Posted by thesportsjunky on May 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The tournament is halfway through and there are some surprising results for more than just a few teams as the second half is going to be interesting with a few teams on the edge of making their mark.
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Group A has some clear favourites but there are plenty of teams that can do some damage with some teams capable of launching some surprising upsets.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The Juniors are continuing on after three days and the fight to stay out of relegation is heating up with one surprise team and some usual suspects all fighting to stay in the top division.
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The World Championship may have a division between the great teams and the rest of them but that gap is shrinking and this year is the perfect expression of that.
Group A in the World Championship will see an all-European group that will get plenty of attention as they all look to be named the best in the world.
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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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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
With the round robin and playoffs almost done it is now time to find out the positions of the teams with the Medal Round tomorrow. This means that the Bronze Medal and Gold Medal game will be determined tomorrow while the rest of the spots are appointed today. This includes the 5th place, 7th place and 9th place games.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Playoffs continued in the World Juniors as the Semi-Finals stepped up the competition with the four best teams in the tournament facing off. The Quarter Finals had some of the best games in the tournament but the Semi-Finals did not disappoint. At least one game did not disappoint as the second semi-final disappointed many in Calgary but did not disappoint the hockey world with a down to the wire finish.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The World Juniors are through the Round Robin section of the tournament as the teams were divided. The bottom four teams move into the relegation round that has some changes this year. Instead of two teams being relegated there will only be one this year and the round robin results will carry over.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The World Junior Tournament is reaching the end of the round robin schedule and about to begin the playoffs. With this the playoff spots are beginning to be made and games are beginning to become more important than ever. This was true for Day 5 of the tournament as a number of teams were playing with a playoff spot on the line.
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