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December 31, 2007
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PARDUBICE, Czech Republic – Canada’s National Junior Team has advanced to the playoff round at the 2008
IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced on Monday.
Canada will face Finland on January 2nd in the quarterfinals. The game will be broadcast live on TSN, RDS and
The Fan Radio Network, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Canada finished the round robin portion of the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship in 2nd place in Group
A, with a 3-1 record. Sweden finished first in Group A, and receive a bye into the semi-finals, while the
Czech Republic finished third and will face Russia in the quarterfinals. The USA (1st), Russia (2nd) and
Finland (3rd) advanced from Group B. Slovakia, Denmark, Kazakhstan and Switzerland will take part in the
relegation round to determine which two teams will be taking part in the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship
in Ottawa.
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INFORMATION ON THE 2009 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
On Monday, Canada got a pair of goals from Kyle Turris (New Westminster, BC/University of Wisconsin,
WCHA), two-point nights from Shawn Matthias (Mississauga, ON/Belleville, OHL), John Tavares (Oakville,
ON/Oshawa, OHL) and Josh Godfrey (Kingston, ON/Sault Ste. Marie, OHL) and 15 saves from Steve Mason
(Oakville, ON/London, OHL) as they topped Denmark 4-1 in the round-robin finale for both teams. The game
marked the first-ever meeting between the two nations at an IIHF World Junior Championship.
TSN, TSN HD and TSN.ca, as well as RDS, RDS HD and RDS.ca, will have live coverage of the 2008 IIHF World
Junior Championship, airing December 26th to January 5th from the Czech Republic. Coverage features 11 games,
including all of Canada games and the medal round games. Following each Canada game, TSN.ca will stream a
live post-game show. All games will also be available on-demand on TSN.ca throughout the duration of the
tournament.
All of Canada’s games will also be broadcast LIVE on the FAN radio network (check local listings).
Canada has medaled in nine straight IIHF World Junior Championships, including gold medal performances in
2005, 2006 and 2007, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and bronze medals in 2000 and 2001.
MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM MEMBERS DURING PLAYOFF ROUND
Hockey Canada’s manager of communications, André Brin, is on-site with the team during the 2008 IIHF World
Junior Championship to assist with media requests. Due to the time difference between North America and
Europe and to the team’s schedule, phone interviews over the coming days will be limited. Priority in all
cases will be given to media requests on-site.
André Brin’s contact information in Europe:
abrin@hockeycanada.ca / cell - 011 37 253 386 941
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