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Originally Posted by JHikka
Hockey Canada will surely learn from this and move on. Their biggest mistake was likely hosting the tournament in the same two cities twice in three years. A rotational model seems wiser, IMO, where a region/province sees the event once every ten years or so. HC almost certainly saw the successes in the previous tournaments (Ottawa, Alberta, Saskatchewan) and thought they'd be guaranteed two easy successes in Toronto and Montreal.
Quebec City/Moncton seems more likely to me but I would be over the moon with an all-Maritime tournament.
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I think it's time for Winnipeg to get another shot!
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1999 IIHF U20 World Championship
Host country
Canada
Dates
December 26 - January 5
Matches played
31
Goals scored
225 (7.26 per match)
Attendance
173,453 (5,595 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
United States Brian Gionta (11 points)
The 1999 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba, Canada, December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match, Russia defeated Canada 3-2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal.
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