Team Canada New Year's Eve Game

The World Junior Hockey Championship is played every year from December 26 to January 5, and is a major event on the sporting calendar for many Canadians. Every year Team Canada plays their final Round Robin game on New Year's Eve. In years when the tournament is played in or near Canada, large crowds attend the game. It is also broadcast annually by TSN (English) and RDS (French), attracting large audiences. In years that Canada and the United States are grouped in the same pool, the United States is usually Canada's opponent. If the tournament doesn't schedule games on New Year's Eve, such as in 2002 and 2005, Team Canada will play on December 30 instead. (In 2018, Team Canada's last round-robin game was also December 30; that year, however, the marquee matchup against the United States was held the afternoon of December 29 on the outdoor surface of New Era Field.)

List of games
Year Date Time (EST) Venue Host city Team 1 Score Team 2 Attendance Game reference
2000 Friday Dec 31, 1999 10:00am Skellefteå Kraft Arena Skellefteå, Sweden Canada  1−1  United States 596
2001 Sunday Dec 31, 2000 9:00am Vityaz Ice Palace Podolsk, Russia Canada  8−4   Switzerland 1,300
2002 Monday Dec 30, 2001 1:00pm Hradec Králové Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Canada  1−4  Finland 3,500
2003 Tuesday Dec 31, 2002 7:00pm Halifax Metro Centre Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Canada  5−3  Finland 10,594
2004 Wednesday Dec 31, 2003 9:00am Helsinki Ice Hall Helsinki, Finland Canada  5−2  Czech Republic 2,816 Game reference
2005 Thursday Dec. 30, 2004 4:30pm Ralph Engelstad Arena Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States Canada  8−1  Finland 9,697 Game reference
2006 Saturday Dec 31, 2005 7:00pm Pacific Coliseum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Canada  3−2  United States 16,083 Game reference
2007 Sunday Dec 31, 2006 7:00am Ejendals Arena Leksand, Sweden Canada  3−0  Slovakia 1,434 Game reference
2008 Monday Dec 31, 2007 12:00pm ČEZ Aréna Pardubice, Czech Republic Canada  4−1  Denmark 1,158 Game reference
2009 Wednesday Dec 31, 2008 7:30pm Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canada  7−4  United States 20,223 Game reference
2010 Thursday Dec 31, 2009 8:00pm Credit Union Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Canada  5−4 SO  United States 15,171 Game reference
2011 Friday Dec 31, 2010 4:00pm HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York, United States Canada  5−6 SO  Sweden 17,761 Game reference
2012 Saturday Dec 31, 2011 8:00pm Rexall Place Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada  3−2  United States 16,647 Game reference
2013 Monday Dec 31, 2012 9:00am Ufa Arena Ufa, Russia Canada  4−1  Russia 7,988 Game reference
2014 Tuesday Dec 31, 2013 11:30am Malmö Isstadion Malmö, Sweden Canada  3−2  United States 3,882 Game reference
2015 Wednesday Dec 31, 2014 4:00pm Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canada  5−3  United States 18,295 Game reference
2016 Thursday Dec 31, 2015 1:00pm Helsinki Ice Hall Helsinki, Finland Canada  2−5  Sweden 7,003 Game reference
2017 Saturday Dec 31, 2016 3:30pm Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada Canada  1−3  United States 18,584 Game reference
2018 Saturday Dec 30, 2017 8:00pm KeyBank Center Buffalo, New York, United States Canada  8−0  Denmark 8,671 Game reference
2019 Monday Dec 31, 2018 8:00pm Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Canada  1−2  Russia 17,556 Game reference
2020 Tuesday Dec 31, 2019 1:00pm Ostravar Aréna Ostrava, Czech Republic Canada  7−2  Czech Republic 8,693 Game reference
2021 Thursday Dec 31, 2020 6:00pm Rogers Place Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada  4−1  Finland 0[note 1] Game reference

Notes
  1. The game was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
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