Hockey Canada, along with the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship host committee, has announced the schedule for the tournament, which runs from December 26, 2011 through January 5, 2012 in Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. 
Groups were set based on the previous IIHF World Junior Championship results and were announced and assigned to Calgary and Edmonton in early January 2011. Group A, hosted in Calgary from December 26-31, features the defending gold medalists from Russia along with Latvia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. Group B, hosted in Edmonton, will feature host Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland and the United States.
Canada will open its Group B schedule against Finland in Edmonton on Monday, December 26. Canada’s preliminary round schedule at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship is as follows:
Monday, December 26, 2011- 1:30 p.m. Canada vs. Finland, Edmonton, Alta.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011- 6 p.m. Canada vs. Czech Republic, Edmonton, Alta.
Thursday, December 29, 2011- 6 p.m. Canada vs. Denmark, Edmonton, Alta.
Saturday, December 31. 2011- 6 p.m. Canada vs. USA, Edmonton, Alta.
A full schedule is available at http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/171058/la_id/1/season_id/170838/view_season/1.htm.
The medal game schedule for the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship is as follows:
Monday, January 2, 2012- 3 p.m. Quarter-final, Calgary, Alta.; 7 p.m. Quarter-final, Calgary, Alta.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012- 3 p.m. Semifinal, Calgary, Alta.; 7 p.m. Semifinal, Calgary, Alta.
Thursday, January 5, 2012- 1:30 p.m. Bronze medal game, Calgary, Alta.; 6 p.m. Gold medal game, Calgary, Alta.
Highlights of the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship schedule include aCanada-United States New Year’s Eve match-up in Edmonton on December 31, 2011, and arematch of the Russia-Sweden semifinal from the 2011 World Junior Championship on December 31 in Calgary (Russia came from behind to tie the game and then won the game in overtime to advance to the gold medal game against Canada).
The 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship will mark the 10th time that Canada has hosted the IIHF World Junior Championship. For more information on Canada’s National Junior Team and the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship, visit www.HockeyCanada.ca/2012Juniors or follow along via social media at www.facebook.com/worldjuniors and www.twitter.com/hc_wjc.
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