HOCKEY CANADA
The road to Minnesota goes through southwestern Ontario, with two games between Canada and Sweden ahead of the IIHF World Junior Championship. Buy your tickets today!
Canada’s road to the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship will begin Dec. 12 at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls.
Forty-four players will begin the road to the 2026 World Juniors at the Summer Showcase in Minneapolis.
Dale Hunter will be joined by associate coach Misha Donskov and assistants Brad Lauer and Gardiner MacDougall.
Mike Johnston, Yanick Lemay and Mark Hunter will lead Canada’s U17, U18 and U20 programs in the 2025-26 season.
Dale Hunter will serve as head coach at the World Juniors, while Mark Hunter will be part of the management group.
From No. 1 to No. 222, the 2025 NHL Draft was all about Canadian hockey – 85 players representing 10 Members.
Long-time junior hockey executive Alan Millar will serve as the first general manager of the Program of Excellence.
