Saturday, December 27, 2014

Tournament Time: The World Junior Championships 2014-15



Our Archive Page of events for the 2014-15 World Junior Championships from Toronto and Montreal.  The highly anticipated tournament of future NHL and World stars that keeps Canadians fixed on their television sets through the holiday season.

The year, Team Canada looks to claim its first World Junior title since 2009, with home crowds in the two largest markets in the nation ready to lend their voice should the strains of O Canada begin to sound.

Below, find the day to day schedules and scoring summaries, as well as items of interest from daily events on the ice. 

We will update our features through the tournament to reflect the most recent action and the day ahead.

The majority of our links will focus on Team Canada and the USA squad at this years tournament, though items of interest from the other teams will also find their way into our review as the tournament moves towards the Gold Medal Game.

Some of the key websites for this years tournament can be found below:


World Junior Tournament Schedule and Results page

Monday, January 5
Gold/Silver Medal Game

Canada vs Russia  8 PM ET/5 PM PT TSN

Bronze Medal Game

Sweden vs Slovakia 4 PM ET/1 PM TSN

Sunday, January 4

Semi Finals

Canada 5 vs Slovakia 1 
Russia 4 vs Sweden 1

Saturday, January 3

Relegation Round

Germany 2 vs Switzerland 5
Germany relegated to Division 1, Belarus to move up for Helsinki  2016

Friday, January 2 

Quarterfinals

USA 2 vs Russia 3
Sweden 6 vs Finland 3
Czech Republic 0 vs Slovakia 3
Canada 8 vs Denmark 0

Relegation Round

Switzerland 5 vs Germany 2


Wednesday, December 31

Switzerland 1 vs Sweden 5 
Canada 5 vs USA 3
Russia 1 vs Czech Republic 4
Germany 0 vs Finland 2 

Tuesday, December 30

Slovakia 5 vs Germany 2 
Switzerland 3 vs Denmark 4 Shoot Out

Monday, December 29

Czech Republic 4 vs Denmark 3 (OT) 
USA 3 vs Slovakia 0
Sweden 3 vs Russia 2
Finland 1 vs Canada 4 

Sunday, December 28

USA 6 vs Germany 0 
Switzerland 0 vs Russia 7 

Saturday, December 27


Friday, December 26

USA 2 vs Finland 1 (Shoot Out)

Tournament News Notes 

Canada

January 5-- Canadians try to stay calm as tilt with Russia at world juniors nears
January 5-- Tickets for Canada Russia World Juniors hockey final can be had, for a steep price
January 5-  Canada ready for Russia in world junior final
January 5-- Connor McDavid rises to occasion at world juniors
January 5-- Russia, Canada brings back haunting memories
January 5-- Zach Fucale to start in net for Canada in world junior gold medal game versus Russia
January 5-- Papa Petan's hat toss is a highlight of world junior tournament
January 5-- World Junior Final: Four Things to Know
January 5-- Canada sticks with Zach Fucale for World Juniors 2015 Gold medal game against Russia
January 5-- IIHF President says 'open questions' remain before return of World Cup of Hockey in 2016
January 4-- Team Canada vs Russia for junior gold simply perfect
January 4-- Canada pounds Slovakia, meets Russia Monday night
January 4-- Petan, McDavid spark Team Canada past Slovakia
January 4-- Canada wins to set up match-up with confident Russians in gold-medal game
January 4-- Canada's Nic Petan scores hat trick in win over Slovakia at World Juniors 2015
January 4-- Hockey Canada set high ticket process that led to empty seats at world juniors
January 3-- Canada forward Robby Fabbri's world junior is over
January 3-- The Barn to hockey stardom: Cujo's role bringing up Connor McDavid
January 3-- Canadian Juniors doing their best to perfect "tic-tac-tao"
January 3-- Canada expects different Slovakian team in semi-final than one they beat 8-0 ...
January 2-- Canada Trounces Denmark to set up Semi Final Date with Slovakia
January 2-- Easy to Forget that World Junior Tournament is played by kids
January 2-- Conor McDavid leads Canada in romp over Denmark at world juniors en route to semifinals
January 1-- Max Domi 'ready to go for the real thing' in medal round after igniting Team Canada in Montreal 
January 1-- Canada's roadmap for world juniors 2015 is unfolding perfectly
January 1-- This isn't last year's Canadian world junior team
January 1-- Domi back on dad's old Leafs stomping ground
January 1-- More than McDavid: Team Canada's true strength in its depth
January 1-- Zach Fucale will start for Canada on Friday
January 1-- Canada's Fucale, Comrie ultimate team players
January 1-- Canada wary of 'underdog' Danes at World Juniors
January 1-- Canada's world junior 2015 roadmap is unfolding perfectly
December 31-- Eric Comrie happy with play, would love to start in medal round
December 31-- Canada puts on dazzling display of hockey to beat bitter rivals from the United States at world juniors 2015
December 30-- Nurse to be in Eichel's face when U. S. meets Canada
December 30-- Finnish coach fuming at Team Canada's Groulx
December 30-- Let's not forget about Hanifan, Crouse and Matthews
December 30-- U. S. names Thatcher Demko starter for border war
December 30-- Americans aware McDavid isn't Canada's only threat
December 30-- Canada trying to downplay hype surrounding matchup against U. S. at world juniors
December 30-- Canada's Eric Comrie to start in goal against U. S. at world juniors
December 30-- Max Domi impressing his teammates and country at world junior championship
December 30-- Domi line sparks Canada past Finland at work juniors
December 29-- Canada lookin' sharp after victory over Finland
December 29-- Canada easily passes test against Finland at world juniors thanks in part to stellar play from Max Domi
December 29-- Canada will face first test against a Finland team in need of a win
December 27-- Canada's games full of empty seats at Montreal's Bell Centre among surprises at championship
December 27-- Connor McDavid hasn't score yet, but Team Canada isn't worried

USA


Sweden

Finland

Russia


Czech Republic



Slovakia



Germany




Switzerland




Denmark


Preview Notes


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