2015 IIHF World Junior Championship schedule announced
The 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship schedule has been revealed. The competition will be held in Montreal and Toronto from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5, 2015.
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Canada, the United States, Finland, Slovakia and Germany will play in Group A, which will see all its preliminary-round games played at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Sweden, Russia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Denmark will play in Group B and will play its preliminary-round games at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
The preliminary-round games go from December 26 to 31. The quarterfinals will be held January 2, the semifinals on January 4 and the bronze and gold-medal games on January 5.
An agreement has been made between the two host cities to allow Toronto to host the semifinal and final games while Montreal will host them in 2017 when the two will again host the championship.Here is the schedule according to the NHL:
| DEC. 26 | ||
| Russia vs. Denmark | 1 p.m. | Toronto |
| United States vs. Finland | 3 p.m. | Montreal |
| Czech Republic vs. Sweden | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Slovakia vs. Canada | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| DEC. 27 | ||
| Sweden vs. Denmark | 1 p.m. | Toronto |
| Finland vs. Slovakia | 4 p.m. | Montreal |
| Switzerland vs. Czech Republic | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Canada vs. Germany | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| DEC. 28 | ||
| Switzerland vs. Russia | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Germany vs. United States | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| DEC. 29 | ||
| Denmark vs. Czech Republic | 1 p.m. | Toronto |
| Slovakia vs. United States | 4 p.m. | Montreal |
| Russia vs. Sweden | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Canada vs. Finland | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| DEC. 30 | ||
| Denmark vs. Switzerland | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Germany vs. Slovakia | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| DEC. 31 | ||
| Sweden vs. Switzerland | 1 p.m. | Toronto |
| United States vs. Canada | 4 p.m. | Montreal |
| Czech Republic vs. Russia | 5 p.m. | Toronto |
| Finland vs. Germany | 8 p.m. | Montreal |
| JAN. 2 | ||
| Quarterfinals | ||
| JAN. 4 | ||
| Semifinals | ||
| JAN. 5 | ||
| Bronze-medal game | ||
| Gold-medal game |
(All times are Eastern)