. The following day the Finns will meet Team USA in Lahti.
Road to World Juniors Schedule
| 10 Dec. | 18:00 | Senica (SVK) | Slovakia | - | Germany | ||||
| 12 Dec. | 19:30 | Toronto (CAN) | Canada | - | CIS All-Stars | ||||
| 13 Dec. | 12:00 | Toronto (CAN) | Canada | - | CIS All-Stars | ||||
| 18 Dec. | 19:00 | Huddinge (SWE) | Sweden | - | Denmark | ||||
| 18 Dec. | 19:00 | Amherst (USA) | UMass Amherst | - | USA | ||||
| 19 Dec. | 19:00 | Imatra (FIN) | Canada | - | Belarus | ||||
| 20 Dec. | 17:00 | Imatra (FIN) | Canada | - | Czech Rep. | ||||
| 21 Dec. | 16:00 | Hameenlinna (FIN) | Sweden | - | Slovakia | ||||
| 21 Dec. | 19:00 | Hameenlinna (FIN) | Finland | - | Switzerland | ||||
| 22 Dec. | 16:00 | Lahti (FIN) | Czech Rep. | - | Denmark | ||||
| 22 Dec. | 19:00 | Lahti (FIN) | Finland | - | USA | ||||
| 23 Dec. | 15:00 | Kisakallio (FIN) | Switzerland | - | Slovakia | ||||
| 23 Dec. | 19:00 | Helsinki (FIN) | Canada | - | Sweden | ||||
| 24 Dec. | 12:00 | Helsinki (FIN) | Russia | - | Denmark |
Tickets to the OP Road to the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship games played in Finland will cost €10 for adults and €5 for children (7-15 years) - in Hämeenlinna and Lahti the same ticket is valid to both games played in the arena. Ticket sales booths open an hour before the start of the game at each Arena. To the game played in Hameenlinna, Lahti as well as the Canada vs. Sweden in Helsinki, tickets can also be bought beforehand on www.lippu.fi. To the Switzerland vs. Slovakia game (23 Dec.) there is free admission, while Russia vs. Denmark (24 Dec.) will not be open to public due to Christmas Eve.
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