Oh, child. Buckle up.
It’s going to be an all-North American battle on the ice when Canada and the USA go toe-to-toe for gold on the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship on Tuesday in Edmonton. The groups will meet within the title recreation for the primary time since 2017, when the USA received 5-Four in a shootout on a objective by Troy Terry towards Carter Hart.
Within the 2021 version, the groups superior to their showdown in fairly completely different fashions. The U.S. wanted a objective with 76 seconds remaining by New York Metropolis’s Arthur Kaliyev to beat Finland 4-Three within the semifinals, whereas the Canadians simply dispatched Russia 5-0.
“Today has been marked on all of our calendars since being right here,” stated Alex Newhook, who scored Canada’s first objective lower than a minute into its recreation Monday towards the Russians. “To lastly be right here and see that the work we put in is paid off thus far, it is thrilling. We’re excited to deliver that mindset into tomorrow and play our recreation as finest we will. Go for gold.”
Bragging rights may even be on the road as numerous gamers will probably be going through off towards present teammates — like Wisconsin’s Dylan Holloway (Canada) and Cole Caufield (USA) — and future ones, together with netminders Spencer Knight (USA) and Devon Levi (Canada), who are Panthers draft picks.
“Clearly it’ll be a terrific recreation,” stated American John Farinacci. “It is one thing that you simply dream about. USA, Canada and a gold-medal recreation, it is at all times going to be a enjoyable recreation and we have got to play a full 60 minutes if we wish to get that gold medal.”
Right here is the right way to catch the 2021 IIHF World Juniors gold-medal recreation between Canada and the U.S.
Find out how to watch Canada vs. USA
- TV channel (Canada): TSN
- Reside stream (Canada): TSN Reside
- TV channel (USA): NHL Community
- Reside stream (USA): fuboTV (7-day free trial)
Canada vs. USA: When is puck drop?
- Date: Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
World Juniors 2021: Newest information
Match
- Time, TV channel, dwell stream, the place, when, schedule
- How has COVID-19 impacted the match?
- Rosters, NHL draft standing, jersey numbers for all 10 groups
- Breakdown of each NHL groups’ prospects
- Predictions: Hockey consultants choose who will win gold
- It is gold or bust’: NHL gamers look again on World Junior Championship recollections
- A team-by-team information to the under-20 championship
- Dach, Caufield and the highest 4 storylines
- Oilers’ Philip Broberg impresses with three assists for Sweden
- Senators’ Tim Stuetzle scores two objectives in Germany’s time beyond regulation win
- Predictions, odds, X-factors, breakdowns for quarterfinal matchups
- Leafs prospect Roni Hirvonen sends Finland to semis with late objective
USA
Canada
Which groups are within the 2021 World Junior Championship?
Ten groups, divided into two teams of 5, are collaborating.
Group A | Group B |
Canada | Russia |
Finland | Sweden |
Switzerland | USA |
Slovakia | Czech Republic |
Germany | Austria |
Full schedule for the 2021 World Junior Championship
(All instances Jap)
TUESDAY, JAN. 5 | ||
Bronze-medal recreation | 5:30 p.m. | TSN, NHLN |
Gold-medal recreation | 9:30 p.m. | TSN, NHLN |
Who has received the IIHF World Junior Championships within the final 10 years?
Yr | Winner | Host nation |
---|---|---|
2020 | Canada | Czech Republic |
2019 | Finland | Canada |
2018 | Canada | United States |
2017 | United States | Canada |
2016 | Finland | Finland |
2015 | Canada | Canada |
2014 | Finland | Sweden |
2013 | United States | Russia |
2012 | Sweden | Canada |
2011 | Russia | United States |
Which nations have received essentially the most medals on the World Junior Championship?
Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Complete |
Canada | 18 | 9 | 5 | 32 |
Russia* | 13 | 13 | 11 | 37 |
Finland | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
United States | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
Sweden | 2 | 11 | 6 | 19 |
Czech Republic+ | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Consists of medals received because the Soviet Union and CIS
+ Consists of medals received as Czechoslovakia