NHL Network Will Televise Live All U.S. Games in 2018 WJC

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – NHL Network, exclusive television home of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship in the U.S., will televise live all U.S. games of the tournament and 28 games in total.

In its 10th consecutive year televising the tournament, NHL Network’s coverage will begin with NHL Tonight: 2018 World Junior Championship Preview on December 23 at 5:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Tony Luftman, Dave Starman and Brian Lawton, followed by a special airing of Team USA’s win against Canada in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal game at 2:30 p.m. ET, and a highlight-filled recap of last year’s tournament on Top Shelf: 2017 World Junior Championship Edition at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Paul Severino will call each Team USA game with longtime NCAA hockey analyst Dave Starmanand reporter Jill Savage.

NHL Network’s flagship studio show NHL Tonight will air live before and after every Team USA game, including USA vs. Canada at New Era Field on December 29 at 3:00 p.m. ET, marking the first-ever outdoor game in the history of the IIHF World Junior Championship.

The U.S. begins defense of the gold medal it captured at last year’s tournament on Dec. 26 against Denmark, with opening faceoff set for 8 p.m. ET.

NHL Network 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship Broadcast Schedule

Date	Game	Time (ET)
Tuesday, December 26	Czech Republic vs. Russia	12 p.m.
	Canada vs. Finland	4 p.m.
	Denmark vs. USA	8 p.m.
Wednesday, December 27	Belarus vs. Sweden	8 a.m. (Tape Delay)
	Switzerland vs. Belarus	3 p.m.
	Slovakia vs. Canada	7 p.m.
Thursday, December 28	Finland vs. Denmark	12 p.m.
	Sweden vs. Czech Republic	4 p.m.
	USA vs. Slovakia	8 p.m.
Friday, December 29	Russia vs. Switzerland	6 a.m. (Tape Delay)
	Belarus vs. Russia	12 p.m.
	Outdoor Game at New Era Field: Canada vs. USA	3 p.m.
Saturday, December 30	Czech Republic vs. Belarus	12 p.m.
	Finland vs. Slovakia	4 p.m.
	Denmark vs. Canada	8 p.m.
Sunday, December 31	Sweden vs. Switzerland	7 a.m. (Tape Delay)
	Switzerland vs. Czech Republic	12 p.m.
	USA vs. Finland	4 p.m.
Monday, January 1	Slovakia vs. Denmark	1 p.m.
Tuesday, January 2	Quarterfinal #1	12 p.m.
	Quarterfinal #2	4 p.m.
	Quarterfinal #4	8 p.m.
Wednesday, January 3	Quarterfinal #3	10 a.m. (Tape Delay)
Thursday, January 4	Semifinal #1	4 p.m.
	Semifinal #2	8 p.m.
Friday, January 5	Bronze-Medal Game	4 p.m.
	Gold-Medal Game	8 p.m.

2018 World Juniors

U.S. Roster

Official Event Site

U.S. Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	U.S. Player of Game
Wed., Dec. 20	Belarus Pre-Tournament Game	Northwest Arena Jamestown, N.Y.	W, 14-0	NA
Fri., Dec. 22	Sweden Pre-Tournament Game	Erie Insurance Arena Erie, Pa.	W, 3-1	NA
Tues., Dec. 26	Denmark Preliminary Round	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	W, 9-0	Casey Mittelstadt
Thurs., Dec. 28	Slovakia Preliminary Round	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	L, 2-3	Brady Tkachuk
Fri., Dec. 29	Canada Preliminary Round	New Era Field* Orchard Park, N.Y.	W (SO) 4-3	Casey Mittelstadt
Sun., Dec. 31	Finland Preliminary Round	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	W, 5-4	Joey Anderson
Tues., Jan. 2	Russia Quarterfinals	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	W, 4-2	Kieffer Bellows
Thurs., Jan. 4	Sweden Semifinals	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	L, 2-4	Josh Norris
Fri., Jan. 5	Czech Republic Bronze-Medal Game	KeyBank Center Buffalo, N.Y.	W, 9-3	Trent Frederic