The 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships will take place from Dec. 26, 2025, through Jan. 5, 2026, in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both the United States and Canada open with preliminary games on Friday, Dec. 26.
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The United States’ games in the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships will air on the NHL Network and can be streamed live on DirecTV Stream (free trial), fuboTV and other live TV streaming services.
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Here’s what you need to know:
What: 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships
When: Dec. 26, 2025, through Jan. 5, 2026
Who, when: The U.S. opens with a game against Germany at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 26
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Here are players and teams to watch from the Star Tribune via the Tribune News Service:
When the puck drops at Grand Casino Arena and 3M Arena at Mariucci on Friday for the start of pool play in the World Junior Championship, there will be no lack of talent in hockey’s top tournament for under-20 players.
The Canadian lineup reads like a future NHL All-Star team, featuring double-digit first-round draft picks — not surprising for a hockey-mad country that has won this tournament 20 times.
The United States, the two-time defending gold medalist, will try for its first three-peat, relying heavily on a handful of returnees who secured the title with an overtime win over Finland in Ottawa last winter.
Sweden, which finished fourth last winter after winning bronze in 2024, will have a roster with skill and depth, while 2025 silver medalist Finland will bring its usual grit and might have the tournament’s best goalie in Petteri Rimpinen.
Here’s a look at the top players to watch:
How’s this for a No. 1 line? Michael Misa, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 NHL draft by San Jose, centering Porter Martone, the No. 6 pick by Philadelphia, and Gavin McKenna, the presumed No. 1 overall pick in 2026. That’s a high-powered trio Canada could use as it seeks to end a two-year medal drought.
Misa had 134 points in 65 games for Saginaw of the OHL last season, while McKenna, a Penn State freshman this year, had 129 points in 56 games for Medicine Hat of the WHL in 2024-25. Martone, a freshman at Michigan State, has 11 goals and nine assists in 16 games this season after a 98-point campaign for Brampton of the OHL last season.
Posted by: mikejamessfv @ Dec. 26, 2025, 9:40 p.m.