Selkirk would be a better option than Brandon if it goes to Winnipeg. Capacity is only about 3,000 but it's 45 minutes from downtown Winnipeg. All the teams could stay in Winnipeg and select games could be played in Selkirk - just like 1999. Marquee games from both pools could be held at the MTS Centre with creative scheduling.
WJC: Host cities for 2019 and 2021 World Juniors in Canada?
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1)CTC holds 20,000 don't know how you can say thats to small.
2)As for the 2021 chances are very very small it would be held in S,Ontario if its held in Ontario it would go eastern or way down to London/Windsor.
1)CTC holds 20,000 don't know how you can say thats to small.
2)As for the 2021 chances are very very small it would be held in S,Ontario if its held in Ontario it would go eastern or way down to London/Windsor.
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very little money down the london/chatham/windsor area.
don't see it going down that way....
Only way London sees it is if they go Hamilton / London....
But now that St Catharines has the Meridian Centre, it would be Hamilton / St Catharines....
I see that as the best option in Ontario (aside from the GTA).
don't see it going down that way....
Only way London sees it is if they go Hamilton / London....
But now that St Catharines has the Meridian Centre, it would be Hamilton / St Catharines....
I see that as the best option in Ontario (aside from the GTA).
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Could certainly work as well. But I still feel they would be more likely to chose Brandon due to the extra 2100 seats. It's already on the small side to begun with, couldn't see them not choosing the next biggest option. 2 hours isn't a bad drive at all for these teams. As for hotels, a Canadinns is attached to Westman Place.
But really I'm happy as long as Winnipeg gets it somehow!
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HC clearly sees this as a cash cow event (much in the same way as the CHL, at a more small scale level, sees the Mem Cup).
I don't see HC centring the tournament around any large city without an NHL rink - and if they can get two major cities involved even better.
It might be nice for the spirit of hockey in Canada if the tournament was spread around more but I don't think that's likely anytime soon.
I think it's more likely that U17 ends up in a mid sized area than U20.
I don't see HC centring the tournament around any large city without an NHL rink - and if they can get two major cities involved even better.
It might be nice for the spirit of hockey in Canada if the tournament was spread around more but I don't think that's likely anytime soon.
I think it's more likely that U17 ends up in a mid sized area than U20.
Swedish wiki(lol I know) says Halifax 2019 and and Thunder Bay/Winnipeg 2021. I have no idea about those places, what do you guys think?
Anyway I love it when this tournament is in Canada(or close to the border). Finland did a good job this year though
Anyway I love it when this tournament is in Canada(or close to the border). Finland did a good job this year though
Hm, you bring a good point, to me. Hockey Canada already organizes various international hockey tournaments (World Junior A Challange, U17 challenge...), when you look at that, it seems logical to me that the biggest event here, the World Juniors, gets the bigger arenas and cities, when the smaller cities have their opportunities with the smaller tournaments. The World Junior Championships is the biggest stage of junior hockey after all. You can see the difference when it's played in Hartwal Arena in front of 17,000 people (or what is the correct number), or in Toronto.
Almost surely will go back out west in 2019. Either Edmonton/Calgary or Vancouver. Hopefully a Quebec/Halifax could work in 2021. I'd be happy even if they just gave Halifax a couple of pre-tournament games and the non-Canada group. Still fun hockey. Don't think it's fair that TO/MTL get it twice in 3 year span. Just a money grab and it will continue to go that way.
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Right on. And Winnipeg gets shafted again. Halifax hosted in 2003 and Winnipeg in 1999. Halifax should be behind Winnipeg no matter what...
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I'm all for one of Ottawa or Victoria being the city of choice for 2019. I might still be in Ottawa then, and I don't think the rest of my family will leave Victoria by 2019 (or perhaps ever). So either I stay at home longer for XMas or head back to Ottawa earlier. Either works if we're talking the World Juniors. 
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If an international co-share is possible, Vancouver and Everett would be a nice choice.
Everett's arena is excellent, holds 8000 and is the northern part of Seattle, making the I-5 nightmare way easier.
Everett's arena is excellent, holds 8000 and is the northern part of Seattle, making the I-5 nightmare way easier.
Calgary and Edmonton? Using the new arena for the Oilers would be nice. I'd love a small town to have it but that's not going to happen anymore. Could use Rexall Place + Rogers Place so it would be really close too. A lot of options in the west and it hasn't been here in a while.
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people, please! this tournament is not going to be held in obscure out of the way places with 3,000-8,000 seat venues. It's not going to happen. Should they scale back the gross commercialization of a junior hockey tournament? Yes, absolutely, but be realistic, this has become a BIG TIME EVENT and bankrolls Hockey Canada's entire operation for the year...in addition to the huge salaries Hockey Canada bureaucrats allot themselves. You think they are going to give that up and actually have to go out and do some work, hustling sponsors for more cash to make up for budgetary shortfalls? Have you ever known a bureaucrat willing to do an honest day's work? The dopes at Hockey Canada are no exception.
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