Philadelphia: Hockey fans across the world who want to see the future stars of the NHL on the world’s biggest stage and that is what is going to happen at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. The event will take place from December 26 to January 5. The games will be played in 2 different arenas in the Rogers Arena & Vancouver & Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria.
The Groups for the tournament.
Group A:
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Russia
Switzerland
Group B:
USA
Finland
Kazakhstan
Sweden
Slovakia
Over the last couple of years, the World Junior Championships have been must-see for Flyers fans. Last year Canada won the event lead by current Flyers Goalie Carter Hart.
Here are the Flyers prospects to keep an eye on.
Joel Farabee, Jay O’Brien, Noah Cates, and Jack St. Ivany on Team USA
Morgan Frost for Canada
Adam Ginning and Samuel Ersson for Sweden.
The games will be broadcasted on NHL Network in the USA & will be on TSN in Canada.
Below is the Game schedule for the USA, Canada & Sweden
USA Schedule:
Dec. 26, Slovakia (6:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 28, Kazakhstan (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 29, Sweden (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 31, Finland (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Canada Schedule:
Dec. 26, Denmark (8 p.m. ET; TSN, NHLN [joined in progress])
Dec. 27, Switzerland (8 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 29, Czech Republic (8 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 31, Russia (8 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Sweden Schedule:
Dec. 26, Finland (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 27, Slovakia (6:30 p.m. ET; TSN)
Dec. 29, United States (10:30 p.m. ET; NHLN, TSN)
Dec. 31, Kazakhstan (6:30 p.m. ET)