World Juniors returning to Alberta this August
The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships will be played — hopefully in their entirety — this summer in Alberta.
International Ice Hockey Federation President, Luc Tardif, confirmed the news in a press conference Thursday morning in Beijing, where the Olympics are being held.
The tournament had begun in December in Red Deer and Edmonton, but was cancelled before the medal round due to COVID infections spreading amongst the teams.
“It will be in the middle of August in Alberta. It will be a new competition, which means we forget the results (in December),” Tardif said.