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Canada is looking for its record 21st gold medal at the IIHF World Juniors, and hopefully rebound from a pair of disastrous showings the last two years, where the United States claimed the gold medal.
All Team Canada’s games will be broadcast live on 980 CJME and 650 CKOM.
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This year the IIHF World Juniors is being hosted in Minnesota’s twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for 2026 — at Grand Casino Arena, home of the the Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Frost, and the University of Minnesota’s 3M Arena at Mariucci.
Ten teams qualified for this year’s tournament, and the first phase of the tournament involves two groups (A and B) of five teams playing a round robin to decide positioning for the playoffs. The top four nations from each group make it to the quarter-final, while the bottom teams will play each other in a relegation game.
Canada beat Czechia 7-5 on Dec. 26 before squeaking by Latvia 2-1 in overtime on Dec. 27 and then earning a 9-1 whitewash of Denmark on Dec. 29.
Canada’s team remained unbeaten, topping Group B after a 7-4 win over Finland on New Year’s Eve.
Canada defeated Slovakia 7-1 in the quarter-final on Friday, then fell 6-4 in the semifinal against Czechia on Sunday, setting up a bronze-medal match against Finland at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
Here is 2026 World Junior Hockey Championship schedule, with Saskatchewan game times:
Preliminary round
Dec. 26
12 p.m.: Sweden vs. Slovakia
1:30 p.m. : Denmark vs. Finland
5 p.m.: Germany vs. USA
7:30 p.m.: Czechia vs. Canada
Dec. 27
1 p.m.: Slovakia vs. Germany
3:30 p.m.: Latvia vs. Canada
5 p.m.: USA vs. Switzerland
7:30 p.m.: Denmark vs. Czechia
Dec. 28
1 p.m.: Sweden vs. Switzerland
3:30 p.m.: Finland vs. Latvia
Dec. 29
12 p.m.: Germany vs. Sweden
2:30 p.m.: Finland vs. Czechia
5 p.m.: Slovakia v.s USA
7:30 p.m.: Canada vs. Denmark
Dec. 30
1 p.m.: Switzerland vs. Germany
3:30 p.m.: Latvia vs. Denmark
Dec. 31
12 p.m.: Switzerland vs. Slovakia
2:30 p.m.: Czechia vs. Latvia
5 p.m.: – USA vs. Sweden
7:30 p.m.: Canada vs. Finland
Relegation game
One relegation game will be played between the teams that finish at the bottom of each group. The winner will remain in the Top Division for the 2027 event. The loser will drop down to Division IA.
Jan. 2, 2026
11:30 a.m.: A5 vs. B5
Playoff round
The top seed from Group A plays the fourth seed from Group B, the second seed of Group A the third seed from Group B, and so on. These are all single-elimination games, with the losers’ tournament coming to an end, and the winners moving on to the semifinals. The winners of the semis play for the gold medal, while the losers battle for bronze.
Jan. 2, 2026
1 p.m.: Quarter-final Game 1
3:30 p.m.: Quarter-final Game 2
5 p.m.: Quarter-final Game 3
7:30 p.m.: Quarter-final Game 4
Jan. 4, 2026
3:30 p.m.: Semifinals Game 1
7:30 p.m.: Semifinals Game 2
Jan. 5, 2026
3:30 p.m.: Bronze Medal Game
7:30 p.m.: Gold Medal Game
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