The 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship concluded in Minnesota with a medal round that balanced structure, pace, and high-end skill. Sweden captured gold for the first time since 2012, finishing the tournament with a perfect 7-0 record. Czechia followed with silver, its best result in more than two decades, while Canada secured bronze after responding [...]
The best time of year has arrived. The World Junior Hockey Championship gets underway December 26 from Minneapolis-St. Paul, as the United States is looking to defend their back-to-back gold medals.While the Americans will be playing at Grand Casino Arena in Group A, Group B will be out of 3M Arena at Mariucci. This group [...]
United States After capturing gold over the last two years in foreign territory, the Americans enter the tournament on home soil seeking their third straight World Junior title, something that hasn’t been done since the mid-2000s. There’s no doubt that every year, Team USA comes into this tournament as a powerhouse. They’ve medaled in eight [...]
The 2022 World Junior Championships (WJC) concluded after being cancelled back in December and Canada won the Gold in a thrilling game in over time. Each year this tournament has some breakout prospects and players that have a standout performance that endear them to a bigger audience. Here in Canada, I, and many of those [...]
On this episode of the DraftCast, Tony is joined by Lauren Kelly from Sportsnet and Elite Prospects! She can also be found with FC Hockey, On The Sidelines Blog, and Raw Charge. Lauren joins the show on New Years Day to take a look back at the round-robin of the World Juniors before they look [...]
The World Junior Championships are underway and the tournament has lived up to the hype yet again! With early upsets, blowouts, and battles that have gone down to the wire, the World Juniors is delivering all of the excitement that we all crave at this time of year. The stars have certainly come out [...]
Every year we all sit down on Boxing Day (or just December 26th for non-Canadians) to watch the World Junior Championship. An annual tradition that is the Canadian equivalent to March Madness. The best players under the age of 20, from all around the world get together for two weeks of fun. One [...]
Great news Dobber readers, Dobber has announced he will be releasing a Midseason Fantasy Guide. There was some doubt due to his health battle but the good news is he is well enough to make it happen. I will be contributing again this year and as you may have guessed, my contribution will be prospect [...]
Well it’s December now, which means Christmas is coming fast, and with it the World Junior. Teams are starting to name preliminary rosters as Finland and the United States have recently done so, let’s start there. Looking back at the World Junior summer showcase, the American top line of Logan Brown, Casey Mittelstadt and Kailer [...]
The World Junior Tournament is about half a year away, but teams are starting to look at their prospects to build a roster. This weeks ramblings comes from Plymouth Michigan where our scout Zachary Devine is giving us a first hand look at what the USA team Blue and White rosters are looking like as [...]
