The 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship will go in Red Deer and Edmonton this season and is set for its traditional Boxing Day start. Here's a look at each team's strength, weakness and X-Factor for the tournament.
2021 World Junior Championship Primer: Canada seeks back-to-back golds
Canada s Bowen Byram (4) and Jamie Drysdale (6) celebrate a goal against the Russia during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition action in Edmonton on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. (Jason Franson/CP)
Lauren Kelly | @laurkelly24 December 24, 2020, 10:33 AM
As the COVID-19 pandemic caused the IIHF to cancel almost every single international tournament on its schedule, many feared that the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship would be next. However, the IIHF found a way to go ahead with the marquee event of the year and worked together with Hockey Canada to move the event to the NHL’s former bubble in Edmonton.