WHL Brandon Wheat Kings

Wednesday is WJHC Ticket Day

Published on May 11, 2009 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release


REGINA, Sask. - Representatives of Hockey Canada and the 2010 host organizing committee have announced that Canada's National Junior Team will play two pre-competition games in Regina prior to the start of the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Canada will play the Czech Republic on Monday, December 21 at 7 p.m. CT, before facing Sweden in a rematch of the past two gold medal games on December 23 at 6 p.m. CT. Both games will take place at the Brandt Centre in Regina.

In addition to announcing details on the two exhibition games, the host organizing committee is pleased to announce that the finalization of the new seat construction plans at both Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon and the Brandt Centre in Regina is allowing them to release an additional 3,000 seats in Saskatoon and 1,300 in Regina for sale to the general public.

These prime seats will be located in the lower and upper bowls of each building and will be sold as full ticket packages (Easy payment plans are available).

Tickets to the two pre-competition games in December are part of a ticket package that also includes all 10 round-robin games in Regina. Ticket packages for the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship are currently available through Ticketmaster, either at ticketmaster.ca, 1-800-970-SEAT, or any Ticketmaster outlet. More ticket information is listed below.

These additional tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 13th.

Canada's National Junior Team will also hold its December selection camp in Regina. The camp will run from December 12-16, 2009. Between 30 and 40 players will compete for one of the 22 final roster spots.

During the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, the city of Regina will host a round-robin group that includes four of the five most successful nations in IIHF World Junior Championship history, including Russia, which has won an all-time high 31 medals at the event, including 15 gold medals. The Czech Republic ranks third all-time, with 15 medals, followed by Sweden (14) and Finland (13). Canada ranks second all-time, with 28 medals.

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