The 48th installment of the IIHF World Junior Championship, known as the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2024 WJHC), commenced on December 26, 2023, and is set to conclude with the gold medal game on January 5, 2024.
This Group B matchup has Norway and Czechia facing off in our opening game today’s 2024 World Juniors Predictions. Norway made life miserable for the United States, who came in as one of the tournament favourites.
This is the final game of this batch of 2024 World Juniors Predictions. Latvia goes into the frying pan against Sweden on day and into the fire against Canada. The Latvians swept Austria to stay in the main draw in last season’s relegation playoff.
However, Latvia hasn’t exactly been a pushover for teams in recent years. Defence was an issue for the team and they return two players from last year’s blueline group. Dans Locmelis is playing at UMass and is a Boston Bruins draft pick who will be the focal point of the young club.
2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Live
- Dates: Dec. 26-Jan. 5
- Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
- Time: Varies
- TV: NHL Network/TSN
- Live stream: Watch Live
Schedule and results
*all times are Eastern
Dec. 26
- Slovakia vs. Czechia, 6 a.m.
- Finland vs. Canada, 8:30 a.m.
- United States vs. Norway, 11 a.m.
- Sweden vs. Latvia, 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 27
- Slovakia vs. Switzerland, 6 a..m.
- Finland vs. Germany, 8:30 a.m.
- Norway vs. Czechia, 11 a.m.
- Latvia vs. Canada, 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 28
- Switzerland vs. United States, 11 a.m.
- Germany vs. Sweden, 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 29
- Norway vs. Slovakia, 6 a.m.
- Latvia vs. Finland, 8:30 a.m.
- Czechia vs. United States, 11 a.m.
- Canada vs. Sweden, 1:30 p.m.
Dec. 30
- Switzerland vs. Norway, 11 a.m.
- Germany vs. Latvia, 1:30 pm.
Dec. 31
- United States vs. Slovakia, 6 a.m.
- Sweden vs. Finland, 8:30 a.m.
- Czechia vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m.
- Canada vs. Germany, 1:30 p.m.
Jan. 2
- Quarterfinal #1, 6 a.m.
- Quarterfinal #2, 8:30 a.m.
- Quarterfinal #3, 11 a.m.
- Quarterfinal #4, 1:30 p.m.
