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 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 	 	1-1 	 	596 	
2001	Sunday Dec 31, 2000 	9:00am 	Vityaz Ice Palace 	Podolsk, Russia 	 	8-4 	 	1,300 	
2002	Monday Dec 30, 2001 	1:00pm 	Hradec Králové 	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 	 	1-4 	 	3,500 	
2003	Tuesday Dec 31, 2002 	7:00pm 	Halifax Metro Centre 	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 	 	5-3 	 	10,594 	
2004	Wednesday Dec 31, 2003 	9:00am 	Helsinki Ice Hall 	Helsinki, Finland 	 	5-2 	 	2,816 	Game reference
2005	Thursday Dec. 30, 2004 	4:30pm 	Ralph Engelstad Arena 	Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States	 	8-1 	 	9,697 	Game reference
2006	Saturday Dec 31, 2005 	7:00pm 	Pacific Coliseum 	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 	 	3-2 	 	16,083 	Game reference
2007	Sunday Dec 31, 2006 	7:00am 	Ejendals Arena 	Leksand, Sweden 	 	3-0 	 	1,434 	Game reference
2008	Monday Dec 31, 2007 	12:00pm 	ČEZ Aréna 	Pardubice, Czech Republic 	 	4-1 	 	1,158 	Game reference
2009	Wednesday Dec 31, 2008 	7:30pm 	Scotiabank Place 	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 	 	7-4 	 	20,223 	Game reference
2010	Thursday Dec 31, 2009 	8:00pm 	Credit Union Centre 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 	 	5-4 (so) 	 	15,171 	Game reference
2011	Friday Dec 31, 2010 	4:00pm 	HSBC Arena 	Buffalo, New York, United States 	 	5-6 (so) 	 	17,761 	Game reference
2012	Saturday Dec 31, 2011 	8:00pm 	Rexall Place 	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 	 	3-2 	 	16,647 	Game reference
2013	Monday Dec 31, 2012 	9:00am 	Ufa Arena 	Ufa, Russia 	 	4-1 	 	7,988 	Game reference
2014	Tuesday Dec 31, 2013 	11:30am 	Malmö Isstadion 	Malmö, Sweden 	 	3-2 	 	3,882 	Game reference
2015	Wednesday Dec 31, 2014 	4:00pm 	Bell Centre 	Montreal, Quebec, Canada 	 	5-3 	 	18,295 	Game reference
2016	Thursday Dec 31, 2015 	1:00pm 	Helsinki Ice Hall 	Helsinki, Finland 	 	2-5 	 	7,003 	Game reference
2017	Saturday Dec 31, 2016 	3:30pm 	Air Canada Centre 	Toronto, Ontario, Canada 	 	1-3 	 	18,584 	Game reference
2018	Saturday Dec 30, 2017 	8:00pm 	KeyBank Center 	Buffalo, New York, United States 	 	8-0 	 	8,671 	Game reference
2019	Monday Dec 31, 2018 	8:00pm 	Rogers Arena 	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 	 	1-2 	 	17,556 	Game reference
2020	Tuesday Dec 31, 2019 	14:00 EST 	Ostravar Aréna 	Ostrava, Czech Republic 	 	7-2 	 	8,693 	Game reference
2021	Thursday Dec 31, 2020 	6:00PM 	Rogers Place 	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 	 	4-1 	 	0 (COVID-19 pandemic Bubble)	
2022	Friday December 31, 2021 	6:00PM 	Rogers Place 	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 	 	Cancelled	 	0 (COVID-19 pandemic Bubble)	
2023	Saturday December 31, 2022	7:30PM 	Scotiabank Centre 	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 	 	5-1 	 	10,301 	
==References==
Category:Canada men's national ice hockey team
Category:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships