TSN and RDS will broadcast this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Hockey Championship from Dec. 25 to Jan. 4 entirely in high definition. The tournament, which takes place in North Dakota, will begin on the 25th with preliminary round matches and will be followed by the quarter-finals, semifinals and bronze medal game, and finishes on the 4th with the gold medal game.
The World Juniors return to North America for the second time in three years, but only the fourth time in the last 10, and TSN is ready to cash in on a country of viewers who are starving for a familiar brand of hockey. TSN’s top two rated programs of all time were from the 2003 World Juniors held in Halifax (semifinals & finals) and it is expected that with the lack of NHL hockey, the tournament will draw some of its highest numbers ever, particularly if Canada manages to make it to the final game for its fourth consecutive year.
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