The United States welcomes nine other countries to its home ice for the 2011 IIHF World Under-20 Championship, more commonly known as the World Junior Championship. The Americans are the defending champions after beating Canada in overtime in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On this page, you’ll find tournament information and links to USCHO’s coverage from the event.
THE TOURNAMENT
What: The 2011 IIHF World Under-20 Championship
When: Dec. 26, 2010, through Jan. 5, 2011
Where: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, N.Y., and Dwyer Arena, Lewiston, N.Y.
TV: All United States games, all medal-round games and select other games on NHL Network U.S. (Full schedule, external link)
Tickets: Visit BuffaloWorldJuniors.com (external link)
Full schedule: Visit the IIHF site (external link)
U.S. SCHEDULE
All times Eastern
Dec. 19 (exhibition): Rensselaer 4, U.S. 3, shootout
Dec. 21 (exhibition): Czech Republic 3, U.S. 2, shootout
Dec. 23 (exhibition): U.S. 6, Norway 1
Dec. 26: U.S. 3, Finland 2, OT (recap)
Dec. 28: U.S. 6, Slovakia 1 (recap)
Dec. 30: U.S. 4, Germany 0 (recap)
Dec. 31: U.S. 2, Switzerland 1 (recap)
Jan. 3: Canada 4, U.S. 1 (recap)
Jan. 5: Bronze-medal game: U.S. 4, Sweden 2 (recap)
MORE COVERAGE
Preliminary U.S. junior team full of collegians (12/7/2010)
Pair of collegians named to Canada’s World Junior squad (12/15/2010)
U.S. World Junior team has NCAA flavor (12/22/2010)
Minnesota’s Haula to play for Finland at World Juniors (12/22/2010)
Buzzwords for U.S. at World Juniors: veteran, experienced (12/23/2010)
Commentary: The scouting report on the U.S. World Junior team (Extra, 12/25/2010)
Palmieri using college experience well for U.S. (Extra, 12/29/2010)
Dumoulin’s versatility helps U.S. excel defensively in World Juniors preliminary round (Extra, 1/1/2011)
Commentary: Entering semifinals, consider U.S. the World Junior favorite (Extra, 1/2/2011)
Commentary: U.S. needed more than experience, talent (1/3/2011)
Video: U.S., Canada react to World Junior semifinal (1/3/2011)
A day after loss, U.S. looking forward to bronze-medal game, not back (1/4/2011)
Commentary: With mettle, U.S. earns this World Junior bronze medal (1/5/2011)
Video: Reaction from U.S. bronze-medal game victory (1/5/2011)
