Passage on the IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

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• Comprehend new ideas and information by responding personally, taking notes and discussing ideas with others

• Passage on “The IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships”
• Worksheet with reflective questioning
• Chart paper/Smart Board/ Blackboard

1. Talk to students about the World Junior Championships being in Canada this year.
2. Have students tell what they already know about the championships. Chart their responses.
3. Distribute the passage of information, and the question sheet.
4. Students read the passage,“The IIHF World Junior Ice HockeyChampionships” independently.
5. Reflective questions are answered in complete sentences.
6. Demonstrate complete sentence answers. For example:

1. Students complete worksheet independently.

• Students list the names and positions of the Team Canada players on the reverse side of their worksheet.
• S.S. connection– map the birthplaces of the Team Canada players.

• understanding of the information.
• ability to respond in complete sentences.

The IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The IIHF World Junior Championship debuted on Canadian ice at the Montreal Forum in 1978, when a 16-year-old Wayne Gretzky burst onto the international scene by leading the tournament in scoring and helping Canada to a bronze medal.

Gretzky was just one of a handful of future NHL stars to feature in that World Juniors – he was joined on the tournament all-star team by Viacheslav Fetisov (Soviet Union), Mats Naslund (Sweden), RistoSiltanen (Finland) and Anton Stastny (Czechoslovakia), who combined for 1,853 points in 2,409 NHL games.

Canada has hosted the IIHF World Junior Championship 12 times, most recently in 2017 when Toronto, Ont., and Montreal, Que., welcomed the world.

The 13th will come this winter when Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., host the 2019 edition of the World Juniors from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. Ten teams will compete on the West Coast – Canada’s National Junior Team will defend its gold medal, joined by the Czech Republic, Denmark, Russia and Switzerland in Group A, while Finland, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Sweden and the U.S. will comprise Group B.

In order to run an event of the magnitude of the IIHF World Junior Championship, the host committee leans on an army of volunteers, who perform a variety of duties to ensure the tournament runs smoothly.

Volunteers are responsible for everything from welcoming guests and providing game programs, to assisting with award ceremonies, receiving and counting merchandise, managing information desks and escorting the families of the players to and from the hotel. Volunteers also provide hospitality for VIPs, which include IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) and Hockey Canada members, government dignitaries and sponsors.

The World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Name:

Answer each of the following questions in complete sentences.

1. When did Canada last host the World Junior Championships?

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1. What medal did Canada earn in that tournament?

1. In which two Canadian cities will the 2018-2019 Championships be held?

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1. How many countries will be participating in the tournament this year?

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1. Where were the World Junior Championships last year, and who won Gold?

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1. When does the tournament begin, and when does it end?

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1. Name two jobs that volunteers do at the tournament.

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1. Which team will travel the furthest to compete in the World Junior Championships?

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1. At what two arenas will the games be played, and what is the capacity of each arena?

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