The IIHF World Junior Championships begin on Boxing Day, December 26, as is tradition. As is also tradition, you never know ahead of time who the breakout star will be, you can only guess at how the players and the teams will do.
This year, the tournament is in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre and in Montréal at the Centre Bell. Aside from giving the Leafs a nice long road trip, this means we get to see some of the stars of the future up close.
There are ten teams this year, split into two groups.