
Only four days left to the World Junior Championships, this time being held in Montreal and Toronto.
Anyone else getting excited?
Group A has all three Nordic teams (Finland, Sweden, Denmark) plus the Czechs and the Swiss.
Group B has Canada, USA, Russia, Slovakia and Latvia.
Four teams from each group makes the quarter finals, where they are matched A1 vs B4, A2 vs B3, etc.
No more bye to the semi final for the group winner, as there used to be. Makes sense imho.
These are young kids who will benefit from this experience, and I can't see why you would want the best teams to play fewer games. Clearly a change for the better.
Official site: http://www.worldjunior2017.com/