Big - no, huge, news for junior hockey fans in western Canada and the western States this morning. Hockey Canada has announced that Calgary & Edmonton will jointly host the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships.
No plan has been announced yet as to key things like where team Canada will play its games, which city gets to host the gold medal final, etc, but any way you look at it, having the tournament out here on the prairies is great news for people here who love junior hockey and would like to attend a tournament of this magnitude. Short of the Stanley Cup, the Olympics, and the World Championships, this might be one of the biggest prizes in hockey to win.
The really good news for WHL fans (at least those in Alberta) is that according to the press release, season ticket holders of the five Alberta WHL teams will get priority when it comes to buying tickets for the tournament....
No comments:
Post a Comment