International Ice Hockey Federation releases 2024 World Junior schedule
On Wednesday, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the schedule for the 2024 World Junior Championship, which is set to be held in Gothenburg (Sweden).
As usual, the tournament will begin on Boxing Day, with the round robin culminating on New Year's Eve. The quarter-finals will be played on January 2nd, semi-finals on January 4th and bronze/gold medal games on January 5th.
Canada will open their schedule on Boxing Day against Finland then face Latvia on December 27th, Sweden on December 29th and will wrap up the round robin on New Year's Eve against Germany.
As for the hosts, Sweden, they'll face Latvia on Boxing Day and will play their archrival, Finland, on New Year's Eve.
The 2023 World Juniors saw relegation for the first time since the 2020 tournament. Austria lost the best-of-three series against Latvia and were relegated to Division 1A for the 2024 World Juniors. With Austria going down, Norway won the Division 1A tournament and was promoted to the top division for the first time since the 2014 World Juniors.
Norway will play their first game in the top division in ten years on December 26th against the United States. They'll also face Czechia, Slovakia and Switzerland in Group B.
Check out the full schedule in the link below!
Source: 2024 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship schedule
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||