2012 IIHF World Junior Championships

[SoCalcaniac]

Happy Boxing Day! If it's 12/26, it's time for the Juniors.

NHL Network will broadcast games again this year, up first today: Canada/Finland 3:30pm.

[Darkwing]

olympic ice = drool. I wish that the NHL was played on olympic sized ice.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

In case anyone else hadn't had a chance to go looking for the TV schedule yet, here ya go:

2012 IIHF World Junior Championship
NHL Network (U.S.) Television Schedule

Date	Matchup	City *	Time (EST)
Dec. 26	Canada vs. Finland	Edmonton, Alta.	3:30 p.m.
	USA vs. Denmark	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Dec. 27	Denmark vs. Czech Republic	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Dec. 28	Finland vs. USA	Edmonton, Alta.	3:30 p.m.
	Czech Republic vs. Canada	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Dec. 29	Canada vs. Denmark	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Dec. 30	Czech Republic vs. USA	Edmonton, Alta.	3:30 p.m.
	Finland vs. Denmark	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Dec. 31	USA vs. Canada	Edmonton, Alta.	8 p.m.
Jan. 2	Quarterfinal #1	Calgary, Alta.	5 p.m.
	Quarterfinal #2	Calgary, Alta.	9 p.m.
Jan. 3	Semifinal #1	Calgary, Alta.	5 p.m.
	Semifinal #2	Calgary, Alta.	9 p.m.
Jan. 5	Bronze-Medal Game	Calgary, Alta.	3:30 p.m.
	Gold-Medal Game	Calgary, Alta.	8:00 p.m.

*All games played in Edmonton, Alta., will be played at Rextall Place, while all games in Calgary, Alta., will be held at the Saddledome.


Here are the USA and Canada homepages as well.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

And the second the planet knows I'm paying attention, all hell breaks loose for Team USA.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

When I forget why it is that I love all things Canada EXCEPT when it comes to International hockey tournaments, I just have to watch a WJC Team USA game played in Canada and I remember why.

Awful lot of Czechs in Edmonton today, huh? :roll:

[SoCalcaniac]

I checked out of the tourney after the NYE game vs Canada became meaningless. Then we were sitting in club lounge, with the TV's and tuned in by default for tonight's quarterfinals.

Terrible way for FIN to lose to the swedes, shootout loss & Mikael Granlund the shootout master ...flubs to end it.

Russians are killing Canada 5-1....wow.Ryan Murray, draft eligible D man has had 3 goals go off him. OMG.

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Originally Posted by SoCalcaniac

Russians are killing Canada 5-1....

[SoCalcaniac]

And now with 24 seconds to go it's 6-5 Russia. These dang teenagers....Canada just about made a near crazy comeback.

Insanity!

[SouthernHockeyChick]

No comeback!!

Hope Finland gets the bronze!!

LOVE it.

[nccanes]

This is probably the first year in many many years that I haven't watched a minute of live WJC hockey (I've seen highlights), but I'm thrilled for the Russians.

If I can be happy for the Japanese beating the US Women in the Soccer World Cup finals after the devastating tsunami, then I can be happy to see the Russian hockey community have success here!

[SouthernHockeyChick]

Oh well. Canada got the bronze medal they say they never want.

[Caniac4life]

Tonight's game is the 1st I've watched of the WJC. Now who am I supposed to be looking at as our 1st round pick this year?