The 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship will be the 42nd Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It will be hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York. It will begin on December 26, 2017, and will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2018. This marks the sixth time that the United States has hosted the IHWJC and the second time that Buffalo has done so (Buffalo also hosted the event in 2011).
A preliminary round game between Canada and the United States will also be played outdoors at New Era Field in nearby Orchard Park, New York on December 29, 2017. It will mark the first ever outdoor game played during an IIHF world championship at the junior level.
Pre-Tournament ScheduleSchedule and ScoresTeam CanadaTeam Canada defeated the Czech Republic 9-0 in the first pre-tournament game this morning. The next game will see them play Team Switzerland om Friday the 22nd.