WJC: How Is Home Team Determined

[New User Name]

According to Hockey Canada the US is the home team for the Gold medal game.
The US was the home team against Sweden, Finland, Canada (new years eve game), and the Swiss.
Canada was home team against Slovakia and the 1st game against the Swiss.

Not that it matters, well I guess it does on line changes, how can the US be home team 5 times and Canada only twice.
Even taking into consideration the US has played an extra game, it doesn't make sense.

Any one know why or is it a mistake on Hockey Canada's part.

http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/61090/la_id/1.htm

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[Bgav]

Who's the home team for tomorrows game?

 

[New User Name]

Who's the home team for tomorrows game?

According to Hockey Canada, the USA.

 

[Aaron Vickers]

You would figure the team with the best record would earn the right to be the home team. In this case, Canada beat the USA and had the bye.

I'll see what I can dig up on this from the tournament tomorrow.

 

[v-man]

Was just thinking about this myself, since Latvia was the home team in all but their last game (their only win). I observed that both their wins (including the exhibition game against Russia) came in their maroon jerseys, which got me thinking if the contrast of the puck against their white jerseys in the other games could have played a small role in their horrible showing (making it easier for the defending team to see the puck. Of course being the home team has it's advantages too.

 

[SirKillalot]

Maybe they want to play in white?

 

[Systemfel]

Mistake by Hockey Canada.

http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/205/IHM2059900_76_5_0.pdf

 

[dmacgreg37]

Yeah, it had to be Canada, unless things had changed for this year.

Rather than rank it by best record (which would make so much more sense), several times throughout the streak, Canada has been a road team during a semi-final or final due to it being a rematch and having been home earlier.

Basically, a team isn't allowed to be home team twice against a team in the same tournament. USA being home on NYE made it so Canada would be home today. However, had they not played in the RR, I don't know how they pick....probably a coin flip or something random.

 

[R S]

The host team should always be home if they make it to the gold medal game IMO.

 

[peicurler91]

The host team should always be home if they make it to the gold medal game IMO.

The host team should always have that advantage (until playoffs/medal round where the team with the better record is the home team)

 

[Preisst*]

Canada is the home team tonight.

 

[jkrdevil]

Who was the home team the first time they played? I believe under IIHF rules if two teams meet twice in a tournament the team that was designated the road team for the first game is the home team the second meeting.

 

[ryz]

Who was the home team the first time they played? I believe under IIHF rules if two teams meet twice in a tournament the team that was designated the road team for the first game is the home team the second meeting.

USA was the home team on the New Years eve game.