Posted by thesportsjunky on January 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The two toughest games of every tournament are in the final day when teams compete for the medals and regardless of the colour the games are not easy albeit for very different reasons.
Posted by thesportsjunky on January 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The pre-tournament predictions seemed to make it clear that two specific teams were making it to the gold medal and although those predictions were somewhat right the two best teams still made it to the final game.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Although Group B is not the same level of competition as Group A the battles will still be there with plenty to fight for among five teams all looking to change their fate from the past few years.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The World Juniors has always been seen as a tournament for the Canadians and only really watched by the Canadians. That has started to change though as teams have begun to challenge Canada with development in other countries catching up to Canada. Even then Canada would still dominate with only a handful of teams challenging them and giving them a scare.
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