World Junior Summer Showcase Set For July 25 - August 2 at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis

By USA Hockey, 04/10/25, 11:15AM EDT

Tickets to all games on sale now; USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden to participate

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey announced today that the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase will take place from July 25-Aug. 2 at Ridder Arena on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

The World Junior Summer Showcase, which in addition to the U.S. will also include teams from Canada, Finland and Sweden, serves as an evaluation for athletes looking to make their respective national teams ahead of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, which will be held from Dec. 26, 2025, through Jan. 5, 2026, in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The week-long evaluation camp will include 11 international games between the four nations. Tickets for those games are currently on sale and can be purchased by clicking here.

Roster information will be released closer to the World Junior Summer Showcase.

NOTES: The United States has won the last two gold medals in the IIHF World Junior Championship and has medaled in eight of the last 10 tournaments ... For ticket information for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, click here ... The media accreditation application for the World Junior Summer Showcase will be available in early July.

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Game Schedule

DATE	TEAMS	TIME (CT)/RESULT	LOCATION	WATCH
Sunday, July 27	USA White vs. Finland	W, 5-2	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
	USA Blue vs. Sweden	L, 2-5	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
Monday, July 28	Finland vs. USA Blue	L, 2-3	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
	Sweden vs. USA White	L, 3-4	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
Tuesday, July 29	Canada White vs. Canada Red	Canada White, 4-3 (SO)	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
Wednesday, July 30	Sweden vs. USA	L, 3-6	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
	Canada vs. Finland	Finland, 6-3	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
Friday, August 1	Canada vs. Sweden	Sweden, 8-4	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
	Finland vs. USA	L, 3-6	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
Saturday, August 2	Sweden vs. Finland	Finland, 3-1	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com
	USA vs. Canada	L, 2-6	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.	USAHockeyTV.com

Practice Schedule (not open to the general public)

DATE	TEAM	TIME (CT)	LOCATION
Friday, July 25	USA White	8:30 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Finland	10:15 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA Blue	12:00 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Sweden	2:30 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Saturday, July 26	USA White	8:30 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Finland	10:15 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA Blue	12:00 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Sweden	2:30 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Sunday, July 27	Canada	8:15 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Monday, July 28	Canada	8:00 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Tuesday, July 29	Canada White	8:00 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Canada Red	8:45 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Sweden	10:00 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Finland	11:15 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA White -- Canceled	1:45 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA Blue -- Canceled	2:45 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
Thursday, July 31	Sweden	10:00 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA Blue	11:15 a.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	USA White	12:15 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Canada	1:15 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.
	Finland	2:30 p.m.	Ridder Arena Minneapolis, Minn.