02-17-2022, 08:24 AM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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2022 WJC to be played in mid-August
https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/...ted_in_beijing
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The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, which had to be stopped during the event, will also be played in summer. “It will be in the middle of August in Alberta. It will be a new competition, which means we forget the results (in December),” Tardif said and confirmed that it will be the same age category as in the original tournament, namely players born in 2002 or younger.
“We are talking with all participants and are negotiating on details. It will be after the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. It will be a hockey festival and the teams are excited to do it,” said Tardif and thanked Hockey Canada and USA Hockey for organizing these two top-level junior events in summer.
Briza added that opposed to the December event relegation may be possible at the tournament in August, which means that the loser of the relegation round will be relegated and replaced with Belarus as promoted teams and that the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Novosibirsk and Omsk, Russia, will be held with 10 teams.
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