World Junior Notes 2012

Team Canada seeks to return to Gold Medal status at the 2012-13 World Junior Championships, looking to return the favour to the Russian hosts for their claiming of the title last year.

The path however will be a tough one, along with the obvious time change requirements that brought Canada to Ufa, the competition seems to get tougher and tougher as the tournament grows in stature.

One team looking to block Team Canada's way to gold will be the USA squad, which always relishes the opportunity to send notice to the Canadians that they aren't the only ones from this side of the pond that can play the game.

Full background on Team Canada and the World Junior Tournament can be found from the following web hosts...

National Post
Globe and Mail
Toronto Star
Sun Newspapers
Canada.com
CBC.ca
Hockey Canada
TSN


We'll update the scores and standings in the tournament, as well as offer up some notes from the tournament below.  Following both Team Canada and Team USA as they work their way through the preliminary games and perhaps for one or the other (maybe both), on to the Gold Medal game.

December 30

Canada 2 - USA 1

Goaltenders steal show in Canada's win over U. S. at world juniors
Subban rides to the rescue for the Canadian Junior Team
Malcolm Subban earns cape as hero for Canadians
Canada beats USA 2-1 at world junior championships

December 28 

Team Canada 6 - Slovakia 3

Canada comes back to beat Slovakia in penalty-marred affair at world juniors
Canada rallies to 6-3 win over Slovakia after slow start
Canadian juniors beat Slovakia after early wake up call
J. C. Lipon faces suspension for short-handed Canadians

Russia 2 - Team USA 1

Russia goalie Andrei Makarov stifles United States at world juniors
Russia downs Team USA 2-1
USA loses to Russia at wold juniors hockey

December 27

USA 8 - Germany 0

Team USA hammers Germany 8-0
Montreal Canadiens hopeful Alex Galchenyuk scores in Team USA debut
Galchenyuk, Barber lead USA to rout of Germany at WJHC

December 26

Team Canada 9 - Germany 3

Nugent-Hopkins powers Canada past Germany at World Juniors
Ryan-Nugent Hopkins enjoys impressive world junior debut
Nugent-Hopkins makes a statement in Canada's 9-3 win over Germany
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' five points leads Canada to rout of Germany in world junior opener

World Junior Hockey Tournament 2012 Results page

Tournament results

Medal round 


Gold Medal Game


January 5-- Russia vs Sweden


Bronze Medal Game


January 5-- Canada vs Finland

Semi Finals

January 3-- Sweden 3 vs Finland 2
January 3-- Team Canada 5 vs Russia 6


Quarterfinals

January 2-- Finland 8 vs  Slovakia 5
January 2-- Russia 2 vs Czech Republic 1


Relegation Round

January 4-- Latvia 2  vs Denmark 1
January 4-- Switzerland vs USA
January 4-- Czech Republic vs Slovakia
January 3-- USA 12 vs Latvia 2
January 2-- Switzerland 4 vs Denmark 3

Opening Round

December 31-- Russia 3 -- Sweden 4
December 31-- Team Canada 3 -- USA 2
December 31-- Slovakia 6 -- Switzerland 4
December 31-- Czech Republic 0 -- Finland 4
December 30-- Switzerland 5 -- Latvia 3
December 30-- Finland 10 -- Denmark 1
December 30-- Sweden 9 -- Slovakia 1
December 30-- USA 2 -- Czech Republic 5
December 29-- Latvia 0 -- Russia 14
December 29-- Team Canada 10 -- Denmark 2 (Game Review)
December 28-- Russia 3 -- Slovakia 1
December 28-- Team Canada  5 -- Czech Republic 0 (Game Review)
December 28-- Sweden 4 -- Switzerland 3
December 28--  USA 1 -- Finland 4
December 27-- Slovakia 3 -- Latvia 1
December 27-- Caech Republic 7 -- Denmark 4
December 26-- Russia 3 - Switzerland 0
December 26-- USA 11- Denmark 3
December 26-- Sweden 9 -- Latvia 4
December 26-- Team Canada 8 - Finland 1 (Game Review)


World Junior Tournament Schedule


Articles of interest from the tournament