2020 World Juniors Notebook: U.S. Falls to Finland in Quarterfinals

By USA Hockey, 01/01/20, 11:45AM EST

Follow along at the IIHF World Junior Championship

The 2020 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship will take place in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic, from Dec. 26, 2019 through Jan. 5, 2020. It is the fourth time the Czech Republic will host the event.

The 2020 U.S. National Junior Team will compete in Group B alongside Russia, Canada, Czech Republic and Germany. Group A will include Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia and Kazakhstan. The group seeds are based on the final rankings of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.

The U.S. enters the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship having claimed four-straight medals in tournament play for the first time in U.S. history. In addition to its silver medal in 2019, the U.S. has earned one gold (2017) and two bronze (2016, 2018) in that span.

Follow Team USA's journey at World Juniors with the daily notebook.

U.S. Tournament Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	TIME (LOCAL/ET)/RESULT	Broadcast	U.S. Player of the Game
Thurs., Dec. 26	Canada Preliminary	Ostravar Arena	L, 4-6	NHL Network	Shane Pinto
Fri., Dec. 27	Germany Preliminary	Ostravar Arena	W, 6-3	NHL Network	Trevor Zegras
Sun., Dec. 29	Russia Preliminary	Ostravar Arena	W, 3-1	NHL Network	Spencer Knight
Mon., Dec. 30	Czech Republic Preliminary	Ostravar Arena	OTW, 4-3	NHL Network	Cole Caufield
Thurs., Jan. 2	Finland Quarterfinal	Werk Arena	L, 0-1	NHL Network	Spencer Knight